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

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Garfan, Salem, Alamoodi, A.H., Zaidan, B.B., Al-Zobbi, Mohammed, Hamid, Rula A., Alwan, Jwan K., Ahmaro, Ibraheem Y.Y., Khalid, Eman Thabet +11 more·2021·Computers in Biology and Medicine

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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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Garfan, S., Alamoodi, A. H., Zaidan, B. B., Al-Zobbi, M., Hamid, R. A., Alwan, J. K., Ahmaro, I. Y. Y., Khalid, E. T., Jumaah, F. M., Albahri, O. S., Zaidan, A. A., Albahri, A. S., Al-qaysi, Z. T., Ahmed, M. A., Shuwandy, M. L., Salih, M. M., Zughoul, O., Mohammed, K. I., & Momani, F.
Affiliations
  • Sultan Idris Education University (MY)
  • National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (TW)
  • University of Information Technology and Communications (IQ)
  • University of Malaya (MY)
  • Hebron University (PS)
  • University of Basrah (IQ)
  • Polytechnique Montréal (CA)
  • University of Tikrit (IQ)
  • Ahmed Bin Mohammed Military College (QA)
Corresponding author
Alamoodi, A.H.
Venue
Computers in Biology and Medicine
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2021-11
Volume
138
Pages
104878
ISSN
0010-4825 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3199898909
Cited by
369
References
112
Citations by year
2026: 31 · 2025: 59 · 2024: 106 · 2023: 104 · 2022: 64 · 2021: 4
FWCI
12.38
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Computers in Biology and Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PolyPublie (École Polytechnique de Montréal) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (2020-0310-106-11)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Health Sciences › Dentistry › General Dentistry › Dental Research and COVID-19
Keywords
telemedicine, COVID-19 pandemic, remote healthcare delivery, medical procedures, research landscape mapping
MeSH terms
COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Humans, Telemedicine, Pandemics

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