Recent Open Access Research on Telemedicine Adoption, AI in Healthcare, Digital Health Innovation, and Cybersecurity

The current issue of Telehealth and Medicine Today (THMT) highlights how telemedicine, artificial intelligence, and digital health technologies are moving from experimentation to real world implementation across healthcare systems globally.

Featuring peer reviewed research, expert reviews, and multidisciplinary insights, this open access issue explores how telehealth platforms, AI enabled diagnostics, IoT based remote monitoring, and digital health interventions are being deployed in clinical practice—while addressing the critical challenges of provider adoption, patient safety, cybersecurity, affordability, governance, and responsible innovation.

Together, these contributions provide a timely look at the technologies and policy frameworks shaping the future of digitally enabled healthcare.

Click here for full access. Featured articles in this issue are below.

A Modern Informatic-Based System for Telemedicine: Adoption and Adherence in a Real-Life Study
Stefano Palazzo, MSc, Cataldo Piarulli, Marco Zurlo, MD, Silvio Tafuri MD, PhD, Marcello Albanesi, MD, PhD, Michele Della Corte, MD

Enhancing Patient Safety and Reducing Costs: Artificial Intelligence Driven Virtual Observation in Healthcare
Grant Wandling, MD, Nicholas Marburger, DO

Assessment Criteria of Digital Health Interventions Focusing on Healthcare Providers: A Scoping Review
Issam El Kouarty, MD, Samia El Hilali, MD, Abdelmajid Sahnoun, MD, Majdouline Obtel, PhD

Beyond Technology: Social Support, Risk, and Economic Value in Physicians’ Telemedicine Adoption
Elika Setiawaty, PhD, Hartoyo Hartoyo, PhD, Rita Nurmalina, PhD, Lilik Noor Yuliati, PhD
Bringing Health Closer to People: The Case for Responsible Innovation
Tomer Jordi Chaffer
2026 Telehealth Predictions: Multidisciplinary Experts Weigh In
Dr. Suhail Chughtai, FRCS, FFLM, Mika Newton, Stacey Wasserman, John Campbell, MBA, Srinivas Karri, Anup Gupta, Vaishali Lambe, Monzur Morshed Patwary, Drew Schiller, Karsten Russell-Wood, MBA, MPH, Dr. Robert Matthews, Lestter Cruz Serrano, MD, BCMAS
AI Agents in Healthcare: The Need for Governance
​Tomer Jordi Chaffer, MSc, Joe Littlejohn, MD, Muthu Ramachandran, PhD, Claudia Lamschtein, MD
Determinants of The Willingness to Adopt Telehealth Technology Among Health Professionals in a Tertiary Hospital
Michael Mensah, MSc, Sampson Opoku, PhD, Annabel Anum, MA, Theophilus Brocke, MPH, Enoch Makafui Mensah, BSc, Ernest Obeng Nsiah, BSc, Yaa Adutwumwaa Owusu-Ansah, FGCNM, Ernest Asamoa, PhD(c)

An Explainable Deep Transfer Learning Approach with Augmentation for Chest X-Ray-Driven Pulmonary Disease Diagnosis
R. Sriramkumar, M.Tech, K. Selvakumar, PhD, J. Jegan, PhD
Cost Effective IoT-Based Real Time Vital Sign Monitoring: An Affordable Telehealth Solution
Krishnapriya G, PhD, Prema S, ME
Cybersecurity and Healthcare Podcast
Maria Palombini, Alex Romanovich, Moderator​

In addition to research articles, the issue includes a podcast on cybersecurity and healthcare, exploring cyber risk, data protection, and resilience strategies critical to modern digital medicine and connected care ecosystems.

“This issue underscores the importance of evidence based research in guiding telehealth implementation, AI governance, and digital health policy,” said the editors of Telehealth and Medicine Today. “Our goal is to support clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and innovators with credible insights that translate into safer, more effective healthcare delivery.”

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Telehealth and Medicine Today (THMT) open access international peer reviewed journal explores the latest research, innovations, and applications in telemedicine, telehealth, and digital health disciplines. The publication aims to advance healthcare by fostering discussions on emerging technology and trends, policy, regulation, and real world implementations that improve care quality, outcomes, global access to care, and lower the cost of healthcare. The journal addresses interdisciplinary collaboration across clinical, engineering, and operational aspects, and seeks to inform and engage healthcare providers, academia, policymakers, industry stakeholders, consumers, and technology innovators - bridging research excellence with real world implementations in the field.

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