Provision of Digital Primary Health Care Services: Overview of Reviews.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital health is a growing field, and many digital interventions have been implemented on a large scale since the COVID-19 pandemic, mainly in primary health care (PHC). The development of digital health interventions and their application in PHC are encouraged by the World Health Organization. The increased number of published scientific papers on this topic has resulted in an overwhelming amount of information, but there is no overview of reviews to summarize this evidence.

Objective

This study aims to provide policy makers, health managers, and researchers with a summary of evidence on digital interventions used in PHC.

Methods

This overview of reviews searched the Web of Science and MEDLINE databases for systematic and scoping reviews on assessments of

SUBMITTER: Fava VMD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11558215 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature