Virtual Care

Employing telehealth to ease the hospice transition for kids with cancer

April 23, 2024 - 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, nurses, social workers, and spiritual advisors, according to the National Institute on Aging. To support this care coordination, one Georgia-based...

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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...

Text-based virtual care program did not improve post-discharge outcomes

by Anuja Vaidya

A program that provided automated text messaging with escalation to clinical care, if needed, was not successful in reducing acute care revisits in the 30 days post-hospital discharge, according to a...

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...

VR therapy mitigates pain for hospitalized cancer patients

by Anuja Vaidya

Virtual reality (VR) provided significantly more pain relief to hospitalized cancer patients than a two-dimensional guided imagery experience, according to a new study. Published in Cancer, the...

What the House subcommittee hearing tells us about telehealth’s future

by Anuja Vaidya

Jeanette Ashlock was only 30, fresh off her honeymoon, when she first started experiencing multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms. “My muscles and body started locking up,” the National Multiple Sclerosis Society patient advocate...

Digital health tool cuts hospital length of stay for surgery patients

by Anuja Vaidya

A digital health platform that combines human health coaches and personalized recovery care plans was able to engage surgery patients in their perioperative journey and reduce their hospital length of...

Remote care drove medication uptake among type 2 diabetes patients

by Anuja Vaidya

New research reveals that a remote care team focused on patient education and medication management can improve guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) adherence in patients with type 2 diabetes who...

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...

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...

Why Ochsner & Humana struck an RPM partnership for chronic care

by Anuja Vaidya

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) tools and services have proven remarkably effective at improving chronic disease management. However, access to RPM programs can be challenging, particularly for underserved populations. One strategy to...

American College of Surgeons endorses telehealth use in surgery

by Anuja Vaidya

The American College of Surgeons (ACS), which includes more than 90,000 members worldwide, released a statement highlighting the critical role telehealth can play in surgical care and outlining...

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...

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...

How ChristianaCare’s digital cardiac care program is closing racial gaps

by Anuja Vaidya

Healthcare organizations recognize that health inequities are detrimental to much-needed progress in clinical outcomes and care access nationwide. However, there is little agreement on how best to eliminate these inequities. Though virtual...

Digital health tools fall short of improving type 2 diabetes outcomes

by Anuja Vaidya

Digital management tools targeting type 2 diabetes that use remote patient monitoring (RPM) and behavior and lifestyle modification approaches do not provide meaningful clinical benefits, according to...

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