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 I, Momani Fayiz
Department of Computing, Faculty of Arts, Computing and Creative Industry, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Perak, Malaysia.
Department of Computing, Faculty of Arts, Computing and Creative Industry, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Perak, Malaysia.
Comput Biol Med. 2021 Nov;138:104878. doi: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104878. Epub 2021 Sep 20.
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.
在冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行期间，包括远程医疗在内的各种技术都得到了最大限度的利用，以减轻该疾病的风险和后果。由于远程医疗在COVID-19大流行期间提供医疗服务时具有可用性和安全性，因此得到了广泛应用。然而，目前仍缺乏一项系统的文献综述，该综述能提供关于COVID-19通过远程医疗产生的影响的广泛证据，并且在大规模研究中涵盖多个方向。本研究旨在全面回顾自大流行开始以来的远程医疗文献。它还旨在将研究领域映射到一个连贯的分类体系中，并从动机、开放挑战和建议等方面对这个新兴领域进行描述。在Web of Science（WOS）、电气和电子工程师协会（IEEE）、科学Direct、施普林格和Scopus数据库中系统搜索了与COVID-19大流行期间远程医疗相关的文章。最终纳入的（n = 86）篇文章讨论了远程医疗在以下方面的应用：（i）防控（n = 25）、（ii）技术（n = 14）和（iii）医疗程序（n = 47）。自大流行开始以来，远程医疗已出现在各种案例中。然而，它仍值得进一步关注。无论类别如何，这些文章都聚焦于阻碍远程医疗在此时最大限度发挥作用的挑战以及如何应对这些挑战。随着不同专科医院和诊所对远程医疗的使用迅速增加，已经建立了一个潜在的框架，该框架反映了作者对远程医疗未来应用和机会的见解。本文增进了我们的理解，并揭示了远程医疗在这些艰难时期及以后的全部潜力。
