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dc.contributor.authorEkeland, Anne Gen
dc.contributor.authorBowes, Alisonen
dc.contributor.authorFlottorp, Signeen
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-27T12:30:26Znb_NO
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-08T14:19:55Z
dc.date.available2010-11-27T12:30:26Znb_NO
dc.date.available2016-02-08T14:19:55Z
dc.date.issued2010-11nb_NO
dc.identifier.citationInternational journal of medical informatics 2010, 79 (11):736-71en
dc.identifier.issn1872-8243nb_NO
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2377962
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVES: To conduct a review of reviews on the impacts and costs of telemedicine services. METHODS: A review of systematic reviews of telemedicine interventions was conducted. Interventions included all e-health interventions, information and communication technologies for communication in health care, Internet based interventions for diagnosis and treatments, and social care if important part of health care and in collaboration with health care for patients with chronic conditions were considered relevant. Each potentially relevant systematic review was assessed in full text by one member of an external expert team, using a revised check list from EPOC (Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care Group) to assess quality. Qualitative analysis of the included reviews was informed by principles of realist review. RESULTS: In total 1593 titles/abstracts were identified. Following quality assessment, the review included 80 heterogeneous systematic reviews. Twenty-one reviews concluded that telemedicine is effective, 18 found that evidence is promising but incomplete and others that evidence is limited and inconsistent. Emerging themes are the particularly problematic nature of economic analyses of telemedicine, the benefits of telemedicine for patients, and telemedicine as complex and ongoing collaborative achievements in unpredictable processes. CONCLUSIONS: The emergence of new topic areas in this dynamic field is notable and reviewers are starting to explore new questions beyond those of clinical and cost-effectiveness. Reviewers point to a continuing need for larger studies of telemedicine as controlled interventions, and more focus on patients' perspectives, economic analyses and on telemedicine innovations as complex processes and ongoing collaborative achievements. Formative assessments are emerging as an area of interest.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.ijmijournal.com/article/S1386-5056%2810%2900150-4/abstracten
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Helsetjeneste- og helseadministrasjonsforskning: 806en
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin, sosialmedisin: 801en
dc.subjectVDP::Teknologi: 500::Informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi: 550::Telekommunikasjon: 552en
dc.subject.meshTelemedicineen
dc.subject.meshTechnology Assessment, Biomedicalen
dc.subject.meshEvidence-Based Medicineen
dc.subject.meshReview Literatureen
dc.subject.meshHealth Services Accessibilityen
dc.subject.meshHealth Services Researchen
dc.subject.meshHealth Care Costsen
dc.subject.meshInterneten
dc.titleEffectiveness of telemedicine: a systematic review of reviews.en
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.typePeer revieweden
dc.source.journalInternational journal of medical informaticsen
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2010.08.006nb_NO
dc.identifier.pmid20884286nb_NO
dc.contributor.departmentNorwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine, University Hospital of North Norway, P.O. Box 6060, N-9038 Tromsø, Norway. anne.granstrom.ekeland@telemed.noen


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