Guest Editors:
Leonard C. Gray: The University of Queensland, Australia
Milena Soriano Marcolino: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
BMC Geriatrics called for submissions to our Collection on Telemedicine and telehealth in geriatric care. This collection aimed to explore the impact and potential of telehealth and telemedicine in addressing the unique healthcare needs required by older people.
Leonard C. Gray: The University of Queensland, Australia
Len Gray is a Professor in Geriatric Medicine and Senior Researcher at the Centre for Health Services Research at the University of Queensland. His research focuses on systems of care for older people, telehealth, clinical informatics and quality systems. He is a practicing geriatrician with over 15 years’ experience in offering telehealth consultations to nursing homes and small rural hospitals across Australia. He has developed and evaluated protocols for delivery of telehealth services for older people. He is a Board member of the interRAI international research collaborative which develops assessment and decision support systems for vulnerable individuals.
Milena Soriano Marcolino: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Milena Marcolino is a physician specialized in Internal Medicine and Cardiology, a Professor at the Department of Internal Medicine, at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil, and the scientific coordinator and researcher at the Telehealth Center, University Hospital, UFMG. Since 2010, she has worked on the development and implementation of mHealth solutions and computerized decision support systems for the management of patients with multiple chronic medical conditions. She has also worked on the coordination of periodic quality audits of tele-electrocardiogram reports and teleconsultations and has published several articles on the topic.
BMC Geriatrics is calling for submissions to our Collection on Telemedicine and telehealth in geriatric care.
Advances in medicine and health have led to a growing aging population, resulting in an urgent need to explore innovative approaches of healthcare delivery for older adults. Telehealth and telemedicine are rapidly evolving fields that have greatly impacted healthcare by removing barriers of geographical location and expanding access to specialized care. In the context of geriatrics, these digital technologies hold great promise for delivering personalized and patient-centred care, improving medication management, reducing hospital readmissions, and enhancing overall quality of life for older adults.
This collection aims to explore the impact and potential of telehealth and telemedicine in addressing the unique healthcare needs required by older people.
Potential topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
We encourage submissions from a range of disciplines, including geriatric medicine, telemedicine, nursing, psychology, public health, and healthcare technology.
Through the exploration of the opportunities and challenges involved in geriatric telehealth, this collection aims to advance the topic and contribute to development of policy and practice.
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Telemedicine, as a novel method of health management system, has demonstrated to have a significant impact on health levels. However, a challenge persists in the form of low usage rates and acceptance among ol...
Geriatric rehabilitation aims at increasing physical and social activity and maintaining the functional reserve of older people. However, the continuity of geriatric rehabilitation in the outpatient setting is...
In the emergency departments (EDs), usually the longest waiting time for treatment and discharge belongs to the elderly patients. Moreover, the number of the ED admissions for the elderly increases every year....
Accelerometer-derived physical activity (PA) from cardiac devices are available via remote monitoring platforms yet rarely reviewed in clinical practice. We aimed to investigate the association between PA and ...
Population aging is forcing the transformation of health care. Long-term care in the home is complex and involves complex communication with primary care services. In this scenario, the expansion of digital he...
The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:669
In Thailand, there is a rapidly increasing population of older persons living with hemodialysis (OPLWH) for whom quality of life and clinical outcomes are their main focus. This study aims to assess the feasib...
Delayed recognition of acute disease among older adults hinders timely management and increases the risk of hospital admission. Point-of-Care testing, including Focused Lung Ultrasound (FLUS) and in-home analy...
The risk of dementia is increased in subjects with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Despite the plethora of in-person cognitive tests, those that can be administered over the phone are lacking. We hypothesized...
This Collection welcomes submission of original Research Articles. Should you wish to submit a different article type, please read our submission guidelines to confirm that type is accepted by the journal. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Telemedicine and telehealth in geriatric care" from the dropdown menu.
Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.
The Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.