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Telehealth utilization during the Covid-19 pandemic: A systematic review

During the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, different technologies, including telehealth, are maximised to mitigate the risks and consequences of the disease. Telehealth has been widely utilised because of its usability and safety in providing healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic...

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Main Authors: Garfan, Salem, Alamoodi, A. H., Zaidan, B. B., Al-Zobbi, Mohammed, Hamid, Rula A., Alwan, Jwan K., Ahmaro, Ibraheem Y. Y., Khalid, Eman Thabet, Jumaah, F. M., Albahri, O. S., Zaidan, A. A., Albahri, A. S., Al-qaysi, Z. T., Ahmed, M. A., Shuwandy, Moceheb Lazam, Salih, Mahmood M., Zughoul, Omar, Mohammed, K., Momani, Fayiz
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Published: Elsevier 2021
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QA Mathematics
QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
QH Natural history
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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spelling my.um.eprints.346032022-09-14T00:55:34Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/34603/ Telehealth utilization during the Covid-19 pandemic: A systematic review Garfan, Salem Alamoodi, A. H. Zaidan, B. B. Al-Zobbi, Mohammed Hamid, Rula A. Alwan, Jwan K. Ahmaro, Ibraheem Y. Y. Khalid, Eman Thabet Jumaah, F. M. Albahri, O. S. Zaidan, A. A. Albahri, A. S. Al-qaysi, Z. T. Ahmed, M. A. Shuwandy, Moceheb Lazam Salih, Mahmood M. Zughoul, Omar Mohammed, K. Momani, Fayiz QA Mathematics QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science QH Natural history TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) During the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, different technologies, including telehealth, are maximised to mitigate the risks and consequences of the disease. Telehealth has been widely utilised because of its usability and safety in providing healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, a systematic literature review which provides extensive evidence on the impact of COVID-19 through telehealth and which covers multiple directions in a large-scale research remains lacking. This study aims to review telehealth literature comprehensively since the pandemic started. It also aims to map the research landscape into a coherent taxonomy and characterise this emerging field in terms of motivations, open challenges and recommendations. Articles related to telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic were systematically searched in the WOS, IEEE, Science Direct, Springer and Scopus databases. The final set included (n = 86) articles discussing telehealth applications with respect to (i) control (n = 25), (ii) technology (n = 14) and (iii) medical procedure (n = 47). Since the beginning of the pandemic, telehealth has been presented in diverse cases. However, it still warrants further attention. Regardless of category, the articles focused on the challenges which hinder the maximisation of telehealth in such times and how to address them. With the rapid increase in the utilization of telehealth in different specialised hospitals and clinics, a potential framework which reflects the authors' implications of the future application and opportunities of telehealth has been established. This article improves our understanding and reveals the full potential of telehealth during these difficult times and beyond. Elsevier 2021-11 Article PeerReviewed Garfan, Salem and Alamoodi, A. H. and Zaidan, B. B. and Al-Zobbi, Mohammed and Hamid, Rula A. and Alwan, Jwan K. and Ahmaro, Ibraheem Y. Y. and Khalid, Eman Thabet and Jumaah, F. M. and Albahri, O. S. and Zaidan, A. A. and Albahri, A. S. and Al-qaysi, Z. T. and Ahmed, M. A. and Shuwandy, Moceheb Lazam and Salih, Mahmood M. and Zughoul, Omar and Mohammed, K. and Momani, Fayiz (2021) Telehealth utilization during the Covid-19 pandemic: A systematic review. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 138. ISSN 0010-4825, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104878 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104878>. 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104878
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topic QA Mathematics
QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
QH Natural history
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle QA Mathematics
QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
QH Natural history
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Garfan, Salem
Alamoodi, A. H.
Zaidan, B. B.
Al-Zobbi, Mohammed
Hamid, Rula A.
Alwan, Jwan K.
Ahmaro, Ibraheem Y. Y.
Khalid, Eman Thabet
Jumaah, F. M.
Albahri, O. S.
Zaidan, A. A.
Albahri, A. S.
Al-qaysi, Z. T.
Ahmed, M. A.
Shuwandy, Moceheb Lazam
Salih, Mahmood M.
Zughoul, Omar
Mohammed, K.
Momani, Fayiz
Telehealth utilization during the Covid-19 pandemic: A systematic review
description During the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, different technologies, including telehealth, are maximised to mitigate the risks and consequences of the disease. Telehealth has been widely utilised because of its usability and safety in providing healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, a systematic literature review which provides extensive evidence on the impact of COVID-19 through telehealth and which covers multiple directions in a large-scale research remains lacking. This study aims to review telehealth literature comprehensively since the pandemic started. It also aims to map the research landscape into a coherent taxonomy and characterise this emerging field in terms of motivations, open challenges and recommendations. Articles related to telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic were systematically searched in the WOS, IEEE, Science Direct, Springer and Scopus databases. The final set included (n = 86) articles discussing telehealth applications with respect to (i) control (n = 25), (ii) technology (n = 14) and (iii) medical procedure (n = 47). Since the beginning of the pandemic, telehealth has been presented in diverse cases. However, it still warrants further attention. Regardless of category, the articles focused on the challenges which hinder the maximisation of telehealth in such times and how to address them. With the rapid increase in the utilization of telehealth in different specialised hospitals and clinics, a potential framework which reflects the authors' implications of the future application and opportunities of telehealth has been established. This article improves our understanding and reveals the full potential of telehealth during these difficult times and beyond.
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author Garfan, Salem
Alamoodi, A. H.
Zaidan, B. B.
Al-Zobbi, Mohammed
Hamid, Rula A.
Alwan, Jwan K.
Ahmaro, Ibraheem Y. Y.
Khalid, Eman Thabet
Jumaah, F. M.
Albahri, O. S.
Zaidan, A. A.
Albahri, A. S.
Al-qaysi, Z. T.
Ahmed, M. A.
Shuwandy, Moceheb Lazam
Salih, Mahmood M.
Zughoul, Omar
Mohammed, K.
Momani, Fayiz
author_facet Garfan, Salem
Alamoodi, A. H.
Zaidan, B. B.
Al-Zobbi, Mohammed
Hamid, Rula A.
Alwan, Jwan K.
Ahmaro, Ibraheem Y. Y.
Khalid, Eman Thabet
Jumaah, F. M.
Albahri, O. S.
Zaidan, A. A.
Albahri, A. S.
Al-qaysi, Z. T.
Ahmed, M. A.
Shuwandy, Moceheb Lazam
Salih, Mahmood M.
Zughoul, Omar
Mohammed, K.
Momani, Fayiz
author_sort Garfan, Salem
title Telehealth utilization during the Covid-19 pandemic: A systematic review
title_short Telehealth utilization during the Covid-19 pandemic: A systematic review
title_full Telehealth utilization during the Covid-19 pandemic: A systematic review
title_fullStr Telehealth utilization during the Covid-19 pandemic: A systematic review
title_full_unstemmed Telehealth utilization during the Covid-19 pandemic: A systematic review
title_sort telehealth utilization during the covid-19 pandemic: a systematic review
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2021
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/34603/
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