Health Technologies and Infrastructures for Supporting Home-Based Pediatric Palliative Care: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Families with children who need pediatric palliative care (PPC) often stay at home to preserve a sense of normalcy. However, families may experience challenges regarding communication and follow-up from health care professionals (HCPs). Health technology is suggested as a way to facilitate communication between families and HCPs, but no previous scoping review has mapped existing studies on health and communication technologies and infrastructures for supporting children who need PPC and their families.

Objective

The objective of this scoping review was to systematically map the literature on health technologies and infrastructures to support communication in home-based PPC.

Methods

We conducted a scoping review based on Arksey and O'Malley's framework with

SUBMITTER: Steindal SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12723365 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature