Digital Health Opportunities to Improve Primary Health Care in the Context of COVID-19: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic brought social, economic, and health impacts, requiring fast adaptation of health systems. Although information and communication technologies were essential for achieving this objective, the extent to which health systems incorporated this technology is unknown.

Objective

The aim of this study was to map the use of digital health strategies in primary health care worldwide and their impact on quality of care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

We performed a scoping review based on the Joanna Briggs Institute manual and guided by the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses) Extension for Scoping Reviews. A systematic and comprehensive three-step search was performed in June and July 2021 in multidi

SUBMITTER: Silva CRDV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9159467 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature