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Video Telehealth Use Is More Common Among Urban Veterans

July 31, 2023 - Results of a cohort study indicated that despite a wide uptake in video telehealth (VTH) use during the COVID-19 pandemic, urban veterans used this modality more, specifically veterans of American Indian and Alaska Native descent. According to research, American Indian and Alaska Native veterans seeking mental health (MH) often are at high risk for...

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Home Monitoring Program Assisted COVID-19 Patients

by Mark Melchionna

A study published in the American Journal of Accountable Care indicated that COVID-19 patients at risk of decompensation benefited highly from a home monitoring program, allowing most to limit...

Telehealth Use Rose 1.8% Nationally in March

by Mark Melchionna

Following a slight decline in February, telehealth use increased slightly in March at the national level and in two United States census regions, according to the FAIR Health Monthly Telehealth...

Telehealth for Addiction Treatment Rose Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic

by Mark Melchionna

Published in JAMA Network Open, new study findings indicate that insured adults, particularly those who were younger, had higher participation rates in overall and telehealth-enabled addiction...

Telehealth Use High Among Older LA Medicaid Beneficiaries in 2020

by Mark Melchionna

A new study published in JMIR found that Medicaid beneficiaries between the ages of 50 and 64 had higher telehealth claims during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to those aged 18 to 34.  Although...

Telehealth Does Not Boost Food Insecurity Screening

by Mark Melchionna

New research published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM) indicated that despite low food insecurity screening in first primary care encounters, in-person visits had higher screening...

Telehealth Use Increased by 7.3% Nationally in January

by Mark Melchionna

According to the FAIR Health Monthly Telehealth Regional tracker, telehealth use increased across the country in January, with rates rising at the national level and in all US Census regions. The FAIR...

Telemental Health Grew After Onset of COVID-19, But Varies Across US

by Mark Melchionna

A recent study published in the American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC) found that although the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic led to a large increase in the odds of telehealth provision in mental...

Telehealth Expands Care Access for Transgender, Gender-Diverse Youth

by Mark Melchionna

Recent research published in Telemedicine and e-Health showed that telehealth services supported healthcare access for transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) youth within Seattle Children’s Gender...

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...

ONC: Majority of Office-Based Physicians Used Telehealth in 2021

by Mark Melchionna

A report from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology found that telehealth use grew noticeably over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, with high rates of not only...

COVID-19 Pandemic Led to Telehealth Divides Among VA Beneficiaries

by Mark Melchionna

A recent study published in JAMA Network Open showed that telehealth use for primary and integrated mental health visits varied widely among rural and urban Veterans Affairs (VA) beneficiaries,...

Telehealth Use Rose Almost 4% Percent Nationally in December

by Mark Melchionna

At the close of 2022, telehealth use increased at the national level, growing in three out of four US census regions, according to the FAIR Health Monthly Telehealth Regional tracker. The FAIR Health...

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),...

Telehealth Gave Orgs Economic Boost, Cut Carbon Footprint

by Mark Melchionna

A recent study from UC Davis Health found that the uptake of telehealth during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic improved patient outcomes and led to noticeable financial and...

New Data Shows Telehealth Usage Drops by 4% Nationally

by Mark Melchionna

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Fair Health Monthly Telehealth Regional tracker reported that telehealth use fell nationally and in every US census region last October, except usage in the...

Telehealth Offset Declines in In-Person Mental Healthcare in 2020

by Mark Melchionna

A study published in JAMA Network Open found that during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a significant increase in using telehealth to treat mental health conditions, alongside a decrease in in-person...

Telehealth Usage Remains Stable in September, COVID-19 Diagnoses Decline

by Mark Melchionna

FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional tracker reported no change in telehealth usage in September compared with August and noted that COVID-19 fell in its rankings on top telehealth diagnoses...

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