Call For Papers

TELEHEALTH IN FAMILY MEDICINE

OVERVIEW

The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine invites papers exploring telehealth in high quality primary care. Accepted papers will be published in an upcoming special theme issue.

TOPICS

The following research topics are of high priority for this theme issue:

  • Innovating use of telehealth to address common primary care issues
  • Strategies to successfully integrate telemedicine into traditional face-to-face modes of care
  • Financial considerations and strategies to make telehealth a viable model for primary care
  • Examples of telehealth use for patient self-management overseen by physicians
  • The use of telehealth to address inequities in health care
  • Strategies to increase physician and patient comfort and satisfaction with telehealth
  • How COVID-19 has, and is, reshaping the telehealth landscape beyond simple numbers

DEFINITIONS

  • Telehealth:  As a construct, telehealth is the use of any telecommunications tool or medium that facilitates health. These tools range from telephone to wearables and mobile apps to computer-mediated-communication and data management applications.

  • Telemedicine is a concept within telehealth that focuses on the provision of medicine using telecommunications media, such as patient portals, secure messaging systems, teleconsult services, and virtual visits (via telephone and video services).

  • Virtual care is a subset of telemedicine that generally describes the interaction or ability to interact between the patient and clinician.

  • eHealth describes the digitalization of medicine, including the innovation of electronic medical records. 

  • mHealth describes the use of mobile technologies, primarily for patients and self-management and the quantified self (QS) movement. As clinicians adopted mobile application technology in clinical practice, mHealth also described clinician behaviors of adoption.

DEADLINE

The manuscript submission deadline for consideration for this theme issue is December 17, 2021. 

Please let us know beforehand if you plan to submit by sending an email message to the JABFM Editorial Office: plupo@augusta.edu

SUBMISSION TIPS

  • All JABFM submissions are peer-reviewed and acceptance is not guaranteed.
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