For instance, in cardiovascular disease centers, the store and forward method, for supporting stroke patients before arriving at the hospital, and the video conference method (real-time video and audio) tended to be the best methods, and for primary care, consultation through real-time audio was found to be the best method (Winburn et al. Some articles pointed out that usability varied depending on the setting and the situation. In most of the papers, one of the telemedicine technologies was chosen as the most feasible technology.

Intitle:(“Telemedicine” OR “Teleconsultation” OR “Remote Consultation” OR “Telehealth”) AND intitle:(“Emergency” OR “Emergency Department”) AND intitle:'systematic review' “Telemedicine” OR “Teleconsultation” OR “Remote Consultation” OR “Telehealth” OR “eHealth” OR “Telepathology” OR “Teleradiology” OR “Telerehabilitation” OR “Mobile Health” OR “mHealth” in Title Abstract Keyword AND “Emergency” OR “Emergency Department” OR “Emergency medicine” OR “Emergency Information systems” in Title Abstract Keyword AND 'Systematic Review' in Title Abstract Keyword - (Word variations have been searched) TOPIC: (“Telemedicine” OR “Teleconsultation” OR “Remote Consultation” OR “Telehealth” OR “eHealth” OR “Telepathology” OR “Teleradiology” OR “Telerehabilitation” OR “Mobile Health” OR “mHealth”) AND TOPIC: (“Emergency” OR “Emergency Department” OR “Emergency medicine” OR “Emergency Information systems”) AND TOPIC: ('Systematic Review') ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( 'Telemedicine' OR 'Teleconsultation' OR 'Remote Consultation' OR 'Telehealth' OR 'eHealth' OR 'Telepathology' OR 'Teleradiology' OR 'Telerehabilitation' OR 'Mobile Health' OR 'mHealth' ) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY ( 'Emergency' OR 'Emergency Department' OR 'Emergency medicine' OR 'Emergency Information systems' ) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY ( 'Systematic Review' ) ) (('Telemedicine' OR 'Teleconsultation' OR 'Remote Consultation' OR 'Telehealth' OR 'eHealth' OR 'Telepathology' OR 'Teleradiology' OR 'Telerehabilitation' OR 'Mobile Health' OR 'mHealth') AND ('Emergency' OR 'Emergency Department' OR 'Emergency medicine' OR 'Emergency Information systems')) AND ('Systematic Review') The primary questions to be addressed are as follows: The objective of this study is to provide an overview of systematic reviews regarding the use of telemedicine in the ED. Hence we aim to reach a conclusion by presenting an overview of the systematic reviews performed. However, the results of these studies in many cases tend to be in disagreement. Numerous studies have investigated the use of telemedicine in the ED, and many reviews have attempted to determine the feasibility of these systems for emergency settings. 2019).Ĭonsidering the benefits and challenges of applying telemedicine technology in the ED, which were mentioned in many articles, the usability of these systems seems to be uncertain, which has given rise to serious questions regarding their implementation. 2016 Salmoiraghi and Hussain 2015 Kelton et al. However, many studies in this area indicate that further research is needed and that current evidence is inadequate (Ward et al. 2017), providing specialized services to paramedics, better crisis management, and reducing the time between accidents and patients’ arrival at the hospital (Cho et al. 2019), reducing ED overcrowding (Letvak and Rhew 2015 Rademacher et al. According to recent studies on the application of telemedicine for the ED, these applications include providing specialized services to rural areas (Mohr et al. Telemedicine is defined as “providing remote healthcare services using information and communication technologies,” where the information and communication technologies have great potential to be utilized (Sood et al.

Moreover, it increases the wait time for treatment, which results in ED overcrowding (Trzeciak and Rivers 2003).ĭue to rising healthcare costs and patient expectations, and in light of technological advances that have reduced the cost of necessary equipment, the use of telemedicine for providing healthcare services has seen rapid development (Whitten et al. This massive number of admissions decreases the time providers can spend with a patient, leading to increased medical error rates (Trzeciak and Rivers 2003). Each year, there are approximately 30 million critically ill patients in the United States, and the ED provides urgent healthcare for them. The performance of the ED is a key measure in evaluating a hospital's role in providing services to the people. Emergency departments (ED) are one of the most critical and sensitive sections of the hospital, and how they function can have a considerable effect on other sections and patient satisfaction.

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