SEARCH 2025 Abstract Submission

The SEARCH 2025 National Telehealth Research Symposium will showcase connected health efforts, strategies, and partnerships, specifically those that focus on research in telehealth, telemedicine, digital health, and other technologies.

Participate in SEARCH 2025 and you will:

• Elevate the knowledge of an exceptional group of health researchers, academicians, and visionaries;
• Advance your personal and professional recognition within the industry; and,
• Create ongoing awareness of your research by having your presentation included in the SEARCH Conference Library for future access.

GUIDELINES

• All abstracts must be submitted via the abstract submission portal.
• Abstracts must have four (4) sections: Background (1,000 character limit), Methods (1,250 character limit), Results (1,250 character limit), and Discussion (1,000 character limit).
• Abstracts written to promote a product, company, or service will NOT be considered.
• Abstracts will be reviewed and selected for presentation based on the scoring guidelines below.
• Upon notification of acceptance, you will have two (2) weeks to confirm and register for the conference.

FAQs

Q: Are the in-text citations included within the character limits, and should we include a final section for the full references after the Discussion?
A: No, you do not need to include full references with your abstract submission. Any intext citations you choose to include will go towards the word count.

Q: As Telemedicine and e-Health journal uses Mary Ann Liebert’s Vancouver reference format and will be publishing accepted abstracts from SEARCH 2025, should the references in this abstract be in the same formatting?
A: If you include references, they should follow this format.

SCORING

Accepted abstracts will be evaluated and selected for Poster or Oral presentations. Oral presentations will be anywhere from 15-45 minutes plus 5 minutes for Q&A. Reviewers consider the following criteria:

MERIT

1. Does the abstract offer new knowledge to conference attendees?
2. Does the abstract highlight current connected health research endeavors and findings or identify the need for connected health research endeavors?
3. Are there findings, strategies, and outcomes that may benefit other connected health endeavors?

CLARITY

1. Does the abstract clearly, concisely, and logically convey the intent of the presentation and support the title, background, purpose, results and conclusions?

INNOVATION

1. Is the topic timely and relevant to the activities, initiatives, or direction of connected health?
2. Does the abstract cover one or more of the stated focus areas?

NON-PROMOTIONAL/COMMERCIAL IN NATURE

1. Does the abstract have any commercial affiliation that may impact the presentation's objectivity?