August 25, 2025Epidemiology and HealthOpen Access

Evaluation of a telemedicine pilot project for hypertension in Korea: a nationwide real-world data study

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Nationwide evaluation demonstrates telemedicine's impact on medical utilization and safety for hypertension patients.

Telemedicine showed similar safety to face-to-face treatment, but did not fully meet the same standard in hypertension management.
Medical utilization metrics differed between telemedicine and control groups, with a significant p-value indicating relevance to practice.
Analysis using real-world data from the Korean National Health Insurance Service evaluated telemedicine's effectiveness.
Findings suggest potential for telemedicine as secondary care, but further studies are needed to address long-term continuity issues.

Kim et al. (2025) studied this question.

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