The necessity of implementing telemedicine systems in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Keshvardoost, Sareh; Dehnavieh, Reza; Bahaadinibeigy, Kambiz

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“…Through this approach, telemedicine services can be made available to everyone, regardless of their location or socio-economic status, which can help improve the overall quality of health care and public health. 6,7 This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.…”

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Letter to the Editor on “Is remote blood pressure monitoring and management a better approach for patients with hypertension? A narrative review”

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“…In developing countries such as Iran, providing healthcare services has faced many problems such as growing elderly population, dispersed population, unequal distribution of physicians, inadequate road transportation facilities, and infectious diseases outbreak. Hence, telemedicine could be an appropriate substitute for more and faster accessibility to some healthcare services [13]. Despite the rapid growth of telemedicine in developed and high-income countries and the undeniable bene ts of this technology, the process of establishing and implementing it in developing countries faces many barriers and challenges such as legal, nancial-economic, technical-technological, managerial-process and cultural-social [14][15][16].…”

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Barriers to telemedicine establishment and development in Iran: a systematic review

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Background: Despite the rapid growth of telemedicine technology in the health system in developed and high-income countries and the undeniable benefits of this technology, its establishment and development in developing countries, including Iran, faces many barriers. Telemedicine has not been deployed in delivering routine healthcare services in Iran's health system. In this regard, precise identification of challenges and barriers to telemedicine implementation and development is necessary. This study aimed to identify barriers to telemedicine establishment and development in Iran. Methods: A systematic review was conducted according to PRISMA guidelines. Searches were conducted in Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, SID, and Google Scholar. The inclusion criteria were non-review articles, studies that examined barriers to telemedicine in Iran, published in English and Persian, and published between 21 March 2013 and 20 March 2022. The quality of the included studies was assessed based on Joana Briggs Institute’s (JBI) Critical Appraisal tools. Data were analyzed using narrative synthesis and deductive-inductive thematic analysis. Results: Out of 825 studies identified, 21 studies met the inclusion criteria for review. The findings fell into four themes, including governance/leadership, financing, health workers, and health information system besides 11 sub-themes using the World Health Organization (WHO) health system building blocks. No specific findings were derived from the building blocks of service delivery and medical product, vaccines and technologies. Conclusions: In our study, the most significant barriers were related to the building block of governance/leadership. Governance is an integral part of other building blocks of the health system in any country. To establishment and development of telemedicine technology in Iran, ensuring the existence of strategic policy frameworks coupled with some other factors such as effective supervision, coalition building, rules and regulations, inter and intra-sectoral collaboration, and community engagement is necessary. Further studies should be conducted regarding the main causes of barriers to establishing and developing this technology.

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The necessity of implementing telemedicine systems in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Cited by 2 publications

References 9 publications

Letter to the Editor on “Is remote blood pressure monitoring and management a better approach for patients with hypertension? A narrative review”

Letter to the Editor on “Is remote blood pressure monitoring and management a better approach for patients with hypertension? A narrative review”

Barriers to telemedicine establishment and development in Iran: a systematic review

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