Despite the rapid growth of the digital health sector in recent years, a study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research found that many digital health companies have low levels of clinical...
Mental health conditions consistently appeared among the top telehealth diagnoses across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from FAIR Health.
FAIR Health released The...
Researchers from the University of Michigan have determined that states must consider how they intend to proceed with virtual care strategies as previous policies restricting interstate telehealth...
According to the FAIR Health Monthly Regional Tracker, telehealth use dropped in March for the second month in a row, occupying a smaller portion of all medical claim lines.
The tracker is a free...
A FAIR Health report found that COVID-19 was absent from the top five telehealth diagnoses in February after being in the top five in January following a spike in cases due to the Omicron...
Massachusetts residents are gaining access to a free COVID-19 telehealth treatment program that will focus on reviewing patient symptoms and determining if they are eligible to take Paxlovid.
The...
A new partnership between Rochester Regional Health and TytoCare will make the company's artificial intelligence-powered tools available to the health system's clinicians, enabling them to...
Researchers from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that patients who participated in an initial visit through telehealth were not more likely to need emergency department follow-up...
As telehealth claims a more prominent place in care delivery, researchers noted that various efforts could continue service enhancement while reducing costs, avoiding fraud and abuse, and increasing...
While researching the correlation between visit type and chances of a follow-up appointment, a study published in JAMA Network Open found that telehealth appointments for acute conditions resulted in a...
A majority of clinics (79 percent) used telemedicine to provide contraceptive services during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent study published in the journal Reproductive Health.
For the...
Wearable sensors, like smartwatches and fitness bands, can provide information regarding physiological and immune responses to the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a study published in npj Digital...
A study published in the Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention shows that virtual and hybrid cardiac rehabilitation (CR) produced similar benefits for patients as compared with...
As researchers examine new ways to track the progression of COVID-19, a study from the University of Michigan described how a smartwatch feature that uses heart rate data could track the symptoms of...
A study published in BMC Health Services found that Hispanic and Latino individuals are significantly less likely to use, and therefore benefit from, virtual primary care as compared to White...
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania found that programs using pulse oximeters to monitor patients with COVID-19 at home produced similar benefits to...
As the COVID-19 Omicron variant progressed nationwide in January, FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional tracker shows there was an increase in telehealth utilization for every US census...
US Sens. Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) sent a letter to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) urging continued access...
Following the increase in telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) encouraged Medicaid to ensure that beneficiaries receive an exceptional level of care...
To effectively monitor and treat COVID-19 patients during the pandemic, the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics developed a home monitoring program that helped keep a majority of patients out of...
