Barriers to telehealth uptake and use: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We conducted a scoping review to identify barriers to telehealth use and uptake from the perspective of patient, provider, and system that were documented in the literature. In addition to identifying and categorizing the barriers, we aimed to assess how barriers differed for studies conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as how barriers differed between the United States vs internationally based studies.

Materials and methods

Comprehensive searches of the PubMed/MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Scopus databases conducted on December 29, 2021 yielded 17 887 results, with 11 221 potentially eligible documents after duplicates were removed. The team conducted an initial title and abstract review, followed by full text review. Data from the included sources were extract

SUBMITTER: Kemp M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11921419 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature