The United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California has sentenced a former physician to 37 months in federal prison for illegally prescribing medications, including...
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...
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...
Healthcare providers met Medicare requirements when billing for most evaluation and management (E/M) services provided via telehealth, a new federal report shows.
Released this month by the Department...
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, depression screening rates during telehealth appointments plateaued and remained low compared with screenings during in-person visits, according to new...
Patterns in the use of audio-only or video-based telehealth to receive mental healthcare are mixed, differing based on age, sex, education, income, and location, according to new research by the...
UPMC’s telehealth bridge clinic effectively served the high-risk opioid use disorder (OUD patient population, supporting patient engagement and access, according to new research conducted by the...
Epic, LightBeam Health Solutions, Doximity, and eVisit emerged as Best in KLAS winners among virtual care solutions for 2024.
KLAS, a research and insights firm, released its annual list of Best in...
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...
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,...
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...
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 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 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...
