Telehealth is Face-to-Face Service Delivery

Telehealth is Face-to-Face Service Delivery

The Commentary contests the increasingly outdated and narrow use of the terminology 'face-to-face' (often abbreviated as F2F) to connote clinical interactions in which both the client and the practitioner are physically present in the same room or space. An expanded definition is necessary because when delivered synchronously via videoconferencing, telehealth also provides face-to-face services...

Applying Agreement Criteria to Determine Data Accurancy in Face to Face Surveys

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Effect of Face to Face Nutrition Counseling on Metabolic Syndrome Parameters in Cigarette Quitters

Objective: Although smoking increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases, its quitting leads to weight gain due to increased appetite. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of face to face dietary counseling on metabolic syndrome (MetS) indices in cigarette quitter. Materials and Methods: This 9-week parallel randomized clinical trial was conducted by participation of 50 patients...

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Providers and patients face-to-face: what is the time?

BACKGROUND The frequency of visiting primary care providers and the duration of those visits varies substantially by patient demographics and across different developed countries. The significance of a cumulative measure of this time spent with providers in face-to-face visits is not well understood. COMMENTARY In a recent IJHPR issue Nathan and co-authors have suggested a new metric for capt...