Philip Crilly|Reem Kayyali
A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials of Telehealth and Digital Technology Use by Community Pharmacists to Improve Public Health
Kingston University|Kingston University
community pharmacists cps continue important role improving public health however advances telehealth digital technology mean methods support customers patients changing primary aim study identify telehealth digital technology tools used cps public health purposes determine positive impact public health outcomes systematic review carried using databases including pubmed sciencedirect covering time period april 2005 april 2020 search criteria following randomized controlled trials published english investigating delivery public health services community pharmacists using telehealth digital tool thirteen studies included 719 initially identified nine studies detailed use telephone prompts calls one study detailed use mobile health application two studies detailed use remote monitoring device one study detailed use photoaging software public health topics addressed included vaccination uptake n 2 smoking cessation n 1 hypertension management n 2 medication adherence counseling n 8 studies needed demonstrate whether use novel technology cps improve public health