Virtual Care

Establishing a telehealth alliance to boost rural healthcare access

March 28, 2024 - 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 care access and outcomes, rural facilities face financial and operational barriers to implementing them. This led one virtual care provider to create...


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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...

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...

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...

Creating a community-led telehealth approach for supportive cancer care

by Anuja Vaidya

Cancer is a life-changing diagnosis for the patient and everyone in their orbit. Treatment of this deadly disease is all-consuming and filled with uncertainty, because of which cancer patients are at risk of experiencing mental health and...

How a virtual-first approach can boost patient, provider experience

by Anuja Vaidya

Four years after the COVID-19 pandemic set off a chain reaction transforming healthcare delivery in America, it has become apparent that virtual care is here to stay; however, it cannot fully replace in-person care delivery. Thus,...

Patients mostly use telehealth for prescription renewals, follow-ups

by Anuja Vaidya

Patients are primarily using telehealth for prescription renewals and follow-up visits, with a majority agreeing that the integration of virtual care is changing the healthcare system for the better,...

Why UC Davis is turning to mHealth tech for post-angioplasty care

by Anuja Vaidya

Post-discharge is a critical period for the overall success of any given procedure. If patients do not follow discharge instructions or clinical changes occur without the care team’s knowledge, the patient could suffer adverse...

Pediatric telehealth use can help shrink healthcare’s carbon footprint

by Anuja Vaidya

Pediatric telehealth use is linked to a substantial reduction in carbon dioxide emissions, new research reveals. Published in The Journal of Climate Change and Health, the study assessed the effects...

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

by Anuja Vaidya

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...

Overcoming the Digital Divide Through Community-Based Telehealth

by Anuja Vaidya

The unprecedented rise in telehealth use in recent years signified a new era in healthcare delivery that purported to meet patients where they are. Though the much-lauded benefits of telehealth technology are rooted in real-world evidence,...

Text Message-Based mHealth Intervention More Effective Later in Day

by Anuja Vaidya

On examining a text messaging-based mHealth intervention, researchers found messages delivered in the afternoon or evening improved mood among people with depression and anxiety symptoms more...

What is Virtual Reality and its Healthcare Use Cases?

by Anuja Vaidya

With the advancements in digital healthcare, various tools are now being used to provide healthcare services and support the patient care journey. These include tools typically used in other industries, such as smartphones, cloud storage...

16% of All Abortions Occur Via Telehealth as Restrictions Tighten

by Anuja Vaidya

In the post-Dobbs era, telehealth has become a vital abortion care resource, with telehealth abortions accounting for 16 percent of all abortion care nationwide, according to a new #WeCount...

Digital Engagement with RPM Boosts Post-Discharge Care Coordination

by Anuja Vaidya

Digital engagement post-discharge with an RPM system helped increase touch points between patients and healthcare providers but did not impact the rate of readmission, recent research shows. Published...

Stakeholders Urge Congress to Take Early Action on Telehealth Access

by Anuja Vaidya

More than 200 virtual care stakeholders have signed a letter to Congress urging action on telehealth regulations early in the year, asking for more time to implement new policies before pandemic-era...

Digital Health Strategies Reduce High BP Among Underserved Groups

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...

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