Hi there. I found it is really impressive that telehealth is so powerful, far beyond my imagination! It turns out telehealth covers so many themes, including the telehealth modalities (e.g., video, asynchronous), clinical topics (e.g., chronic disease management), telehealth function (e.g., remote patient monitoring, consultations). Could you help me with its effectiveness? It seems impossible for me to summarize.

Welcome.

Thank you for the information.

Sure. It is possible if you run your evaluative mindset 😁. According to current evaluation results, telehealth is beneficial for specific uses and patient populations. A large volume of research reports that clinical outcomes with telehealth are as good as or better than usual care and that telehealth improves intermediate outcomes and satisfaction. Moreover, regarding the evidence of benefit in specific uses, we found that a large body of research supports the use of telehealth for:
① Remote, home monitoring for patients with chronic conditions, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and congestive heart failure;
② Communicating and counseling patients with chronic conditions;
③ Providing psychotherapy as part of behavioral health.