A self-administered screening on a tablet device is a highly effective method for identifying patients with depression, risk of injurious falls, or intimate partner violence, research from Wake Forest...
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Board of Governors has approved funding to support clinical effectiveness research studies on mental health, autism, and urinary incontinence (UI)...
Sixty percent of Medicaid providers in California said that telehealth provided financial stability for their organization, a new report shows.
The report was released by Health Net, a payer...
Sens. Tom Carper (D-Delaware) and Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) introduced a bill called the Hospital Inpatient Services Act that allows for a two-year extension of the federal acute hospital-at-home...
Home-based blood pressure (BP) measurements were more reliable and accurate than those taken in clinics or kiosks, a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine found.
The study...
The new omnibus spending bill, introduced in the House of Representatives Wednesday, includes several provisions to extend telehealth flexibilities for Medicare patients.
The $1.5 trillion bill...
A majority of healthcare consumers across all age groups are as or more comfortable with app-based virtual therapy than in-person services, according to a new report.
For the report, Evernorth,...
Telehealth utilization increased nationally by 11.4 percent between November and December 2021 and rose from 4.4 to 4.9 percent of all medical claim lines, according to FAIR Health’s Monthly...
Aetna has joined forces with Equip to offer its members a virtual eating disorder treatment program.
The program provides family-based treatment, which is an evidence-based model in which parents and...
Seventy-two organizations, including the American Telemedicine Association and American Psychiatric Association, have sent a letter to government agencies urging them to solidify continued access to...
Though a vast majority of healthcare consumers (86 percent) said that wearable devices improved their health and quality of life, 20 percent said that their device is hard to use, according to a new...
Over a third of patients (38 percent) have received care via telehealth this year, a drop from 48 percent who said the same in 2020, according to a new report from Jones Lang LaSalle.
The survey...
The Chatham University School of Health Sciences has launched a telehealth certification course to train healthcare professionals in providing effective virtual care consultations.
The Telehealth...
President Joe Biden's plans to address the growing mental health crisis in America include expanding virtual mental healthcare options.
In his first State of the Union address, Biden detailed the...
About 42 percent of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients received care related to their condition via telehealth, and a majority (77 percent) reported they were satisfied with the virtual care, according...
Bilingual personnel and offering audio-only visits were essential for making telehealth visits more efficient and improving the virtual care experience for patients in community health centers, a new...
Using a tablet to connect patients virtually with social workers during primary care visits resulted in high satisfaction levels, a Mayo Clinic study revealed.
According to the researchers, 20 percent...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded $2.8 million to the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, which will be used to examine the impact of adding personalized messaging to its weight...
In order to expand outreach, Albany, New York-based St. Peter’s Health Partners has joined forces with aptihealth to provide their employees and patients with virtual-first access to behavioral...
Teladoc Health has partnered with Amazon to launch voice-activated access to virtual care using Alexa-supported devices.
Through Amazon Alexa, which can be accessed via Echo devices like Echo, Echo...
