Readiness for telehealth integration in primary healthcare centers: a pilot mixed‑methods assessment from Lebanon’s REMOTE project
Emile Whaibeh, Jowy Abi Hanna, Lina Jaalouk, Hady Naal, Wael Al-Delaimy, Youssef Bassim, Elie Nemer, Elie Matta, Nada Najem, Lilian Ibrahim, Joseph Zgheib, Georges Abi Tayeh, Myriam Mrad · 2026
Read Readiness for telehealth integration in primary healthcare centers: a pilot mixed‑methods assessment from Lebanon’s REMOTE project by Emile Whaibeh, Jowy Abi Hanna, Lina Jaalouk, Hady Naal, Wael Al-Delaimy, Youssef Bassim, Elie Nemer, Elie Matta, Nada Najem, Lilian Ibrahim, Joseph Zgheib, Georges Abi Tayeh, Myriam Mrad (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-13455415.txt.
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Emile Whaibeh and colleagues test whether Lebanese primary care clinics are ready for video and phone care in a 2026 pilot study. Lebanon's crises have left care costly, distant and scarce, above all for rural and vulnerable patients, while telehealth could bridge some gaps. Five primary care centres run by the Order of Malta across five governorates were assessed in August and September 2022, surveying patients and interviewing staff, providers and patients.
Telehealth promised lower costs, easier access and shorter waits, and patients and staff welcomed it, above all for mental health care at a distance. Power cuts, patchy internet, low digital skills and thin infrastructure stood in the way. The authors present telehealth as a workable scale-up for low-resource primary care, provided upgrades to power and internet, digital training and supportive policy arrive with it.
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| CREATOR | Emile Whaibeh, Jowy Abi Hanna, Lina Jaalouk, Hady Naal, Wael Al-Delaimy, Youssef Bassim, Elie Nemer, Elie Matta, Nada Najem, Lilian Ibrahim, Joseph Zgheib, Georges Abi Tayeh, Myriam Mrad |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 73 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |