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BACKGROUND: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of telemedicine by oncology physicians in Manitoba, Canada has increased to limit the risk of the virus to both patients and healthcare providers. It is not clear how telemedicine impacts the information needs or experience of receiving cancer care. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to describe how the use of telemedicine impacts the information needs and experience of cancer patients and their informal caregivers (i.e., friends/family) and identify directions for future research. METHODS: This review will include all studies addressing telemedicine in the cancer context including those utilizing quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods approaches. This scoping review will be conducted using the methodology described by JBI. In collaboration with a librarian scientist specializing in health sciences, a comprehensive search will be undertaken to identify and retrieve relevant reports published in English from 1990 to the present. Databases searched will include OVID MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, Scopus, Cochrane Library, and PsycINFO. Data will be extracted by two independent reviewers, synthesized, and reported in a summary table and in a narrative format describing what has been reported regarding the impact of telemedicine by physicians in oncology on the experience and receipt of information by patients and their informal caregivers. RESULTS: The results from this scoping review are expected to be available by late spring 2021. CONCLUSIONS: The results from this scoping review will be useful for informing practice as well as directing future research, both in and out of the context of COVID-19. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT: PRR1-10.2196/25501.
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