Access to Care

Social Workers Can Expand Telehealth Access for Stroke Survivors

by Mark Melchionna

Published in Stroke, details from a review conducted by UTHealth Houston described that many stroke survivors benefit from telehealth, with options such as community health workers, mobile hotspots,...

Healthcare Groups Urge DEA to Modify Virtual Prescribing Rules

by Anuja Vaidya

Healthcare trade associations, mental healthcare organizations, and providers are noting their concerns about the Drug Enforcement Administration's proposed rules governing telehealth-based...

New Legislation Aims to Widen First-Dollar Telehealth Coverage

by Mark Melchionna

This week, six US representatives and senators introduced an extension of the CARES Act known as the “Telehealth Expansion Act,” which would allow Americans with Health Savings Accounts...

New Bill Aims to Promote School-Based Telemental Health Services

by Mark Melchionna

Introduced by US Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), the Connecting Students with Mental Health Services Act would assist school districts in funding...

Partnership to Expand Access to Digital Program for Chronic Care

by Mark Melchionna

Amwell has added a digital therapeutic solution from DarioHealth to support a new cardiometabolic program aimed at treating chronic disease patients, including those with diabetes and...

Missouri Disability Patients Gain Access to Telehealth Via New Collab

by Mark Melchionna

A collaboration between the Missouri Division of Developmental Disabilities, IntellectAbility, and StationMD aims to support Missouri patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) by...

Provider-Library Collab to Enhance Telehealth Access, Digital Literacy

by Mark Melchionna

In collaboration with the New York Public Library (NYPL), the Digital and Technology Partners (DTP) department at Mount Sinai Health System aims to support telehealth access through the offering of...

Remote Tool Boosted Blood Pressure Management Amid Pandemic

by Mark Melchionna

Published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, a study assessing a Mass General Brigham remote hypertension program showed it was successful, as many patients involved achieved and...

Partnership to Support Healthcare Access for Black Mothers Through App

by Mark Melchionna

A partnership between UnitedHealth Group and Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) aims to address maternal health disparities by leveraging a mobile app to assist Black mothers struggling to obtain...

ChristianaCare Launches Virtual Primary Care to Improve Patient Access

by Mark Melchionna

ChristianaCare has launched a virtual primary care practice that aims to allow patients to build and maintain relationships with a primary care team through various communication channels. Based in...

Washington DOH Adds Tool for Virtual Reproductive Health Services

by Mark Melchionna

The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has unveiled a webpage and online tool to provide residents with information on providers that offer virtual reproductive health services such as birth...

Telehealth Initiative Aims to Provide Virtual Care in GA School Settings

by Mark Melchionna

The Harris County School District in Georgia recently began a partnership with Mercer Medicine to implement a telehealth initiative to increase access to healthcare for students and school employees,...

Collaboration Aims to Enhance Access to Virtual Behavioral Healthcare

by Mark Melchionna

Amid a rapidly growing youth mental health crisis, Brightline and Evernorth Health Services have formed a partnership to support children and their families by expanding access to behavioral healthcare...

South Georgia Hospitals to Gain Access to Remote Monitoring Services

by Mark Melchionna

To expand critical care access, Emory Healthcare will provide Memorial Hospital and Manor and Coffee Regional Medical Center with access to its electronic intensive care unit (eICU), giving patients...

Income, Race Among Factors that Influence Telehealth Literacy

by Mark Melchionna

Published in the March Issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, new research provided evidence surrounding the demographic characteristics, such as income, race, and area of residency, that may...

DEA Proposes Limits on Telehealth Prescriptions of Controlled Substances 

by Mark Melchionna

The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has released proposed rules governing telehealth-based prescribing that extend some telehealth flexibilities but reinstate previous rules related to the...

New Collaboration to Expand Virtual Female Specialty Care Access

by Mark Melchionna

Lifepoint Health and Midi Health announced that they are collaborating to improve virtual specialty care access for older women experiencing symptoms associated with perimenopause and...

KY Health System to Expand Telebehavioral Healthcare Access

by Mark Melchionna

A recent collaboration between the University of Louisville Health's (UofL Health) Peace Hospital and UofL Physicians aims to integrate telehealth technology into behavioral health services through...

Telehealth Improved Pre-Pandemic Cancer Care Availability in US

by Mark Melchionna

Recent research shows that equitable cancer care access and delivery benefited highly from telehealth before the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),...

Clinician Use of Video, Audio-Only Telehealth for OUD Treatment Drops

by Anuja Vaidya

Telehealth use among clinicians who treat patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) dropped from 56.7 percent in December 2020 to 41.5 percent in March 2022, according to a recent survey. Published in...

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