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USDA Offers $60M in Funding for Telehealth, Distance Learning

March 7, 2024 - The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making approximately $60 million in funding available through its Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grant Program. The program helps rural communities acquire and use advanced telecommunications technology for distance learning and telehealth services. The grants fund audio and video...

Medication Error Rates Similar Between Phone, Video Telehealth Consults

March 04, 2024 by Anuja Vaidya

There were no significant differences in physician-related medication errors between consultations for critically ill children conducted via telephone or video-based telehealth, according to new...

Digital Health Strategies Reduce High BP Among Underserved Groups

February 23, 2024 by Anuja Vaidya

Digital health interventions drove improvements in blood pressure (BP) among hypertension patients experiencing health disparities, according to new research. Published in JAMA Network Open, the study...

American Heart Association Unveils Telehealth Resource Center

November 14, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

The American Heart Association has established the Center for Telehealth to encourage telehealth adoption and use within the cardiovascular care arena, thereby mitigating healthcare...

Health Technologies Driving Hospital-at-Home Programs

September 07, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

Healthcare is moving increasingly outside the walls of hospitals, spurred by the popularity of outpatient and virtual care modalities. During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare provider organizations stood up or scaled various care delivery...

Telehealth Boosts Psychiatric Visits Within Skilled Nursing Facilities

August 23, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

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, Jefferson Health Systems Launch Virtual Nursing Programs

August 21, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

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...

Expanding Virtual Care Access for Sexual Assault Survivors in Texas

August 09, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

A troublingly common form of violence in the United States, sexual assault drives the need for easier access to physical and mental healthcare. As modes of virtual care become increasingly integrated into the US healthcare system, some...

Nonprofit Organization Evaluates Digital Healthcare Technologies

July 19, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

Launched by the Peterson Center on Healthcare, the Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI) analyzes and determines the efficacy of digital health solutions to enhance health and reduce costs. The...

Collab Aims to Evaluate Education Potential of Medical VR

March 29, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

Brigham and Women's Hospital is collaborating with Japan-based Jolly Good to evaluate the educational effects of its medical virtual reality (VR) solution as it explores an entry into the US...

Atrium Health, Best Buy Health Strike Hospital-at-Home Deal

March 07, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

Atrium Health has entered into a three-year partnership with Best Buy Health to create new home-based acute care offerings and enhance its hospital-at-home program. A part of Advocate Health,...

Meet the ATA’s 12 Telehealth Innovators Challenge Finalists

February 27, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) selected 12 finalists to participate in the second annual Telehealth Innovators Challenge, a showcase of the latest telehealth delivery solutions. These solutions provide a wide range of...

Clinician Use of Video, Audio-Only Telehealth for OUD Treatment Drops

February 10, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

Telehealth use among clinicians who treat patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) dropped from 56.7 percent in December 2020 to 41.5 percent in March 2022, according to a recent survey. Published in...

Which Virtual Care Vendors Won Best in KLAS 2023 Awards?

February 08, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

Elation Health, Caregility, Doximity, and Health Recovery Solutions came out on top in the 2023 Best in KLAS Software & Services awards for virtual care solutions. KLAS, a research and insights...

Follow-up Care Slightly More Common After Audio-Only Telehealth Visits

January 31, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

Follow-up visits were more common following telephone-only telehealth visits than video visits, though the difference in follow-up rates was small, according to a recent analysis of telehealth visits...

MUSC Receives $1.5M Grant to Advance Telehealth Training in Rural Areas

September 26, 2022 by Anuja Vaidya

The Medical University of South Carolina's (MUSC) Center for Telehealth has received a $1.5 million grant to bolster healthcare training and job placement in rural communities, The Health...

Continuous Telehealth Guidance is Needed to Transform Healthcare

August 18, 2022 by Mark Melchionna

A July report from The Brookings Institute, The Roadmap to Telehealth Efficacy: Care, Health, and Digital Equities, stated that continuous telehealth guidance along with healthcare flexibilities are...

18 Health Systems Collaborate to Develop Hospital-at-Home Tools

August 04, 2022 by Mark Melchionna

Eighteen health systems participated in the first phase of the Home Hospital Early Adopters Accelerator, a program created by Adriadne Labs in collaboration with CaroNova to help providers develop home...

Use of Virtual Care Tools in Some Underserved Populations is Rising

May 19, 2022 by Mark Melchionna

While evaluating consumer adoption of digital health in 2021, researchers from Rock Health found that certain populations, such as Medicaid members and LGBQA+ individuals, are using tools like live...

HHS, Providers View Audio-Only Telehealth as Key Health Equity Strategy

May 19, 2022 by Anuja Vaidya

As telehealth became a must-have in the age of COVID-19, the federal government responded by enacting regulatory flexibilities, providing funding for virtual care efforts, and supporting workforce education and technology implementation at...

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