National Cancer Institute-funded grants focused on synchronous telehealth cancer care delivery: a portfolio analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Telehealth use increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and remains a complementary source of cancer care delivery. Understanding research funding trends in cancer-related telehealth can highlight developments in this area of science and identify future opportunities.

Methods

Applications funded by the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) between fiscal years 2016 and 2022 and focused on synchronous patient-provider telehealth were analyzed for grant characteristics (eg, funding mechanism), cancer focus (eg, cancer type), and study features (eg, type of telehealth service). Of 106 grants identified initially, 60 were retained for coding after applying exclusion criteria.

Results

Almost three-quarters (73%) of telehealth grants were funded during fiscal years 20

SUBMITTER: Jensen RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11207831 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature