APN	advanced practice nurse
C	control group
CMS	Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
ED	Emergency Department
e.g.,	for instance
etc.	etcetera
HRRP	Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program
I	intervention group
ICT	information and communication technology
JBI	Joanna Briggs Institute;
LTC	long-term care facility/facilities
M.P.V.-D.	author’s initials of first author
n.a.	not applicable
n.i.	not indicated
NH	nursing home/s;
NHR	nursing home resident/s
NHSC	nursing home-sensitive condition/s
ONC	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
PRISMA-ScR	Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews.
PU	pressure ulcer
RCT	randomized controlled trial
S.B.-J.	author’s initials of second author
SNF	skilled nursing facility/facilities
Tmed	telemedicine
USD	United States Dollar/s
X (Table 2)	involved
↓ (Table 2)	goes down
↑ (Table 2)	goes up
? (Table 2)	ambivalent study results