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Successes and failures: what are we measuring?

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posted on 2024-10-28, 04:04 authored by SG Whetton
In telemedicine and telehealth, the perception of success is complex, varies according to time and context, and depends on the perspective of the observer. Several reviews of the evaluation literature have been undertaken in recent years. These reviews identify common methodological shortcomings. Telehealth services continue to be funded as short-term projects. While it is essential to address methodology issues, it is important to understand that studies of pilot projects provide only interim findings about the feasibility of such applications, not how well they operate as mature applications. This represents something of a conundrum: evaluation is expected to establish the long-term value of telehealth using criteria which are specific to short-term projects. A useful approach would be to develop frameworks enabling all similar studies (e.g. diabetic home care) to be examined in order to extract commonalities and differences. This would enable us to draw conclusions about where telehealth is effective, as well as what variables demonstrate 'success'.

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Publication title

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volume

11

Issue

Supplement 2

Pagination

98-100

ISSN

1357-633X

Department/School

UTAS Centre for Rural Health

Publisher

The Royal Society of Medicine Press

Publication status

  • Published

Place of publication

Surrey, United Kingdom

Socio-economic Objectives

200508 Rural and remote area health

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