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June 30, 2014British Journal of General PracticeOpen Access

Experiences of front-line health professionals in the delivery of telehealth: a qualitative study

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Population

32 front-line health professionals involved in the delivery of telehealth for people with long-term…

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Authors

VMVirginia MacNeillCSCaroline SandersRFRay Fitzpatrick

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Overview

Telehealth adoption in primary care may face GP resistance over workload and autonomy; extends evidence on role-specific barriers in digital health RCTs.

Structured PICO

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Population
32 front-line health professionals (13 community matrons, 10 telehealth monitoring nurses and 9 GPs) involved in the delivery of telehealth for people with long-term conditions.
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Intervention
Delivery of telehealth
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Outcome
Perceptions and experiences of front-line health professionals regarding telehealth care

Front-line health professionals have mixed views on telehealth, highlighting the need for shared understanding and potential renegotiation of roles to support patient self-management.

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MacNeill et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a82a30c409efddc54d4a702https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp14x680485
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