20.500.12556/ReVIS-12941 Telemedicine in rural and remote areas: potentials and challenges for older adults Abstract: This paper explores the key challenges and enabling factors in the implementation of telemedicine services in rural and low-resource settings, with particular focus on older adults, focusing particularly on how best practices can be adapted to overcome the digital divide. Drawing from a structured literature review using the Semantic Scholar corpus, this study synthesizes findings from 25 empirical studies selected from a total of 920 unique records, based on clear inclusion criteria, narrowing the scope for deeper qualitative and thematic insights across multiple countries and healthcare contexts. The findings highlight infrastructural barriers, provider and patient-related challenges, and resource constraints, while also identifying technological solutions, capacity-building initiatives, and community engagement strategies as critical enablers. Recommendations are made for future development of telemedicine systems tailored to the specific needs of underserved rural populations. telemedicine healthcare informatics digital inclusion social systems technology adoption telemedicina zdravstvena informatika digitalna vključenost socialni sistemi sprejemanje tehnologije true false false Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2026-01-15 11:26:13 2026-01-15 11:26:13 2026-04-16 03:30:15 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Nasl. z nasl. zaslona; Opis vira z dne 15. 1. 2026; str. 260-265 issue 27 Vol. 59 2025 0000-00-00 NiDoloceno NiDoloceno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2025-01-01 61:621.39:316.42(1-22)-053.88 2405-8963 264818691 10.1016/j.ifacol.2025.12.113 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405896325027958 1 9e7cd784-f1fc-11f0-94a7-001a4af901a5 https://revis.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=15270 1-s2.0-S2405896325027958-main.pdf 1-s2.0-S2405896325027958-main.pdf 1 549873DB70B83A36DF43794BB3D94E87 1ca2ad563c18b6d62bab2d737019a22883e76a1f34b78b92649cda172df5996d 8fae4b2f-38d4-11f1-9cc3-001a4af901a5 https://revis.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=16292 Univerza Alma Mater Europaea 0 0 0