Exploration of implementation, financial and technical considerations within allied health professional (AHP) telehealth consultation guidance: a scoping review including UK AHP professional bodies' guidance.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a shift to remote consultations, but telehealth consultation guidelines are lacking or inconsistent. Therefore, a scoping review was performed to chart the information in the articles exploring telehealth for the UK allied health professionals (AHPs) and compare them with the UK AHP professional bodies' guidelines.

Design

Scoping review following Aksey and O' Malley methodological framework.

Data sources

CINHAL and MEDLINE were searched from inception to March 2021 using terms related to 'telehealth', 'guidelines' and 'AHPs'. Additionally, the UK AHP professional bodies were contacted requesting their guidelines.

Study selection

Articles exploring telehealth for patient consultations, written in English and publi

SUBMITTER: Leone E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8718347 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature