Journal Of Telemedicine Research Articles

Mapping trends and hotspots regarding the use of telenursing for elderly individuals with chronic diseases: A bibliometric analysis.

Telenursing is receiving extensive attention from scholars and medical staff. However, there are few studies on the knowledge structure of telenursing for elderly individuals with chronic diseases. This study aims to demonstrate current research status and development trend of telenursing for elderly individuals with chronic diseases through a visual analysis of CiteSpace, so as to provide a more comprehensive perspective for future researches. Literature about telenursing for elderly patients with chronic diseases from 2002 to 2022 was retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection using CiteSpace 6.1.R3. A total of 375 records were obtained. Annual publication and citation frequency gradually increased over the investigated period, reaching a peak in 2022. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare was the most prolific and the most cited journal. The United States was the most productive country, the University of Melbourne was the most productive institution, and the author CHEN C ranked the highest in the number of publications. The most popular keywords were "care," "telemedicine," "management," "older adult," "chronic disease," "health," and "heart failure," which had a high frequency and centrality. The keywords "telehealth," "randomized controlled trail," "chronic obstructive pulmonary disease," "implementation" and "time" showed the strongest citation burst. The keywords were clustered to form 10 labels. The article published in 2010 by Chaudhry SI was cited the most. The top 3 cited journals were all special journal of telemedicine. This study revealed current research status and development trend of telenursing for elderly individuals with chronic diseases. The bibliometric analysis of telenursing expands the knowledge field of telemedicine and provides new insights into the management of elderly patients with chronic diseases.

Analysis of Barriers Implementation Health Information Technology Using Vosviewer: A Bibliometric Study

Information technology is growing rapidly in various fields, especially in health services. The development of information technology in health services is e-health, which aims to improve public health, expand and reach health services, and manage patients in real-time. This study aims to determine the publication trend of articles on barriers to medical technology implementation from 2015 – 2022. The publications were retrieved through a search through the Scopus database and obtained 422 publications. This study analyzed the number of publications per year, document type, most contributing countries, subject area of publication, influential authors, number of article citations, and contributing search sources. This study also analyzed and collated documents with Vos Viewer. The results showed that the trend of publications has increased the number of publications from year to year. The types of papers published with the highest number were articles (322 publications) and reviews (90 publications). The most contributing country was the United States, with 191 reports. The dominant subject area was medicine, at 66.23%. The publication with the most citations was an article by Scott Kruse et al. entitled “Evaluating Barriers to Adopting Telemedicine Worldwide: A Systematic Review” from the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, with the subject area of medicine having 413 citations. Researchers with the highest number of publications (3) were ten authors. The study was limited by the search for literature from a single database, which allowed the literature to not cover all of the literature on barriers to medical technology implementation.

A Bibliometric Analysis of the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare: 2007-2022

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare (JTT) is one of the leading journals in the world of telemedicine and has a strong influence on research in this field. This study aims to understand the change of the journal over the years and to present a summary about the emerging issues in the field of telemedicine. The analysis used a bibliometric method. JTT has published 1489 articles, 68 reviews, 30 letters, 17 editorials, 6 Erratum and 5 notes until August 2022. All these studies yielded a rate of approximately 19 citations per study, and the journal received a total of 29,423 citations, excluding self citations of all authors. Although the most significant year in terms of publications is 2021 (176), it is 2007 (2948) in terms of the number of cited publications. Moreover, the research by Smith et al.(2020) has been the most cited article (727) in JTT. America (the US) is the leading country in the categories of total publications (495) and the total citations (9625). Australia and the United Kingdom (the UK) are ranked second and third, respectively. European countries are mostly in the top 10. Additionally, JTT has received a significant attention from authors in Europe, America and Australian. Telemedicine is an evolving field and has provided an opportunity to follow the issues of journals in this field and to examine developments in telemedicine. This study presents a telemedicine framework by examining the process of JTT.

Teledentistry: A bibliometric analysis of the scientific publication's trend.

Teledentistry is a specialized area within telemedicine employs digital technology and telecommunications to remotely manage dental patients, offering care, advice, education, and treatment. The significance of teledentistry escalated during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study presents a bibliometric analysis of teledentistry, based on a retrospective search of the Scopus database. The research utilized Bibliometrix and VOSviewer software. Publications on teledentistry have shown a recent surge, particularly since 2020, attributed to the pandemic. Out of 369 articles, just 28 (7.5%) were single-authored, while most involved collaborative efforts. These articles were dispersed across 160 journals, with the Journal Of Telemedicine And Telecare, International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health, and Telemedicine And E-Health each publishing over 15 articles. Remarkably, 66% of the journals featured open-access content. The University of Western Australia emerged as the most prolific institution, with 12 publications, while the United States, Chile, and Brazil led in the number of published documents. The growing interest in teledentistry, mainly fueled by the pandemic, has promising implications for dental practice. Despite the existing limitations, it holds potential. This bibliometric analysis provides a comprehensive overview of the field and offers valuable quantitative insights for shaping future research and funding strategies, especially concerning protocol development and digital risk assessment.

Embracing the future of healthcare: launching the Journal of Connected Health And Telemedicine

Embracing the future of healthcare: launching the Journal of Connected Health And Telemedicine

The 100 Most Highly Cited Articles Published in the Telemedicine Journals

Introduction: Identifying highly cited articles helps researchers find the most important areas, effective authors in the field, pioneer countries and frequently used journals. This study aimed to review the 100 most highly cited articles published in telemedicine journals.Material and Methods: The list of the telemedicine journals was found by searching the “master journal list” of the Web of Science database. Then, the name of each journal was searched separately in the “Publication Name” section of the same database and the results were sorted based on the “times cited” order. The first 100 articles that received the most citations were selected. The journal name, study type and study field were extracted from the final articles.Results: The top 100 highly cited articles were published in the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare (n=54, 53.5%), Telemedicine and e-Health (n=45, 44.5%) and International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications (n=2, 2%). Most of the highly cited articles were review studies (n=55, 54%) and almost one-third of the reviewed articles were conducted on general telemedicine (n=28, 28%).Conclusion: This study revealed that some characteristics such as review studies, studies on general telemedicine, and studies being published in the oldest telemedicine journals were more likely used and cited.

Telemedicine: Niche or mainstream? A bibliometric analysis and review of the output of highly ranked clinical journals

Historically, telemedicine research is predominantly published in discipline-specific telemedicine journals. However, in recent times the number of publications on telemedicine in clinical journals has increased. Acceptance of telemedicine research by clinical journals indicates a maturing of the telemedicine field. This bibliometric study reviewed telemedicine-related literature published in clinical journals from 2008 to 2018. A search was conducted in PubMed using two types of clinical outlets. (1) Top 20 journals with highest Impact Factor in the field of Medicine. (2) Top five journals with highest Impact Factor in most common Medical Specialty Areas. Analysis showed that there is a steady growth of literature relating to research and non-research publications appearing in clinical journals. Top five journals in the field of Medicine – BMJ, JAMA, Cochrane database, Medical Journal of Australia and Lancet have published 64% (n = 270) of telemedicine-related articles for the study period. Disease areas associated with telemedicine publications are consistent with global disease priorities. The review demonstrated that the most significant increase in telemedicine research published in clinical journals was focused on patient care.

Pandemic Allows Vast Natural Experiment in Socially Distant Psychotherapy

Pandemic Allows Vast Natural Experiment in Socially Distant Psychotherapy

Frontline Redeployment of Psychiatry Residents During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

This article discusses the frontline redeployment of psychiatry residents during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City Early in its transmission in the United States, COVID-19 had a disproportionate impact on New York City, pushing local hospitals nearly to their limits In the intensive care unit at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, the capacity of 99 beds was exceeded by nearly 300% in April 2020 This surge required expansion and restructuring of existing inpatient medical services, as well as "redeployment" of attending and trainee physicians from various specialties, including psychiatry In this paper, the authors describe the process of the redeployment of psychiatry residents at a major urban academic medical center to the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)

Evolution of Telepathology: A Comprehensive Analysis of Global Telepathology Literature Between 1986 and 2017.

Telepathology is an application of telemedicine providing remote evaluation and consultation of digital pathology images and can be used for educational or experimental purposes. Bibliometrics is a statistical discipline investigating publication patterns and trends in a certain academic field. Although bibliometric and scientometric studies are becoming increasingly popular, the relevant literature contains only one limited article related to telepathology. The aim of our study was to perform a holistic bibliometric analysis of the telepathology literature. Since the first article on telepathology was published in 1986, we included all indexed articles retrieved from Web of Science databases between 1986 and 2017. We found that the USA covering 43.01% of all literature was the leading country in the telepathology field and was followed by Germany, Italy and the UK (n=120, 90 and 83, respectively). The countries with the most contributions were located in the continents of Europe and North America. The most productive source titles were Human Pathology, Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, and Modern Pathology. Harvard University ranked first with 59 articles. The most commonly used keywords of the telepathology literature were "telepathology", "telemedicine", "digital pathology", "virtual microscopy" and "telecytology". We noted that all of the ten countries with the most contributions were in the developed category of UN classification and all twenty of the most productive institutions were from developed countries. We suggest that researchers from developing and least developed countries should be encouraged to carry out novel studies since telemedicine is a required and promising technology for rural developing or least developed areas in which access to health care is difficult.

Literatures Review of Telemedicine Services in Maritime and Extreme Weather

Purpose: The objective of this review is to asses and analyse the current status of tele-medicine services in the context of offshore, Arctic and extreme weather and its use within the search and rescue scenarios. Moreover, it presents state of the art systems for implementing successful telemedicine services in the Arctic (extreme weather and remote) regions and also indicates the extent of the challenge imposed by the existing geographical problems.Method: Literature search was conducted, between September 7 and October 28, 2015, through various databases, such as Google Scholar, PubMed/Medline, Science direct, ACM Digital Library, IEEE Xplore, Onepetro, Journal of American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA), Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare and Journal of international maritime health. Furthermore, additional articles were also extracted from reference lists of the selected papers. Peer reviewed journals and articles were considered. The inclusion and exclusion criteria were setup through rigorous discussion and brainstorming among the authors. Several combination of the term “Arctic”, “oil and gas”, “shipping”, “telemedicine”, “search and rescue”, “maritime medicine”, “offshore”, “extreme weather”, and “telehealth” were used during the search. The search strings were combined using “AND” and “OR” for a better searching strategy. Relevant articles were first identified by reviewing the titles, keywords and abstract for a preliminary filter with our selection criteria, and then we reviewed full texts for articles that seemed relevant. Information was extracted based on some predefined categories, including Communication link, Telemedicine modalities and Telemedicine services, which were based on previous research and further elaborated upon via iterative brainstorming.Result: The first Author (AZW) vetted the first hit using the title, abstract and keywords, and retrieved a total of 471 papers. After removing duplicates, 422 records were remained. Then the authors did independent assessment of the articles based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, which eliminated another 219 papers, leaving 203 relevant papers. After a full text assessment, 36 articles were left, which were critically analysed. The inter-rater agreement was measured using the Cohen’s Kappa test, and disagreements were resolved through discussion. According to the result, most of the studies have implemented various telemedicine services such as teleconsultation (24%), teleradiology (22%), telecardiology (5,5%), tele-ENT (5,5%), teledermatology (8,2%) and teleeducation (8,2%) and others (19%, incl. teleinterpretation, teleambulance, clinical decision making and others). Most of these studies also demonstrated the use of various means of communication links including satellite (29%), mobile (GSM, GPRS, CDMA, etc) (25%), radio, LAN & dialup (28%), ISDN (8%), broadband (6%) and VPN (5%). Moreover, all these studies have shown the use of various telemedicine modalities such as video (27%), still images (25%), audio (19%) and other medical data (18%).Discussion: Despite the increasing number of fishermen and other seafarers, maritime working conditions are mainly characterized by absence of access to health care facilities. The condition is further aggravated to fishermen and seafarers who are working in the Arctic regions. Even if onshore tele-medicine has been a success, its success on offshore is limited. This is due to various reasons such as the absence of good communication network, bad weather condition, long distances and longer time periods out of reach of search and rescue (SAR) helicopters, which reduces the possibility of medical evacuation (MEDEVAC). Technology adoption from onshore to offshore might seems a fast remedy for the case. However, this remains to be a challenge for various reasons. The main reason is the convergent and divergent nature of maritime and onshore telemedicine with respect to structural, practical and policy differences. Therefore, it requires to identify these differences and to carefully review them before the transfer of technology and research results to offshore situations. However, irrespective of these limitations, offshore and maritime telemedicine have recently been successful in delivering telemedicine services in the Arctic, Antarctica and other areas with extreme weather conditions. However, the use of telemedicine in relation to search and rescue (SAR) services is not yet fully exploited. Therefore, we foresee that these implemented and evaluated telemedicine services will serve as underlying models for successful implementation of future search and rescue (SAR) services.

Playing Pregnancy: The Ludification and Gamification of Expectant Motherhood in Smartphone Apps

Like other forms of embodiment, pregnancy has increasingly become subject to representation and interpretation via digital technologies. Pregnancy and the unborn entity were largely private, and few people beyond the pregnant women herself had access to the foetus growing within her (Duden). Now pregnant and foetal bodies have become open to public portrayal and display (Lupton The Social Worlds of the Unborn). A plethora of online materials – websites depicting the unborn entity from the moment of conception, amateur YouTube videos of births, social media postings of ultrasounds and self-taken photos (‘selfies’) showing changes in pregnant bellies, and so on – now ensure the documentation of pregnant and unborn bodies in extensive detail, rendering them open to other people’s scrutiny. Other recent digital technologies directed at pregnancy include mobile software applications, or ‘apps’. In this article, we draw on our study involving a critical discourse analysis of a corpus of pregnancy-related apps offered in the two major app stores. In so doing, we discuss the ways in which pregnancy-related apps portray pregnant and unborn bodies. We place a particular focus on the ludification and gamification strategies employed to position pregnancy as a playful, creative and fulfilling experience that is frequently focused on consumption. As we will demonstrate, these strategies have wider implications for concepts of pregnant and foetal embodiment and subjectivity. It is important here to make a distinction between ludification and gamification. Ludification is a broader term than gamification. It is used in the academic literature on gaming (sometimes referred to as ‘ludology’) to refer to elements of games reaching into other aspects of life beyond leisure pursuits (Frissen et al. Playful Identities: The Ludification of Digital Media Cultures; Raessens). Frissen et al. (Frissen et al. "Homo Ludens 2.0: Play, Media and Identity") for example, claim that even serious pursuits such as work, politics, education and warfare have been subjected to ludification. They note that digital technologies in general tend to incorporate ludic dimensions. Gamification has been described as ‘the use of game design elements in non-game contexts’ (Deterding et al. 9). The term originated in the digital media industry to describe the incorporation of features into digital technologies that not explicitly designed as games, such as competition, badges, rewards and fun that engaged and motivated users to make them more enjoyable to use. Gamification is now often used in literatures on marketing strategies, persuasive computing or behaviour modification. It is an important element of ‘nudge’, an approach to behaviour change that involves persuasion over coercion (Jones, Pykett and Whitehead). Gamification thus differs from ludification in that the former involves applying ludic principles for reasons other than the pleasures of enjoying the game for their own sake, often to achieve objectives set by actors and agencies other than the gamer. Indeed, this is why gamification software has been described by Bogost (Bogost) as ‘exploitationware’.

ATA Practice Guidelines for Live, On-Demand Primary and Urgent Care

ATA Practice Guidelines for Live, On-Demand Primary and Urgent Care

Management of endocrine disease. Effects of telecare intervention on glycemic control in type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

To review the published literature on the effects of telecare intervention in patients with type 2 diabetes and inadequate glycemic control. A review of randomized controlled trials on telecare intervention in patients with type 2 diabetes, and a search of electronic databases such as The Cochrane Library, PubMed, EBSCO, CINAHL, Science Direct, Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), were conducted from December 8 to 16, 2013. Two evaluators independently selected and reviewed the eligible studies. Changes in HbA1c, fasting plasma glucose (FPG), post-prandial plasma glucose (PPG), BMI, and body weight were analyzed. An analysis of 18 studies with 3798 subjects revealed that telecare significantly improved the management of diabetes. Mean HbA1c values were reduced by -0.54 (95% CI, -0.75 to -0.34; P<0.05), mean FPG levels by -9.00 mg/dl (95% CI, -17.36 to -0.64; P=0.03), and mean PPG levels reduced by -52.86 mg/dl (95% CI, -77.13 to -28.58; P<0.05) when compared with the group receiving standard care. Meta-regression and subgroup analyses indicated that study location, sample size, and treatment-monitoring techniques were the sources of heterogeneity. Patients monitored by telecare showed significant improvement in glycemic control in type 2 diabetes when compared with those monitored by routine follow-up. Significant reduction in HbA1c levels was associated with Asian populations, small sample size, and telecare, and with those patients with baseline HbA1c greater than 8.0%.

Telemedicine – A bibliometric and content analysis of 17,932 publication records

ObjectivesWe aimed to provide an up-to-date contemporary bibliometric view of the telemedicine and telehealth literature and a longitudinal analysis of changes in content themes. MethodsSoftware tools were used to extract and process MEDLINE entries. Frequencies of papers by year of publication and outlet were calculated, ranked, charted and tabulated. Frequency of publication by author was also calculated, ranked and tabulated. The process was repeated for two time periods to examine change: (i) 1970–1995 and (ii) 2009–2013. Content analysis of abstracts was conducted and tag clouds were generated. This visual representation was used to identify key words and prominent themes. Results17,932 records relating to articles published in 2523 unique outlets were analyzed. In the cumulative literature, 3152 (18%) articles were published in specialist telemedicine journals while most articles (14,780 [82%]) were published in mainstream outlets. This pattern was observed in both epochs. Clinical journals were not highly represented. Over time 46,066 unique authors have contributed to the field, with 21,109 of them publishing in the period 2009–2013. DiscussionTelemedicine is a large and growing field with most publication occurring outside of the specialist journals. Content analysis suggested a change of focus from the technical to the clinical between the two epochs. As a healthcare setting, the home also appears to be emergent. ConclusionThis study updates the findings of previous studies. The emphasis within the literature suggests a move from technical issues to clinical applications and evaluation. The maturity of the field and its accessibility to clinicians and policy makers remains unclear.

Electronic health in ghana: current status and future prospects.

The health-care system in Ghana is similar to those in other developing countries and access to health services for remote communities is extremely limited. In July, 2010, the Government of Ghana launched the national e health strategy. A number of international organizations have initiated various pilot projects, including disseminating and collecting data, education initiatives and telemedicine. In addition, several institutions and organizations are dedicated to the promotion of e-health and a range of Web-based health consultancy services have begun. The main objective of this study is to provide an overview of eHealth activities in Ghana. It was a daunting task, not least because of the need to gather information on eHealth projects and initiatives in Ghana, as there is no existing repository of such information. Through literature search in Africa journals online, Hinari, Medline, Google.com, Journal of Telemedicine and e-Health, Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, Journal of Medical Internet Research and Interaction with eHealth experts, followed up with some of the authors' for directions to other projects, and following the references in some articles. A total of twenty-two (22) pilot projects have been identified in Ghana. Mobile devices in use range from PDAs to simple phones and smart phones. The key findings of this research are that there are about 22 eHealth project at various stages of implementation in Ghana. Some of these projects have wind up and others are still being implemented. Mobile devices in use range from PDAs to simple mobile phones and smart phones. Most of the projects have been donor initiated. Data collection started in March 2010 to June 2013. Although eHealth seems to have a limited role in Ghana at present, there is growing interest in the opportunities it may offer in terms of improving the delivery and access to services, especially in remote locations. Recommendations for further research are provided.

From Humble Beginnings—Two Decades of Success

Telemedicine and e-HealthVol. 20, No. 1 EditorialFrom Humble Beginnings—Two Decades of SuccessCharles R. Doarn and Ronald C. MerrellCharles R. DoarnSearch for more papers by this author and Ronald C. MerrellSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:30 Dec 2013https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2014.9998AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail View article"From Humble Beginnings—Two Decades of Success." Telemedicine and e-Health, 20(1), pp. 1–2FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited byAssessing the external benefits of contaminated soil remediation in Korea: a choice experiment study19 May 2018 | Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Vol. 25, No. 17Urban Telemedicine Enables Equity in Access to Acute Illness Care Sarah D. Ronis, Kenneth M. McConnochie, Hongyue Wang, and Nancy E. Wood1 February 2017 | Telemedicine and e-Health, Vol. 23, No. 2Telemedicine in a Dutch intensive care unit: A descriptive study of the first results2 July 2015 | Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, Vol. 22, No. 3Provision of Speech-Language Pathology Telepractice Services Using Apple iPads Emi Isaki and Cynthia Fangman Farrell8 July 2015 | Telemedicine and e-Health, Vol. 21, No. 7 Volume 20Issue 1Jan 2014 InformationCopyright 2014, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.To cite this article:Charles R. Doarn and Ronald C. Merrell.From Humble Beginnings—Two Decades of Success.Telemedicine and e-Health.Jan 2014.1-2.http://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2014.9998Published in Volume: 20 Issue 1: December 30, 2013PDF download

The 60 most highly cited articles published in the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare and Telemedicine Journal and E-health

Summary We analysed the most highly cited articles in two specialist telemedicine journals, the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare (JTT) and Telemedicine Journal and E-health (TJEH). Articles were extracted from the Science Citation Index Expanded in September 2012. A total of 1810 articles were listed for the JTT and 1550 for TJEH. In the JTT, the mean number of citations was 43 (SD 13); in TJEH the mean number of citations was 30 (SD 11). The average number of citations for the JTT was significantly higher than for TJEH (P < 0.001). In each journal, the 60 articles which had the most citations were identified as highly cited publications (HCPs). The 60 HCPs in the JTT originated from 16 countries; the 60 HCPs in TJEH originated from 10 countries. Considering both journals together, the majority of HCPs came from the US, UK, Australia and Canada. In the JTT, the mean number of authors for each HCP was 4.6 (SD = 3.1); in TJEH, the mean number of authors for each HCP was 4.5 (SD = 2.3). There was no difference between the two journals (P = 0.84) and the characteristics of the HCPs published in the JTT and TJEH were broadly similar. Although HCPs are not a direct method of measuring quality, they are an indicator of the scientific impact of the articles.

Sustaining and realizing the promise of telemedicine.

Sustaining and realizing the promise of telemedicine.

Telemedicine Service Use: A New Metric

BackgroundPolicy makers and funding agencies require relevant information on current practices of the use of telemedicine infrastructure and services. Several metrics have been used to describe average use of telemedicine services. None are adequate.ObjectiveTo identify and assess a new metric–consultations per site per week (C/S/W).MethodsTo determine existing usage, all papers and abstracts published between January 2005 and December 2009 in the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare and Telemedicine Journal and eHealth were reviewed. Pilot studies, research projects, services reporting less than one year’s data and teleradiology services were excluded.ResultsIn total, 210 reports of telemedicine services were identified, 77 of which provided sufficient data to calculate C/S/W. Average use was low, 1.8±3.5 (median 0.7) C/S/W, with 61% of services reporting less than 1 C/S/W and 71% reporting 2 or fewer C/S/W. Studies reporting on data from 2006 to 2009 showed less use (average 1.5±2.3; median 0.7 C/S/W) than earlier reports from 1996 to 2005 (1.7±2.5; median 0.7 C/S/W).ConclusionsThe use of this new metric, C/S/W, is proposed as a standard measure of telemedicine service use. The generally low results opens debate about how well current clinical services are used.