Anne Granstrøm Ekeland

TL;DR: Reviewers point to a continuing need for larger studies of telemedicine as controlled interventions, and more focus on patients' perspectives, economic analyses and on teleMedicine innovations as complex processes and ongoing collaborative achievements.

TL;DR: The Model for ASsessment of Telemedicine applications (MAST), developed in this study, provides a structure for future assessment of telemedicines applications.

TL;DR: Attention should be given to the development and evaluation of strategies to implement effective/cost-effective eHealth initiatives in daily practice, rather than to further strengthen current evidence.

TL;DR: Larger and more rigorous studies are crucial for the production of evidence of effectiveness of unambiguous telemedicine services for pre defined outcome measures, and formative, naturalistic methodologies that acknowledge teleMedicine as ongoing collaborative achievements and engage with stakeholders, including patients are important.

TL;DR: The Model for Assessment of Telemedicine Applications (MAST) as mentioned in this paper is developed through workshops with users and stakeholders of telemedicines, based on the EUnetHTA Core HTA Model as a starting point, including preceding considerations, multidisciplinary assessment and transferability assessment.