The Final version of the Integrated Investigation Project.

Running head: conclusion 1

conclusion 8

Discussion, Conclusion and Recommendation

Discussion

The research analysis results indicate that telehealth is indeed an effective health model compared to physical physician visits (P<0.5). When comparisons are made on the health models' enrolment, it was evident that fewer individuals had enrolled on the telehealth program (a difference of 1 from the sample). This implies that the program had not yet gained popularity amongst most people or that most hospitals had not implemented the health model, as explained by Thomas et al. (2020) in the literature review. The effectiveness of telehealth was statistically significant, thus forming the basis to accept the claim put forth in the hypothesis. Since the study was also done during the COVID-19 pandemic period, the results affirm telehealth's role in this period.

The COVID-19 pandemic has restructured most of the conventions in healthcare, such as physical physician visits. This study has indicated that though less popular among people, telehealth should be the model to be implemented in most healthcare facilities and promotions done to enlighten people. This will help 'flatten' the COVID-19 death and infection curve as it promotes physical distancing. There are, however, a few weaknesses with the study. The sample size was very small, and this may interfere with accurate predictions. Also, there was a considerable variation in the scores given by patients enrolled in the telehealth program (SD=2.1). Therefore, the application should be narrowed down to a few hospitals that the research was conducted. I Would recommend further studies to be done on the same topic but with a larger sample size for reliability. Also, this study has only tackled one aspect, healthcare, irrespective of demographic variables. I would recommend further research to include demographic variables such as age, region, and gender.

References Thomas, E. E., Haydon, H. M., Mehrotra, A., Caffery, L. J., Snoswell, C. L., Banbury, A., & Smith, A. C. (2020). Building on the momentum: Sustaining Telehealth beyond COVID-19. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 1357633X2096063. doi:10.1177/1357633x20960638

Comment:

I thought your study was on the satisfaction or perception of telehealth compared to in-person, but you write as if you are comparing the actual RESULTS of healthcare. If I am wrong about anything - and I usually am - be sure that you are clear about what you are trying to say, I really like your writing and these parts really read like the way a published article should... with one exception: NO PERSONAL PRONOUNS. when you start saying "I", you are injecting yourself into the study and (sadly) you come with all kinds of issues that the reader must now think about rather than the research and the conclusion. Obviously, YOU did the study, but the job of a academic writer is to marginalize yourself as much as possible. Make is seem like this study was done by itself AND it now can speak for itself.