Medication-focused telehealth interventions to reduce the hospital readmission rate: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Transition of care from hospital to community is a period that carries significant risk for medication errors, potentially leading to hospital readmission, and causing financial and emotional strain on patients and caregivers. Telehealth technologies offer promising solutions to reduce hospital readmission. Therefore, the goal of this systematic review was to examine the effect of interdisciplinary telehealth post-discharge services that include a medication-focused component on hospital readmissions.

Methods

Following the PRISMA guidelines, a search was conducted in five scientific databases using keywords related to hospital readmission, medication therapy, and telehealth interventions. The review focused on randomised controlled trials published between 2000 an

SUBMITTER: Emadi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11800339 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature