Telemedicine for the Reduction of Myocardial Infarction Mortality: A Systematic Review and a Meta-analysis of Published Studies

Abstract

Telemedicine may improve health outcomes of patients with AMI. However, heterogeneity in study design and end points of most studies limited the number of articles that could be subjected to our meta-analysis.

Pregnancy and internet: sociodemographic and geographic differences in e-health practice. Results from an Italian multicenter study

“…The current scenario demonstrates that the new ways of communication could have positive effects on health, but it is important to monitor the use of these innovative instruments, such as the Internet, in order to avoid some negative effects. 31 Indeed, e-health requires ability to seek and understand health information and apply the knowledge gained to solve a health problem, a concept known as e-health literacy. 32 It would also be important that healthcare professionals pay more attention to the content of the web on the topics of their pertinence, ensuring, whenever it is necessary, the production of informative materials, in order to satisfy the needs of their patients.…”

Use of telemedicine in the European penitentiaries: current scenario and best practices

“…[22] As reported in literature, the main benefit of telemedicine is the great potential to provide cost-effective, high quality and accessible health care services. [23,24] In the penitentiary setting, telemedicine can be also used when inmates have doubtful health issues, by providing a quickly and inexpensively second opinion from experts. [25] This avoids additional costs such as transportation and security measures achieving good satisfaction among the users.…”

Telemedicine for cardiovascular disease continuum: A position paper from the Italian Society of Cardiology Working Group on Telecardiology and Informatics

“…A dramatic 60% reduction in early and late mortality was observed in large registries on acute myocardial infarction with the use of pre-hospital electrocardiogram supported by telemedicine [25]; pre-hospital triage was an independent predictor for survival at 1 year (hazard ratio: 0.37, 95% confidence interval: 0.18-0.75). Even data from meta-analysis studies show that the relative risk for in-hospital mortality from acute myocardial infarction was 0.65 (95% confidence interval, 0.42-0.99) for the telemedicine group when compared to standard treatment [26].…”