The clinical effectiveness of telehealth: A systematic review of meta-analyses from 2010 to 2019.
Centaine L SnoswellGeorgina ChelbergKeshia R De GuzmanHelen M HaydonEmma E ThomasLiam J CafferyAnthony Carl SmithPublished in: Journal of telemedicine and telecare (2021)
This review demonstrates that telehealth can be equivalent or more clinically effective when compared to usual care. However, the available evidence is very discipline specific, which highlights the need for more clinical effectiveness studies involving telehealth across a wider spectrum of clinical health services. The findings from this review support the view that in the right context, telehealth will not compromise the effectiveness of clinical care when compared with conventional forms of health service delivery.