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ReviewFrontiers in public health2024

Applications to augment patient care for Internal Medicine specialists: a position paper from the EFIM working group on telemedicine, innovative technologies & digital health.

F Pietrantonio, M Florczak, S Kuhn, K Kärberg, T Leung, I Said Criado, S Sikorski, M Ruggeri, A Signorini, F Rosiello and 6 more

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Review in Frontiers in public health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

F PietrantonioMedical Area Department, Internal Medicine Unit, Castelli Hospital, Rome, Italy.
M FlorczakDepartment of Immunology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine. Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
S KuhnInstitute of Digital Medicine, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg, Phillips-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
K KärbergDepartment of Internal Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
T LeungCare and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.
I Said CriadoPalliative Care Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Pontevedra-El Salnés Healthcare Area, Institute of Healthcare Research, Vigo, Spain.
S SikorskiInstitute of Law Studies, Faculty of Law and Administration, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
M RuggeriSaint Camillus International University of Health Sciences, Rome, Italy.
A SignoriniSaint Camillus International University of Health Sciences, Rome, Italy.
F RosielloSaint Camillus International University of Health Sciences, Rome, Italy.
C DragoUniversity Niccolò Cusano. Department of Economics, Psichology and Communication Sciences, Rome, Italy.
A VinciLocal Health Authority ASL Roma 1, Health Management Unit, Rome, Italy.
V BarretoPedro Hispano Hospital, Porto, Portugal.
N MontanoDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
D DickerInternal Medicine Department and Obesity Clinic, Hasharon Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.
R Gomez HuelgasInternal Medicine Department, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Telemedicine applications present virtually limitless prospects for innovating and enhancing established and new models of patient care in the field of Internal Medicine. Although there is a wide range of innovative technological solutions in Europe, there are overarching elements associated with such technologies when applied to the practices of Internal Medicine specialists. The European Federation of Internal Medicine (EFIM) strongly advocates for active leadership and influence from the Internal Medicine societies and specialist physicians across Europe in the development and application of telemedicine and digital technologies in healthcare. This position paper's conclusions were drawn via Delphi method, which was developed collaboratively from July 2021 to December 2023. The panel, consisting of experts in clinical medicine, public health, health economics and statistics, assessed various aspects related to telemedicine. Participants assigned scores on a Likert scale reflecting perceived value and potential risks. The findings were consolidated in a comprehensive checklist aligning with relevant literature and a SWOT analysis. Specifically, key issues that need to be addressed include promoting the professional development of e-health competencies in the healthcare and medical workforce, using educational campaigns to promote digital literacy among patients and caregivers, designing and implementing telemedicine applications tailored to local conditions and needs and considering the ethical and legal contexts under which these applications are employed. Importantly, there is currently no consensus on care models or standardized protocols among European Internal Medicine specialists regarding the utilization of telemedicine. This position paper aims to outline the opportunities and challenges associated with the application of telemedicine in Internal Medical practice in Europe.

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Delphi TechniqueInternal MedicineTelemedicineDigital HealthEuropeHumansPatient CareSpecializationdigital healthdigital medicinee-healthInternal Medicinetele health

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PMID39005984
PMCPMC11239350

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