Table 5.

Benefits of using RMTs

Benefits	Studiesa
Reduced burden of care	[6, 30, 43, 45, 49, 63, 64, 68, 70, 75, 78, 80]
Supports required populations	[6, 43, 44, 49, 63, 64, 68, 70, 76, 78, 80]
Easy remote health data collection, data analysis, and monitoring	[6, 21, 30, 41, 43–45, 49–51, 63, 64, 67, 68, 70, 75, 76, 78, 80, 81]
Improves user (or COVID-19 patient) experience	[6, 49, 50, 66, 68, 70, 75]
Improves remote care and mortality (or health outcomes)	[6, 21, 30, 43, 45, 49, 67, 68, 70, 76, 78, 80]
Technology-related benefits	[6, 21, 30, 41, 43–45, 49, 50, 63, 64, 67, 68, 70, 75, 76, 78, 80]
Cost effective virtual sign monitoring	[21, 41, 44, 51, 64, 70, 78, 80]
Easy to use	[1, 43, 70, 78, 80]

^aWe found overlapping research topics in several studies