Examining 19,539 original medical articles in the Scopus database unveiled a substantial rise in telemedicine-related publications, showing a total increase of 201.5% from 2017 to 2022 and an average annual growth rate of 24.7%. The most significant surge occurred between 2019 and 2020.
Background: Telemedicine expanded dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, transforming healthcare delivery worldwide. However, implementation faced challenges, and the impact on clinical outcomes, access, and quality remains under investigation. Objective: To systematically review the literature from 2020 to 2025 on telemedicine adoption, identifying key barriers and facilitators, and to ...
Research has shown large increases in the use of telemedicine after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. An assessment of a large healthcare database showed that telemedicine claims as a percentage of all medical claims increased from 0.2% in 2019 to 15.4% in 2020 (5).
This cohort study examines trends in the use of telemedicine and in-person outpatient visits in 2020 among a national sample of 16.7 million individuals
Telemedicine, often referred to interchangeably with telehealth, although the terms are technically different, is the use of telecommunication technology to deliver healthcare services. The...
Results: We identified 25,333 telemedicine-related research papers published between 2001 and 2022, with a substantial increase during the COVID-19 period (2020-2022), particularly in China (1.93-fold increase), moving its global publication rank from tenth to sixth.
This overview brings together the existing systemically collated and meta-analysed evidence from 38 articles pub-lished between 2010 and 2019, where an outcome measure was reported in terms of clinical effectiveness.
This report builds upon previous work (4) and describes the use of telemedicine, ability to provide quality care during telemedicine visits, satisfaction with telemedicine, and appropriateness of telemedicine use by physician specialty type.
Cardiovascular disease and telemedicine had the highest number of associations, followed by diabetes and telemedicine, and hypertension and telemedicine. A strong association was also found between obesity, smartphone and mobile applications.
This cohort study examines trends in the use of telemedicine and in-person outpatient visits in 2020 among a national sample of 16.7 million individuals