Rural Palliative Care Patients' Attitudes toward Telemedicine Visits during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive Study

Broglio, Kathleen; Kirkland, Kathryn B.

doi:10.1089/jpm.2021.0192

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“…These factors make the information systems weak and easy for hackers to breach and get access to patients’ records and release them. A study in Egypt reported that out of 200 participants, 5 patients expressed the possibility of privacy breaches in the future as barriers to telemedicine use, and another study in Lebanon reported that 3 patients out of 242, expressed their distrust of the technology [ 38 , 47 ].…”

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Utilization of telehealth services in low- and middle-income countries amid the COVID-19 pandemic: a narrative summary

Tiwari

Kulkarni

Zhang

et al. 2023

Global Health Action

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Background During the current period of the pandemic, telehealth has been a boon to the healthcare system by providing quality healthcare services at a safe social distance. However, there has been slow progress in telehealth services in low- and middle-income countries with little to no evidence of the cost and effectiveness of such programmes. Objective To provide an overview of the expansion of telehealth in low- and middle-income countries amid the COVID-19 pandemic and identify the challenges, benefits, and costs associated with implementing telehealth services in these countries. Methods We performed a literature review using the search term: ‘*country name* AND ((telemedicine[Title][Abstract]) OR (telehealth[Title][Abstract] OR eHealth[Title][Abstract] OR mHealth[Title][Abstract]))’. Initially, we started with 467 articles, which were reduced to 140 after filtering out duplicates and including only primary research studies. Next, these articles were screened based on established inclusion criteria and 44 articles were finalised to be used in the review. Results We found telehealth-specific software being used as the most common tool to provide such services. Nine articles reported patient satisfaction of greater than 90% with telehealth services. Moreover, the articles identified the ability to make a correct diagnosis to resolve the condition, efficient mobilisation of healthcare resources, increased accessibility for patients, increased service utilisation, and increased satisfaction as benefits of telehealth services, whereas inaccessibility, low technological literacy, and lack of support, poor security standards and technological concerns, loss of interest by the patients, and income impacts on physicians as challenges. The review could not find articles that explored the financial information on telehealth programme implementation. Conclusion Although telehealth services are growing in popularity, the research gap on the efficacy of telehealth is high in low- and middle-income countries. To better guide the future development of telehealth services, rigorous economic evaluation of telehealth is needed.

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Utilization of telehealth services in low- and middle-income countries amid the COVID-19 pandemic: a narrative summary

Tiwari

Kulkarni

Zhang

et al. 2023

Global Health Action

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“…33 However, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the landscape of telehealth, also in the area of PC. [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] The rise in use, and subsequent new knowledge on telepalliative care, solicit a review of the literature to learn from new initiatives by examining the state of the evidence of telepalliative care from a patient and family perspective.…”

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“…Consequently, there is a need for an exploration of the literature about; patients and families' perspectives on technologically mediated PC, methods used to incorporate telehealth into PC, and the appropriateness of how and when to introduce telepalliative care into the illness trajectory. [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] However, sustainability beyond the COVID- 19 pandemic has yet to be demonstrated. Therefore, developing new insights into current practice may assist in creating sustainable solutions that foster the adoption of telehealth in PC.…”

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“…The acceleration in use indicates that telehealth in PC is gaining more prominence. Consequently, there is a need for an exploration of the literature about; patients and families’ perspectives on technologically mediated PC, methods used to incorporate telehealth into PC, and the appropriateness of how and when to introduce telepalliative care into the illness trajectory 8–17. However, sustainability beyond the COVID-19 pandemic has yet to be demonstrated.…”

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“…Before the COVID-19 pandemic, barriers to telehealth included resistance to change, technically challenged staff and cost and reimbursement issues 33. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the landscape of telehealth, also in the area of PC 8–17. The rise in use, and subsequent new knowledge on telepalliative care, solicit a review of the literature to learn from new initiatives by examining the state of the evidence of telepalliative care from a patient and family perspective.…”

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Protocol for an integrative review: patient and families’ perspectives on telehealth in palliative care

et al. 2022

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IntroductionIncreases in the use of telehealth in palliative care (telepalliative care) prior to, and during, the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in a proliferation of studies on the topic. While knowledge is building on how providers and recipients adapt to telepalliative care, no reviews have, as of yet, examined telepalliative care from a patient and family perspective. Therefore, the aim of this integrative review is to explore patients and families’ perspectives on telepalliative.Methods and analysisAn integrative review will be performed inspired by the methodology of Remmington and Toronto from March 2022 to December 2022. Medline, Embase, PsycINFO and CINAHL will be searched for primary peer-reviewed studies that describe telepalliative care from patient and families’ perspectives. Limiters will be used for age; 18 years+, time; 10 years, and language; English and Danish. Hand searches of authors of included articles and reference lists of included articles will be performed. Two reviewers will independently screen and appraise selected articles using the Mixed Method Appraisal Tool. Conflicts will be resolved through discussions with a third reviewer. Data will be extracted independently by two reviewers into a data matrix with predefined headings and analysed using thematic analysis. Findings will be reported thematically, summarised into a thematic synthesis and discussed in relation to relevant literature.Ethics and disseminationEthical approval is not required for this review. Results will be published in an international peer-reviewed journal and presented at a relevant international conference. Reporting of this protocol was guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses Protocol checklist and prospectively reported to PROSPERO (CRD42022301206).

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COVID-19 and Project ECHO Driving Innovations in Rural Pain Care and Education

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Rural Palliative Care Patients' Attitudes toward Telemedicine Visits during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive Study

Cited by 8 publications

References 4 publications

Utilization of telehealth services in low- and middle-income countries amid the COVID-19 pandemic: a narrative summary

Utilization of telehealth services in low- and middle-income countries amid the COVID-19 pandemic: a narrative summary

Protocol for an integrative review: patient and families’ perspectives on telehealth in palliative care

COVID-19 and Project ECHO Driving Innovations in Rural Pain Care and Education

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