Telehealth Strategies

Clinicians, staff highlight strategies to enhance virtual diabetes care

April 25, 2024 - Though telehealth can significantly improve diabetes care, new research shows several gaps that must be closed through strategies such as creating efficient workflows around scheduling follow-up visits and ensuring diabetes data collection ahead of telehealth visits. Published in The Journal of Clinical Diabetes, the study identified clinic-and...

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The Joint Commission unveils new telehealth accreditation program

by Anuja Vaidya

The Joint Commission is launching a new accreditation program for telehealth, effective July 1, 2024. The program will provide updated telehealth service standards for healthcare organizations using...

Employing telehealth to ease the hospice transition for kids with cancer

by Anuja Vaidya

Hospice plays a critical role in providing care and comfort to patients at the end of their life. A challenging time for patients and their loved ones, hospice care relies on coordinated efforts from various experts, including physicians,...

Telehealth use led to modest care improvements, spending increases

by Anuja Vaidya

Though telehealth utilization resulted in improvements in some healthcare utilization and quality measures, it was also linked to a 1.6 percent increase in healthcare spending, according to new...

Audio-only telehealth boosts heart failure care for Native Americans

by Anuja Vaidya

Audio-only telehealth effectively supported heart failure with reduced ejection fraction treatment for Native Americans, leading to improved rates of guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) uptake...

Using telehealth to provide timely mental healthcare in rural Illinois

by Anuja Vaidya

Various factors are driving the mental healthcare crisis in America, not least of which is the rising demand for services and the concurrent dwindling supply of mental health professionals. As a result, Americans with pressing mental...

Mental health conditions remain top telehealth diagnosis nationwide

by Anuja Vaidya

Mental health conditions ranked No. 1 on the list of top telehealth diagnoses nationally and in every United States region in January, according to new FAIR Health data. FAIR Health published data...

44% of mental health patients had in-person visits before telehealth

by Anuja Vaidya

Between 2019 and 2022, less than half of patients had an in-person visit before a telehealth appointment for mental healthcare, new research reveals. The US Congress has permanently allowed Medicare...

Veterans’ telehealth use for alcohol use disorder varies across groups

by Anuja Vaidya

Though telehealth supported alcohol use disorder (AUD) treatment delivery among veterans, telehealth use varied among demographic groups, suggesting the need for multiple telehealth options, new...

Telehealth did not reduce death risk linked to mechanical ventilation

by Anuja Vaidya

Availability of telehealth-based critical care did not improve outcomes among patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation, a new study reveals. Published in the Journal of Critical Care, the...

Stakeholders push DEA to solidify virtual prescribing flexibilities

by Anuja Vaidya

More than 200 virtual care stakeholders, including trade associations, healthcare providers, and telehealth companies, have signed a letter urging the United States Drug Enforcement Administration...

UPMC telehealth clinic facilitates OUD medication access, cuts costs

by Anuja Vaidya

UPMC released new data showing its telehealth bridge clinic for opioid use disorder (OUD) patients supported both the initiation of buprenorphine and reduced unplanned and total care costs. The...

Audio-only rehab improves activity participation among cancer survivors

by Anuja Vaidya

A telephone-based rehabilitation intervention improved participation in daily activities among breast cancer survivors but did not otherwise accelerate their recovery, according to a study published in...

Establishing a telehealth alliance to boost rural healthcare access

by Anuja Vaidya

Rural healthcare provider organizations have a formidable mandate: improve health outcomes of underserved populations with shoestring budgets and limited clinical resources. Though virtual care approaches have proven valuable in expanding...

Models adjusting for geography show racial gaps in telehealth use

by Anuja Vaidya

Racial minority groups received more telehealth visits per capita during the COVID-19 pandemic; however, after controlling for geographic region and other factors, a new study shows that these groups...

Telehealth cuts no-show odds in half among trans, gender-diverse youth

by Anuja Vaidya

Telehealth was associated with lower no-show rates for healthcare visits among transgender and gender-diverse youth in rural areas, according to research published in the April issue of The Journal of...

Female, chronically ill patients more likely to use telehealth

by Anuja Vaidya

A significant proportion of patients continued to choose telehealth even when in-person care was widely available in 2022, with female and chronic care patients being the most likely to select virtual...

Telehealth enables opioid use disorder treatment during pregnancy

by Anuja Vaidya

Telehealth is an effective treatment option for opioid use disorder (OUD) during pregnancy, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open. The opioid crisis has raged in the United States...

DTC telehealth results in more antibiotics for pediatric patients

by Anuja Vaidya

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) telehealth visits resulted in higher rates of antibiotic prescriptions for pediatric patients than telehealth visits conducted by primary care physicians (PCPs), according to a...

Telehealth-based rural caregiver support feasible, cost-effective

by Anuja Vaidya

Using telehealth to provide palliative care support to rural family caregivers is a low-cost and feasible strategy for transitioning patients from hospital to home-based care, new research...

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