Evidence Related to Rural and Remote Health
You’ll find our best evidence related to the use of health technologies in rural and remote communities.
We’ve selected the following materials to get you started:
- Rural Healthcare Planning Initiatives and Frameworks (Health Technology Assessment, October 28, 2022)
- Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for the Management of Chronic Non-Cancer Pain: A Summary of a Health Technology Assessment (Tool, October 19, 2022)
- Virtual Care Use in Primary Care or Specialty Care Settings (Rapid Review, August 17, 2022)
- Enablers for Remote Monitoring Programs for Cardiac Conditions: Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic (Policy Insight, Apr 22, 2022)
- Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in the Treatment of Chronic Non-Cancer Pain (Health Technology Assessment, April 21, 2022)
- Tuberculosis: A pandemic overshadowed by another pandemic (Hospital News article, March 2022)
In this Bundle
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Rural Healthcare Planning Initiatives and Frameworks
(Health Technology Assessment, October 28, 2022)
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Delayed Tuberculin Skin Testing
(Rapid Review, October 7, 2022)
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Occupational Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection
(Rapid Review, September 2, 2021)
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Shortened Drug Regimens for the Treatment of Active Tuberculosis
(Summary with Critical Appraisal, August 30, 2021)
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Prevention of Tuberculosis Reactivation
(Rapid Review, August 27, 2021)
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Community Pharmacist–Led Medication Reviews
(Policy Insight, August 9, 2021)
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Visual Examination Frequency for People Taking Ethambutol for Tuberculosis
(Summary with Critical Appraisal, May 25, 2021)
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Tuberculosis Screening for People with Chronic Conditions
(Summary with Critical Appraisal, May 13, 2021)
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Interferon Gamma Release Assay for Identifying Latent Tuberculosis Infection in People With Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Vaccination
(Summary with Critical Appraisal, May 5, 2021)
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Tuberculosis Stigma and Racism, Colonialism, and Migration: A Rapid Qualitative Review
(Summary with Critical Appraisal, April 19, 2021)
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Building Inclusive Health Care Services: A Rapid Qualitative Review
(Summary with Critical Appraisal, August 17, 2020)
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Biomarker-Based Point-of-Care Tests for the Evaluation of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
(Emerging Health Technologies, June 23, 2020)
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Bacille Calmette-Guérin Vaccination: A Review of Clinical Effectiveness and Guidelines
(Summary with Critical Appraisal, April 6, 2020)
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Treatment of Tuberculosis: A Review of Guidelines
(Summary with Critical Appraisal, March 18, 2020)
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Tuberculosis in People with Compromised Immunity: A Review of Guidelines
(Summary with Critical Appraisal, March 18, 2020)
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Identification of Tuberculosis: A Review of the Guidelines
(Summary with Critical Appraisal, March 18, 2020)
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Prevention of Tuberculosis: A Review of Guidelines
(Summary with Critical Appraisal, March 18, 2020)
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Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: A Review of the Guidelines
(Summary with Critical Appraisal, March 18, 2020)
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Palivizumab For Infection Prevention in Inuit Infants: A Review of the Clinical Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness
Short on time? Read the In Brief.
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Screening and Diagnostic Services for People at Risk of Breast Cancer: A Rapid Qualitative Review
(Rapid Review, October 31, 2019)
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Detection and Diagnosis of Sepsis in Rural and Remote Areas: An Environmental Scan
(Environmental Scan, January 9, 2019)
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Rapid Syphilis Testing
(Health Technology Update, November 2, 2022)
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Point-of-Care Testing and N-Acetylcysteine for Acute Acetaminophen Overdose
(Rapid Review, July 28, 2021)
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Point-of-Care Testing of International Normalized Ratios for People on Oral Anticoagulants: A Rapid Qualitative Review
(Summary with Critical Appraisal, March 30, 2021)
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Rapid Testing for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Rifampicin Resistance: A Review of Cost-Effectiveness
(Summary with Critical Appraisal, February 19, 2021)
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Rapid and Simultaneous Tuberculosis and Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Rifampicin Resistance: A Review of Diagnostic Accuracy
(Summary with Critical Appraisal, December 10, 2020)
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Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in the Treatment of Chronic Non-Cancer Pain
(Optimal Use, October 3, 2022)
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Virtual Care Use in Primary Care or Specialty Care Settings
Short on time? Read the Report in Brief.
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Enablers for Remote Monitoring Programs for Cardiac Conditions: Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic
(Policy Insight, April 22, 2022)
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Evaluations of Virtual Care
(Environmental Scan, January 12, 2022)
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Remote Monitoring Programs for Cardiac Conditions
Short on time? Read the In Brief.
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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Mental Health Services: An Environmental Scan
(Environmental Scan, June 14, 2021)
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Direct to Patient Virtual Visits
(Emerging Health Technologies, June 4, 2021)
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Remote Monitoring Programs for Cardiac Conditions in Canada
(Environmental Scan, March 12, 2021)
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Connected Devices to Support Remote Examination and Diagnosis in Primary Care and Specialty Care
(Emerging Health Technologies, December 10, 2020)
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Direct Observational Therapy for the Treatment of Tuberculosis: A Review of Clinical Evidence and Guidelines
(Summary with Critical Appraisal, December 7, 2020)
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Smartphone-Connected Ultrasound Devices
(Emerging Health Technologies, April 3, 2020)
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Early Identification of Ischemic Stroke
(Emerging Health Technologies, March 19, 2020)
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Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Short on time? Read the In Brief.
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Canadian Medical Imaging Inventory
(Tools, December 11, 2023)
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Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for the Management of Chronic NonCancer Pain: A Summary of a Health Technology Assessment
(Tools, October 19, 2022)
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Point-of-Care Testing: Summary of Evidence — Octobre 2022 Update
A summary of the evidence (based on a number of CADTH reviews) on the topic of point-of-care testing.
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Condition-Level Review on Tuberculosis: Evidence Gaps
(Tools, October 17, 2022)
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Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health Services: A Summary of a Literature Review
This summary tool summarizes findings from a literature review that evaluated the published evidence on artificial intelligence (AI) for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health illnesses. It also summarizes findings on the clinical effectiveness of AI applications, purpose of use, patient populations, primary users, and related evidence-based guidelines.
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Cultural Competence in Health Care: Delivering Culturally Appropriate Care for TB in Indigenous Com.
(Webinar, March 24, 2022)
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Monitoring tuberculosis treatment by video: Might convenience increase compliance?
Hospital News Article, April 2019
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Remote monitoring programs for chronic heart conditions: Implementation considerations
(Hospital News article, January 2022)
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Considerations for Implementation of Canadian Remote Monitoring Programs for Cardiac Conditions
(Webinar, May 17, 2022)
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Tuberculosis: A pandemic overshadowed by another pandemic
Hospital News article, March 2022
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Remote Monitoring: clinical considerations and the patient perspective
(Webinar, May 10, 2022)
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CADTH Webinar - Tuberculosis: International and Canadian perspectives on the “other” global pandemic
(Webinar, March 24, 2021)