Medication-focused telehealth interventions to reduce the hospital readmission rate: a systematic review
Background Transition of care from hospital to community is a period that carries significant risk for medication errors, potentially leading to hospital readmission, and causing financial and emotional strain on patients and caregivers. Telehealth technologies offer promising solutions to reduce ho...
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| author | Fatemeh Emadi Racha Dabliz Rebekah Moles Stephen Carter Jenny Chen Charu Grover Manya Angley Rohan A. Elliott Deirdre Criddle Deborah Rigby Sepehr Shakib Frank Sanfilippo Charley Budgeon Kim-Huong Nguyen Paul Yates Katie Phillips Anna Packer Linda Krogh Simon Poon Jonathan Penm |
| author_facet | Fatemeh Emadi Racha Dabliz Rebekah Moles Stephen Carter Jenny Chen Charu Grover Manya Angley Rohan A. Elliott Deirdre Criddle Deborah Rigby Sepehr Shakib Frank Sanfilippo Charley Budgeon Kim-Huong Nguyen Paul Yates Katie Phillips Anna Packer Linda Krogh Simon Poon Jonathan Penm |
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| description | Background Transition of care from hospital to community is a period that carries significant risk for medication errors, potentially leading to hospital readmission, and causing financial and emotional strain on patients and caregivers. Telehealth technologies offer promising solutions to reduce hospital readmission. Therefore, the goal of this systematic review was to examine the effect of interdisciplinary telehealth post-discharge services that include a medication-focused component on hospital readmissions.Methods Following the PRISMA guidelines, a search was conducted in five scientific databases using keywords related to hospital readmission, medication therapy, and telehealth interventions. The review focused on randomised controlled trials published between 2000 and 2023, written in English.Results Out of 1,144 papers screened, 23 were included in the review. These studies targeted telehealth service provision to people over 60 years old with chronic illnesses. Various post-discharge telehealth interventions, including medication-focused components, were examined. Most of the interventions were multifaceted, embedded medication-focused interventions with reminders for diet, exercise, symptom check-ups, and education. Among the 23 included papers, 10 studies demonstrated success in reducing readmissions. Seven of these studies targeted patients with heart failure (HF).Conclusion Overall, this review highlights the potential of telehealth medication-focused interventions in reducing hospital readmission rates in patients with HF. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a126fd82125941dabcc0d754124980e22025-02-05T11:24:03ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice2052-32112025-12-0118110.1080/20523211.2025.2457411Medication-focused telehealth interventions to reduce the hospital readmission rate: a systematic reviewFatemeh Emadi0Racha Dabliz1Rebekah Moles2Stephen Carter3Jenny Chen4Charu Grover5Manya Angley6Rohan A. Elliott7Deirdre Criddle8Deborah Rigby9Sepehr Shakib10Frank Sanfilippo11Charley Budgeon12Kim-Huong Nguyen13Paul Yates14Katie Phillips15Anna Packer16Linda Krogh17Simon Poon18Jonathan Penm19Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, AustraliaAustralian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Sydney, AustraliaFaculty of Medicine and Health, School of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, AustraliaFaculty of Medicine and Health, School of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, AustraliaFaculty of Medicine and Health, School of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, AustraliaCharles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, AustraliaManya Angley Research and ConsultingPharmacy Department, Austin Health, Melbourne, AustraliaPharmacy Department, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, AustraliaSchool of Pharmacy, University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, AustraliaSchool of Biomedicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, AustraliaSchool of Population and Global Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, AustraliaSchool of Population and Global Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, AustraliaCentre for Applied Health Economics, School of Medicine and Griffith Health Institute, Griffith University, Gold Coast, AustraliaDepartment of Molecular Imaging and Therapy, Austin Health, Heidelberg, AustraliaThe Royal Melbourne Hospital, Hospital Admission Risk Program and cohealth Community Health Organisation, Melbourne, AustraliaWestern NSW Local Health District, Dubbo, AustraliaWestern NSW Local Health District, Orange, AustraliaSchool of Computer Science, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, AustraliaFaculty of Medicine and Health, School of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, AustraliaBackground Transition of care from hospital to community is a period that carries significant risk for medication errors, potentially leading to hospital readmission, and causing financial and emotional strain on patients and caregivers. Telehealth technologies offer promising solutions to reduce hospital readmission. Therefore, the goal of this systematic review was to examine the effect of interdisciplinary telehealth post-discharge services that include a medication-focused component on hospital readmissions.Methods Following the PRISMA guidelines, a search was conducted in five scientific databases using keywords related to hospital readmission, medication therapy, and telehealth interventions. The review focused on randomised controlled trials published between 2000 and 2023, written in English.Results Out of 1,144 papers screened, 23 were included in the review. These studies targeted telehealth service provision to people over 60 years old with chronic illnesses. Various post-discharge telehealth interventions, including medication-focused components, were examined. Most of the interventions were multifaceted, embedded medication-focused interventions with reminders for diet, exercise, symptom check-ups, and education. Among the 23 included papers, 10 studies demonstrated success in reducing readmissions. Seven of these studies targeted patients with heart failure (HF).Conclusion Overall, this review highlights the potential of telehealth medication-focused interventions in reducing hospital readmission rates in patients with HF.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/20523211.2025.2457411Telehealthmedication therapyhospital readmissiontransition of care |
| spellingShingle | Fatemeh Emadi Racha Dabliz Rebekah Moles Stephen Carter Jenny Chen Charu Grover Manya Angley Rohan A. Elliott Deirdre Criddle Deborah Rigby Sepehr Shakib Frank Sanfilippo Charley Budgeon Kim-Huong Nguyen Paul Yates Katie Phillips Anna Packer Linda Krogh Simon Poon Jonathan Penm Medication-focused telehealth interventions to reduce the hospital readmission rate: a systematic review Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice Telehealth medication therapy hospital readmission transition of care |
| title | Medication-focused telehealth interventions to reduce the hospital readmission rate: a systematic review |
| title_full | Medication-focused telehealth interventions to reduce the hospital readmission rate: a systematic review |
| title_fullStr | Medication-focused telehealth interventions to reduce the hospital readmission rate: a systematic review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Medication-focused telehealth interventions to reduce the hospital readmission rate: a systematic review |
| title_short | Medication-focused telehealth interventions to reduce the hospital readmission rate: a systematic review |
| title_sort | medication focused telehealth interventions to reduce the hospital readmission rate a systematic review |
| topic | Telehealth medication therapy hospital readmission transition of care |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/20523211.2025.2457411 |
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