Measures of Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Quality of Telemedicine in the Management of Alcohol Abuse, Addiction, and Rehabilitation: Systematic Review

• Published in: Journal of medical Internet research Vol. 22; no. 1; p. e13252
• Main Authors: Kruse, Clemens Scott, Lee, Kimberly, Watson, Jeress B, Lobo, Lorraine G, Stoppelmoor, Ashton G, Oyibo, Sabrina E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Gunther Eysenbach MD MPH, Associate Professor 31.01.2020; JMIR Publications
• Subjects: Access; Addictions; Agreements; Alcohol abuse; Alcohol related disorders; Alcohol use; Alcoholism; Avoidable; Boolean; Brain diseases; Clinical outcomes; Compulsions; Data collection; Efficiency; Health care expenditures; Health status; Medical Subject Headings-MeSH; Multimedia; Patient satisfaction; Quality of life; Rehabilitation; Review; Suffering; Systematic review; Telemedicine; Video teleconferencing; United States > US; alcohol use disorder; mHealth; telemedicine; rehabilitation; alcohol abuse; telehealth

More than 18 million Americans are currently suffering from alcohol use disorder (AUD): a compulsive behavior of alcohol use as a result of a chronic, relapsing brain disease. With alcohol-related injuries being one of the leading causes of preventable deaths, there is a dire need to find ways to as...