A Systematic Implementation of Telemedicine in Singapore's COVID-19 Community Recovery Facilities

Zhang, Junren; Chua, Qi Han Aaron; Shen, Xuanrong Michael; Viseikumaran, Jiva Ananthan; Teoh, Timothy; Tan, Nan Guang

doi:10.1089/tmj.2021.0466

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“…Telemedicine was also widely used in military medical services ( 87 ). In emergencies such as coronavirus infections, telemedicine is a feasible, safe, and effective means of health service ( 88 ). While telemedicine can help improve access to health care, patients and caregivers see significant limitations compared to face-to-face services ( 89 ).…”

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Global trends in COVID-19 Alzheimer's related research: a bibliometric analysis

Cao

Zhou

et al. 2023

Front. Neurol.

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BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted public health, putting people with Alzheimer's disease at significant risk. This study used bibliometric analysis method to conduct in-depth research on the relationship between COVID-19 and Alzheimer's disease, as well as to predict its development trends.MethodsThe Web of Science Core Collection was searched for relevant literature on Alzheimer's and Coronavirus-19 during 2019–2023. We used a search query string in our advanced search. Using Microsoft Excel 2021 and VOSviewer software, a statistical analysis of primary high-yield authors, research institutions, countries, and journals was performed. Knowledge networks, collaboration maps, hotspots, and regional trends were analyzed using VOSviewer and CiteSpace.ResultsDuring 2020–2023, 866 academic studies were published in international journals. United States, Italy, and the United Kingdom rank top three in the survey; in terms of productivity, the top three schools were Harvard Medical School, the University of Padua, and the University of Oxford; Bonanni, Laura, from Gabriele d'Annunzio University (Italy), Tedeschi, Gioacchino from the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli (Italy), Vanacore, Nicola from Natl Ctr Dis Prevent and Health Promot (Italy), Reddy, P. Hemachandra from Texas Tech University (USA), and El Haj, Mohamad from University of Nantes (France) were the authors who published the most articles; The Journal of Alzheimer's Disease is the journals with the most published articles; “COVID-19,” “Alzheimer's disease,” “neurodegenerative diseases,” “cognitive impairment,” “neuroinflammation,” “quality of life,” and “neurological complications” have been the focus of attention in the last 3 years.ConclusionThe disease caused by the COVID-19 virus infection related to Alzheimer's disease has attracted significant attention worldwide. The major hot topics in 2020 were: “Alzheimer' disease,” COVID-19,” risk factors,” care,” and “Parkinson's disease.” During the 2 years 2021 and 2022, researchers were also interested in “neurodegenerative diseases,” “cognitive impairment,” and “quality of life,” which require further investigation.

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Global trends in COVID-19 Alzheimer's related research: a bibliometric analysis

Cao

Zhou

et al. 2023

Front. Neurol.

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“…It can be used in providing appropriate care to patients, yet protecting healthcare providers. 11 , 12 Two meta-analysis by Snoswell et al have demonstrated that telemedicine is clinically effective and did not detrimentally affect the mortality rates for patients. 13 , 14 In our deployment of telemedicine, it proved to be an effective safety net, layered on top of a dynamic monitoring and conveyance system was able to scale and managed large numbers of patients during the peak of the Delta and Omicron waves.…”

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Nationwide implementation of a centralised telemedicine platform in Singapore to fight the COVID-19 pandemic

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Introduction This study aims to share the experience of the Ministry of Health (Singapore) in deploying a centrally managed Telemedicine service to triage, and manage COVID-19 cases in the community during the COVID-19 Omicron wave. Material and methods Data from the deployed telemedicine system, Telemedicine Allocation and Reconciliation System, over a 14-week period (3 January 2022–10 April 2022) was analysed to determine the safety and efficacy of both the (i) National COVID-19 sorting logic algorithm and (ii) the use of a centralised telemedicine platform with privacy protection in a pandemic. Results There was a total of 47,754 children (aged 1–11 years old), 75,702 adolescents and adult patients (aged 12–69 years old) and 55,774 geriatric patients (aged > = 70 years old) who were directly managed by this platform. Amongst them, 64,961 were from the higher-risk special populations (pregnant, end-stage renal failure and immunocompromised and geriatric population). The total number of patients requiring escalations to public health institutions were 4212. This accounts for 1.32%, 3.00% and 2.35% of the children, teenagers and adults, and geriatric population respectively.

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“…Third, it redefines health care by engaging the patients’ familiar settings, so that both the patients and the health care providers can put greater emphasis on the intervention itself, which in turn results in improved efficiency and quality of care [ 9 ]. Furthermore, as hospitals and medical providers are under increasing pressure to provide quality care at lower costs, telehealth has been accepted and successful across a variety of medical specialties and settings [ 9 ], such as dentistry [ 10 ], psychiatry [ 11 ], dermatology [ 12 ], and COVID-19 consultation [ 13 ].…”

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Domains, Feasibility, Effectiveness, Cost, and Acceptability of Telehealth in Aging Care: Scoping Review of Systematic Reviews

Zhang¹,

Leuk²,

Teo³

2023

JMIR Aging

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Background Aging is becoming a major global challenge. Compared with younger adults, the older population has greater health needs but faces inadequate access to appropriate, affordable, and high-quality health care. Telehealth can remove geographic and time boundaries, as well as enabling socially isolated and physically homebound people to access a wider range of care options. The impacts of different telehealth interventions in terms of their effectiveness, cost, and acceptability in aging care are still unclear. Objective This scoping review of systematic reviews aimed to provide an overview of the domains of telehealth implemented in aging care; synthesize evidence of telehealth’s feasibility, effectiveness, cost benefits, and acceptability in the context of aging care; identify gaps in the literature; and determine the priorities for future research. Methods Guided by the methodological framework of the Joanna Briggs Institute, we reviewed systematic reviews concerning all types of telehealth interventions involving direct communication between older users and health care providers. In total, 5 major electronic databases, PubMed, Embase (Ovid), Cochrane Library, CINAHL, and PsycINFO (EBSCO), were searched on September 16, 2021, and an updated search was performed on April 28, 2022, across the same databases as well as the first 10 pages of the Google search. Results A total of 29 systematic reviews, including 1 post hoc subanalysis of a previously published large Cochrane systematic review with meta-analysis, were included. Telehealth has been adopted in various domains in aging care, such as cardiovascular diseases, mental health, cognitive impairment, prefrailty and frailty, chronic diseases, and oral health, and it seems to be a promising, feasible, effective, cost-effective, and acceptable alternative to usual care in selected domains. However, it should be noted that the generalizability of the results might be limited, and further studies with larger sample sizes, more rigorous designs, adequate reporting, and more consistently defined outcomes and methodologies are needed. The factors affecting telehealth use among older adults have been categorized into individual, interpersonal, technological, system, and policy levels, which could help direct collaborative efforts toward improving the security, accessibility, and affordability of telehealth as well as better prepare the older population for digital inclusion. Conclusions Although telehealth remains in its infancy and there is a lack of high-quality studies to rigorously prove the feasibility, effectiveness, cost benefit, and acceptability of telehealth, mounting evidence has indicated that it could play a promising complementary role in the care of the aging population.

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A Systematic Implementation of Telemedicine in Singapore's COVID-19 Community Recovery Facilities

Cited by 8 publications

References 19 publications

Global trends in COVID-19 Alzheimer's related research: a bibliometric analysis

Global trends in COVID-19 Alzheimer's related research: a bibliometric analysis

Nationwide implementation of a centralised telemedicine platform in Singapore to fight the COVID-19 pandemic

Domains, Feasibility, Effectiveness, Cost, and Acceptability of Telehealth in Aging Care: Scoping Review of Systematic Reviews

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