The Use of Virtual Care in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: There is increasing interest from cancer patients and their healthcare providers in the use of virtual care in routine clinical practice. In the setting of hematologic malignancy, where patients often undergo complex and immunodepleting treatments, understanding how to use virtual care safely and effectively is critically important. We aimed to describe the use of virtual care in patients with hematologic malignancies and to examine physician- and patient-reported outcomes in the form of a systematic scoping review. An electronic search of PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, Elsevier Embase, Scopus, and EBSCO CINAHL was conducted from January 2000 to April 2021. A comprehensive search strategy was used to identify relevant articles, and data were extracted to assess the study design, population, setting

SUBMITTER: Suleman A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8871074 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature