Implementation and Usefulness of Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Identify and summarize the available literature on the acceleration in the use of telemedicine in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, with an aim to provide justification and guidance for its implementation to overcome the limitations associated with the pandemic worldwide.

Methods

We conducted a scoping review through different search strategies in MEDLINE and Google Scholar to identify the available literature reporting data on implementation and usefulness of various modalities of telemedicine during the current pandemic. We summarized the included studies according to field and mode of implementation in a narrative way.

Results

We included 45 studies that fulfilled selection criteria. About 38% of the studies were conducted in the United States of Ameri

SUBMITTER: Hincapie MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7734546 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature