Ruyobeza, BGrobbelaar, SSBotha, Adèle2022-10-172022-10-172022-08Ruyobeza, B., Grobbelaar, S. & Botha, A. 2022. Hurdles to developing and scaling remote patients’ health management tools and systems: A scoping review. <i>Systematic Reviews, 11.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/10204/125032046-4053https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-022-02033-zhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/12503Despite all the excitement and hype generated regarding the expected transformative impact of digital technology on the healthcare industry, traditional healthcare systems around the world have largely remained unchanged and resultant improvements in developed countries are slower than anticipated. One area which was expected to significantly improve the quality of and access to primary healthcare services in particular is remote patient monitoring and management. Based on a combination of rapid advances in body sensors and information and communication technologies (ICT), it was hoped that remote patient management tools and systems (RPMTSs) would significantly reduce the care burden on traditional healthcare systems as well as health-related costs. However, the uptake or adoption of above systems has been extremely slow and their roll out has not yet properly taken off especially in developing countries where they ought to have made the greatest positive impact.FulltextenHealth management toolsHealth management systemsArticleRuyobeza, B., Grobbelaar, S., & Botha, A. (2022). Hurdles to developing and scaling remote patients’ health management tools and systems: A scoping review. <i>Systematic Reviews, 11</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12503Ruyobeza, B, SS Grobbelaar, and Adele Botha "Hurdles to developing and scaling remote patients’ health management tools and systems: A scoping review." <i>Systematic Reviews, 11</i> (2022) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12503Ruyobeza B, Grobbelaar S, Botha A. Hurdles to developing and scaling remote patients’ health management tools and systems: A scoping review. Systematic Reviews, 11. 2022; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12503.TY - Article AU - Ruyobeza, B AU - Grobbelaar, SS AU - Botha, Adele AB - Despite all the excitement and hype generated regarding the expected transformative impact of digital technology on the healthcare industry, traditional healthcare systems around the world have largely remained unchanged and resultant improvements in developed countries are slower than anticipated. One area which was expected to significantly improve the quality of and access to primary healthcare services in particular is remote patient monitoring and management. Based on a combination of rapid advances in body sensors and information and communication technologies (ICT), it was hoped that remote patient management tools and systems (RPMTSs) would significantly reduce the care burden on traditional healthcare systems as well as health-related costs. However, the uptake or adoption of above systems has been extremely slow and their roll out has not yet properly taken off especially in developing countries where they ought to have made the greatest positive impact. DA - 2022-08 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR J1 - Systematic Reviews, 11 KW - Health management tools KW - Health management systems LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2022 SM - 2046-4053 T1 - Hurdles to developing and scaling remote patients’ health management tools and systems: A scoping review TI - Hurdles to developing and scaling remote patients’ health management tools and systems: A scoping review UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12503 ER -36839