Telehealth adoption in palliative care: a systematic review of patient barriers and facilitators.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Telehealth is increasingly used in palliative care and its application is seen as one possible solution to improve access to palliative care services, thereby providing additional support for patients with advanced cancer. By completing a systematic review of the literature this research identifies the barriers and facilitators of telehealth adoption by patients with advanced cancer to determine the type of healthcare services needed to meet their needs.

Methods

A systematic review of the literature was conducted on CINAHL, MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, PsycArticles, the Cochrane Library, Scopus, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, IEEE Xplore as well as grey literature to identify the barriers and facilitators of adopting telehealth by patients with advanced cancer in pa

SUBMITTER: Kirby A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11863556 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature