Barriers and Facilitators for Implementing Paediatric Telemedicine: Rapid Review of User Perspectives.

ABSTRACT: Background: COVID-19 has brought to the fore an urgent need for secure information and communication technology (ICT) supported healthcare delivery, as the pertinence of infection control and social distancing continues. Telemedicine for paediatric care warrants special consideration around logistics, consent and assent, child welfare and communication that may differ to adult services. There is no systematic evidence synthesis available that outlines the implementation issues for incorporating telemedicine to paediatric services generally, or how users perceive these issues. Methods: We conducted a rapid mixed-methods evidence synthesis to identify barriers, facilitators, and documented stakeholder experiences of implementing paediatric telemedicine, to inform the pandemic r

SUBMITTER: Tully L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8010687 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature