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 Psychiatric Association is tapping the brakes a little bit on the use of telehealth for addiction treatment, saying the potential is there but more proof is needed that virtual care...
A Minnesota-based provider of mental health services is shutting down most of its physical locations and shifting all services to telehealth.
Southwestern Mental Health, which operates five clinics...
Health systems struggling to address a surge in mental health cases are using telehealth to connect patients to care providers. That’s especially true in emergency departments, where patients...
Several organizations are making an extra effort to lobby for expanded telehealth coverage for rural healthcare providers beyond the pandemic.
While telehealth advocates have been lobbying the Centers...
An mHealth project launched in 2020 to track depression on Apple devices is expanding to measure mental health status, including cognitive decline.
The University of California at Los Angeles...
Healthcare providers who focus on substance abuse and addiction recovery services are learning to use telehealth to improve access to care during a pandemic. Many are finding advantages to virtual care...
A federal review has found that no state Medicaid programs are analyzing how telehealth affects the quality of behavioral health services even though many are offering virtual care coverage during the...
Federal authorities are awarding $15 million in rescue plan funding to 20 states to help expand mobile health intervention services for Medicaid patients in crisis.
The planning grants, administered...
Mount Sinai researchers used wearable devices to monitor physiological effects in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and found that high resilience and emotional support are linked to a...
With only about 10 percent of the nation’s federally qualified health centers having psychiatrists or licensed clinical psychologists on staff, a telehealth platform could improve access for...
The federal government is spending almost $11 million in stimulus funding on telehealth programs that expand access to pediatric mental health services.
The Health and Human Services Department...
A handful of Medicaid programs in Kansas are partnering with an addiction treatment company to give members access to care through telehealth.
Aetna Better Health of Kansas, Sunflower Health...
Different populations adopt telehealth at different rates and for different reasons, so a strategy that seeks to address social determinants of health with a one-size-fits-all approach won’t...
A Tennessee-based telemental health company is launching a research institute aimed at using telehealth to treat people living with gambling addiction.
Kindbridge is teaming with Playtech, a UK-based...
A Canadian study calls for more federal investment in telehealth services at the primary care level to help providers address mental healthcare needs.
The study, led by researchers at the University...
Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center are integrating telehealth into a federal funded study on suicide prevention.
Financed by almost $8 million in funding from the...
Telehealth adoption has surged during the coronavirus pandemic, particularly in treatments for people dealing with substance abuse issues. And that trend will likely continue, as providers look for...
Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston are combining telehealth and peer support to help veterans living with post-traumatic stress disorder.
With funding from the US...
Research out of Canada shows an increase of more than 30 percent in new mothers seeking treatment for postpartum mental health issues during the coronavirus pandemic, and it highlights both the value...
