Telehealth-guided provider-to-provider communication to improve rural health: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Telehealth may address healthcare disparities for rural populations. This systematic review assesses the use, effectiveness, and implementation of telehealth-supported provider-to-provider collaboration to improve rural healthcare.

Methods

We searched Ovid MEDLINE®, CINAHL®, EMBASE, and Cochrane CENTRAL from 1 January 2010 to 12 October 2021 for trials and observational studies of rural provider-to-provider telehealth. Abstracts and full text were dual-reviewed. We assessed the risk of bias for individual studies and strength of evidence for studies with similar outcomes.

Results

Seven studies of rural uptake of provider-to-provider telehealth documented increases over time but variability across geographic regions. In 97 effectiveness studies, outcomes w

SUBMITTER: Totten AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11389081 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature