Guidelines and recommendations about virtual mental health services from high-income countries: a rapid review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study reviewed existing recommendations for virtual mental healthcare services through the quadruple aim framework to create a set of recommendations on virtual healthcare delivery to guide the development of Canadian policies on virtual mental health services.

Design

We conducted a systematic rapid review with qualitative content analysis of data from included manuscripts. The quadruple aim framework, consisting of improving patient experience and provider satisfaction, reducing costs and enhancing population health, was used to analyse and organise findings.

Methods

Searches were conducted using seven databases from 1 January 2010 to 22 July 2022. We used qualitative content analysis to generate themes.

Results

The search yielded 40 articles.

SUBMITTER: Ekeleme N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10884256 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature