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Health Information Technology: Comprehensive Telehealth Interventions to Improve Diet Among Patients with Chronic Diseases

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Systematic Review

Source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services

Last Reviewed: August 2017

Workgroups: Heart Disease and Stroke Workgroup, Health Communication and Health Information Technology Workgroup, Nutrition and Weight Status Workgroup

The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends comprehensive telehealth interventions to supplement the care of adults who have chronic diseases affected by diet, like cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Telehealth lets health care providers and patients connect by phone, email, web-based programs, or other electronic or digital media. CPSTF found strong evidence that comprehensive telehealth interventions can help people eat healthier diets — including eating more fruits and vegetables and less salt.

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Objectives related to this resource (4)

Increase fruit consumption by people aged 2 years and over — NWS‑06
Little or no detectable change
Increase vegetable consumption by people aged 2 years and older — NWS‑07
Little or no detectable change
Reduce consumption of sodium by people aged 2 years and over — NWS‑12
Improving
Increase the proportion of adults who use IT to track health care data or communicate with providers — HC/HIT‑07
Target met or exceeded

Suggested Citation

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Guide to Community Preventive Services. (2017). Health Information Technology: Comprehensive Telehealth Interventions to Improve Diet Among Patients with Chronic Diseases. Retrieved from https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/health-it-comprehensive-telehealth-interventions-improve-diet-among-patients-chronic-diseases