More than two-thirds of primary care physicians and medical specialists said they were able to provide similar quality of care via telehealth and in person, making them more likely to be satisfied with...
Medicaid beneficiaries across racial and ethnic groups increased their use of telehealth to manage hypertension during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the increase in use was lower among Black patients than...
The availability of telemental healthcare services varies widely across states, with high telehealth availability in states like Maine and Oregon and low availability in states like Mississippi and...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will publish a final rule on February 2 that significantly expands access to medications for opioid use disorder (OUD), including allowing treatment...
A group of lawmakers from the United States House of Representatives and Senate have sent a letter urging the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to work with Congress to maintain expanded...
Female mental health specialists and those working in highly populated counties with higher real estate prices were more likely to shift their practice fully to telehealth in 2022 than their peers,...
State action on telehealth policy and regulation stalled in 2023, apart from a few states that made significant changes, according to a new report.
Released by the Cicero Institute, the third annual...
Primary care settings provided safe, acceptable, and positive telehealth medication abortion experiences for patients, new research published in the Annals of Family Medicine shows.
Conducted by...
A group of bipartisan senators have reintroduced a bill to expand access to virtual mental healthcare services for Medicare beneficiaries.
The Telemental Health Care Access Act aims to remove the...
Though audio-only telehealth utilization has largely returned to pre-pandemic levels among veterans, video-based telehealth accounts for 11 percent to 12 percent of outpatient care, a 2,300 percent...
Gaps in internet use rates appear to be narrowing among Medicare beneficiaries, but disparities across demographic groups persist, impacting telehealth access, according to a study published in the...
A team providing palliative care via audio-only telehealth helped improve the quality of life for adults with chronic conditions like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart failure, and...
Clinician recommendations or requirements are the most compelling reason for patients to seek and use telehealth, according to new research.
Published in The American Journal of Managed Care, the...
Though a small proportion of older adults use direct-to-consumer (DTC) mHealth services, one-third do not share that information with their primary care physician (PCP), new survey results released by...
Though telehealth can help expand mental healthcare access, United States counties where mental health resources are low tend to also lack broadband internet access, hampering telehealth use, according...
The Federal Communications Commission released the final rule updating the Rural Health Care Program to support virtual care access in rural America through funding efforts.
Established in 1997, the...
New research from Mass General Brigham affirms the clinical benefits of hospital-at-home programs, showing that they are associated with low mortality, skilled nursing facility use, and readmission...
New research indicates that expanding access to telehealth services and high-speed internet may not close gaps in primary care utilization, as higher telehealth uptake was linked to groups with higher...
Amazon has taken its next step into healthcare, launching a new initiative to help connect healthcare consumers with digital health benefits for chronic conditions available through their employer or...
Virtual visits with physicians with whom patients did not have an ongoing relationship increased the likelihood of patients going to the emergency department (ED) by 66 percent, according to a recent...
