The Impact of Secure Messaging in the Treatment of Patients With Diabetes Within a Primary Care Setting: Protocol for a Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diabetes-a high-burden chronic disease-requires lifetime active management involving the use of different tools and health care resources to improve patient health outcomes. Recent studies have demonstrated promising results regarding the impact of the use of virtual care technology on the treatment of chronic diseases, such as diabetes. However, it is unclear whether the use of technologies, such as secure messaging, improves the quality of care and reduces diabetes-related costs to the health care system.

Objective

The purpose of our scoping review is to explore what is known about the use of secure messaging in the treatment of diabetes within the primary care setting and how its impact has been assessed from the patient and health system perspectives. Our revi

SUBMITTER: Lawal A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10189617 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature