Most U.S. providers and healthcare consumers plan to continue using telehealth in the future, which shows that the service will remain popular, according to a new report.
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The number of outpatient visits after hospital discharges remained stable during the COVID-19 pandemic but telehealth use for these visits increased, suggesting that telehealth was a substitute for...
According to a recent survey by the American Medical Association, the number of physicians launching a remote patient monitoring program doubled between 2018 and 2020, from roughly 10 percent to 20...
Even as telehealth volumes have declined from their 2020 heights, the service continues to be used by an increasingly diverse pediatric patient population, according to a new study from Nemours...
Penn State Health has joined forces with insurer Highmark Health and home care provider Contessa to launch a joint venture that will offer acute care and recovery services at home.
Dubbed Penn State...
The Federal Communications Commission plans to authorize more than $700 million in funding to broadband providers in an effort to boost internet connectivity in rural areas.
Millions of Americans lack...
Using telehealth to treat patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) produced similar, positive outcomes as in-person treatment, according to a study from the Rhode Island Methods to Improve...
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is expanding its collaboration with Teladoc Health to offer wider access to the company's virtual care platform and telehealth services.
Starting in...
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has rejected a state senate bill that would require telehealth payment parity, stating that the cost to taxpayers could be "substantial."
The bill, which was first...
Self-funded employer health plan Centivo has launched a virtual primary care offering that will be integrated into the payer’s core health plan.
The payer has taken the virtual-first route and...
As temporary policies to expand access to telehealth inch closer to their expiration dates, states must decide which ones will be made permanent amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A new report...
The majority of telehealth users accessed virtual care services through their regular doctor or health plan, as opposed to direct-to-consumer telehealth platforms, according to new data from Morning...
Four US Senators have introduced a bipartisan bill that seeks to make permanent a CMS policy that temporarily expanded Medicare coverage and reimbursement for certain telehealth services during the...
Patient sociodemographic factors largely influenced whether a telehealth video visit was successful or not, with racial minority status and older age being associated with unsuccessful visits, a JAMA...
Telehealth helped increase access to care and reduce stress for some skilled nursing facility residents and staff, but others faced unexpected challenges and consequences of telehealth use, a study...
Patients with limited English proficiency were less likely to use telehealth video visits when accessing virtual services during the pandemic compared to adults comfortable speaking English, a JAMA...
Telehealth utilization rose between July and August 2021 in the northeastern, western, and southern states, with the South seeing the highest increase, according to FAIR Health’s Monthly...
The American Telemedicine Association, along with 48 other stakeholder groups, have written a letter to Congress asking it to make permanent the regulatory flexibility that authorizes telehealth...
Using telehealth for music therapy sessions for patients with cancer can accomplish the same goals as in-person sessions while improving patient outcomes, according to two case studies completed at the...
More than 200 organizations, including the Alliance for Connected Care, have penned a letter to governors and state legislatures urging them to maintain and expand telehealth licensure flexibilities...
