The demand for behavioral healthcare has skyrocketed, but a new study shows that nearly one-third of behavioral healthcare patients do not get their preferred choice between telehealth and in-person...
Texas is piloting a new project that will bring telehealth services to emergency medical services (EMS) settings in an effort to extend trauma care access in rural areas.
The Texas House of...
Though the adoption of wearable devices is low among older adults, their use can help boost physical activity within this population, new research shows.
Wearable device development is skyrocketing,...
Amid rising concerns about data privacy within the telehealth arena, the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) released a set of principles to ensure patient data is protected during telehealth...
Telemental healthcare utilization, which skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic, remains "persistent and elevated," according to new research.
The research letter published in JAMA Health Forum...
While the majority of telehealth visits do not result in in-person follow-ups within a week, the fraction of virtual visits that do are for behavioral health and chronic condition issues, new research...
The Covid-19 public health emergency (PHE) prompted an industry-wide shift in healthcare delivery. Most notably, virtual care technologies that were slowly gaining traction pre-pandemic skyrocketed,...
Virtual multidisciplinary rounds, combined with interventions like discharge huddles, can reduce patient length of stay (LOS) and observation hours, according to a new study.
Previous research,...
Wearable sensors can help clinicians measure gross and fine motor function in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) from data collected in their homes, according to new research.
Conducted...
Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in the United States rapidly adopted telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic, which was linked to improved access to psychiatry visits, according to new research.
The...
Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, and Jefferson Health in Philadelphia have launched virtual nursing programs in an effort to improve care protocols and ease administrative...
Researchers at the University of Texas Austin (UT Austin) have modified a commercial virtual reality (VR) headset, using it to measure brain activity and better understand how humans react to stressors...
While telehealth services related to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) skyrocketed during the pandemic, providers documented few details of the services with most leaving out the type of...
While 42 percent of Americans with or at risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) use their smart mHealth devices to track health goals, those at higher risk of developing the disease are less likely to...
Ohio-based Cincinnati Children's is collaborating with Parkview Health to launch telehealth clinics to expand healthcare access for children seeking pediatric neurosurgery, rheumatology, and...
Despite the boom in telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans and healthcare workers largely agree that in-person care is higher quality, more efficient, and more affordable than virtual...
The Managing Symptoms and Psychological Distress During Oral Anti-Cancer Treatment grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is assisting Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and other...
Using survey data on patient attitudes toward mental health services and depression screening, a new study indicated that Black American Women are comfortable with using voice or video calls to...
A new study described the relationship between virtual and primary care that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. The publication includes information on how survey data provided details on its...
MIT News described a wearable ultrasound scanner attached to the bra to detect interval breast cancer, capturing images similar to medical imaging center probes.
According to the press release, breast...
