Key result
Rural cardiovascular telehealth delivery faces key barriers linked to divergent expectations and unresolved technological issues.
Why the study?
In the context of telehealth and cardiovascular disease, research focusing on rural communities and their experiences with telehealth is limited.
Design
Semi-structured interview study
Authors
Loading...
Requires caution before scaling rural telehealth for cardiovascular care; leaves open collaborative strategies and prospective studies to resolve barriers.
Enhancing telehealth services for cardiovascular disease management in rural communities requires collaborative approaches to overcome technological barriers and divergent expectations.
Kocanda et al. (2021) studied Cardiovascular disease (n=10). Telehealth services was evaluated on Perceptions of rural health professionals regarding telehealth services. Semi-structured interviews with 10 rural health professionals identified divergent expectations and unresolved technological issues as key barriers to telehealth service delivery for cardiovascular care.
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: