Telemedicine has the potential for growth and adoption, but faces barriers such as increased cost, privacy, and technical issues.

Telemedicine and health policy: A systematic review

Digital health is revolutionizing healthcare, transforming provider-patient relationships, enabling new care models, and shifting focus towards client-centered care in low- and middle-income countries.

Digital Technology and the Future of Health Systems

Interactive telemedicine can improve patient health outcomes, access to healthcare, and reduce healthcare costs when delivered as an alternative or supplement to usual care.

Interactive telemedicine: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes.

Telemedicine in vascular surgery can improve patient management and access to care, contributing to precision medicine, but requires significant efforts for implementation in clinical practice.

Telemedicine and Digital Health Applications in Vascular Surgery

Telemedicine can improve patient health and reduce costs, but methodological quality and implementation barriers remain.

Telemedicine in the OECD: An umbrella review of clinical and cost-effectiveness, patient experience and implementation

Telemedicine-based home consultation systems are effective and well-accepted by patients, but some may prefer face-to-face consultation due to identified barriers.

Barriers and Facilitators That Influence Telemedicine-Based, Real-Time, Online Consultation at Patients’ Homes: Systematic Literature Review

Telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic was highly satisfactory for patients, with advantages such as time savings, accessibility, convenience, and cost efficiency, but long-term sustainability requires further scrutiny of technology, training, reimbursement, data privacy, and legal guidelines.

A Review of Patient Satisfaction and Experience with Telemedicine: A Virtual Solution During and Beyond COVID-19 Pandemic.

Telemedicine services for pediatric care are comparable to or better than in-person services, with potential benefits for patients, healthcare professionals, and caregivers.

Telemedicine in Pediatrics: Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

Telemedicine has become a crucial part of COVID-19 care, but it must accommodate preferences and address the risk of increasing the digital divide to become a "new norm".

Telemedicine and virtual respiratory care in the era of COVID-19

Telemedicine can perpetuate digital and medical inequities for patients with mental health disorders, while addressing socioeconomic difficulties and geographical location.

The Rising Implementation of Digital Health Platforms and Its Associated Inequities Among Patients with Mental Disorders: A Literature Review

The COVID-19 pandemic has driven rapid expansion of telemedicine use for urgent and nonurgent care visits, with 56.2% and 17.6% of visits being COVID-19-related.

COVID-19 transforms health care through telemedicine: Evidence from the field

Telemedicine use during COVID-19 has increased, but concerns remain about technology-driven disparities and the potential for telemedicine to exacerbate disparities in healthcare.

Telemedicine Expansion During the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Potential for Technology-Driven Disparities

The pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digital health and telemedicine, addressing issues like social distancing and medical teaching.

The post-pandemic legacy: the breakthrough of digital health and telemedicine

Digital health strategies can enhance cardiovascular disease management in older adults, but must consider common limitations and barriers to avoid digital divides.

Gerotechnology for Older Adults With Cardiovascular Diseases: JACC State-of-the-Art Review.

Periodic e-mails with information about telemedicine services effectively increased the take-up and demand for telemedicine, leading to six times larger virtual consultations after eight months.

Increasing the Use of Telemedicine: A Field Experiment

Digital health technologies can optimize diagnosis, consultation, and treatment, but proper regulations and recommendations are needed for their widespread deployment in healthcare.

The Recent Progress and Applications of Digital Technologies in Healthcare: A Review

Older adults with serious illness may benefit more from telemedicine services, but digital access has not increased as rapidly as in the general population.

The Digital Divide: Do Older Adults with Serious Illness Access Telemedicine?

Telemedicine increases accessibility to medical services but cannot replace the existing healthcare model.

TELEMEDICINE AS A DIRECTION OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARKET OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN HEALTHCARE

Disparities in digital access exist among nonmetropolitan, racial/ethnic minority, and lower-income households, potentially exacerbate health disparities.

Disparities in digital access among American rural and urban households and implications for telemedicine-based services.

What are the health implications of the increasing use of telemedicine and digital health services?

Some studies suggest telemedicine and digital health services improve patient outcomes, access to care, and cost efficiency, while other studies highlight barriers such as increased costs, privacy concerns, technical issues, and potential inequities.