Pediatric Healthcare

Telehealth Can Support Care of Young Children with Developmental Delay

January 17, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

A study recently published in JAMA Network Open found that a telehealth intervention to support the treatment of children with developmental delay (DD) was associated with lower levels of externalizing...

Collaboration to Expand Access to Breastfeeding Support Via Telehealth

January 06, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

Connecticut Children's Care Network has entered into a partnership with Nest Collaborative to support Connecticut families and newborns through telehealth-enabled breastfeeding support. Operating...

Telehealth Helped Improve Attendance Rates at NICU Follow-Ups

December 16, 2022 by Mark Melchionna

While analyzing the effects of telehealth use on neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) follow-ups, a study conducted by Maine Health and published in Hospital Pediatrics found that telemedicine...

IL Health System Launches RPM Program For Children With RSV

December 13, 2022 by Mark Melchionna

With the goal of reducing the number of occupied hospital beds, OSF HealthCare has added a remote patient monitoring (RPM) program to OSF OnCall Digital Health that will provide at-home care for...

New Partnership to Launch a School-Based Telehealth Program

November 04, 2022 by Mark Melchionna

Aiming to improve virtual healthcare access, OU Health and Oklahoma City Public Schools (OKCPS) announced they are working together to provide care services and integrated health education programs...

Intermountain Healthcare Launches Pediatric Telehealth Services

September 20, 2022 by Mark Melchionna

Intermountain Healthcare has added pediatric telehealth services, allowing for 24/7 video consult communication between the Primary Children’s Hospital emergency department (ED) and ED physicians...

Telehealth Widely Used by Patients With Pediatric Neurology Conditions

September 20, 2022 by Mark Melchionna

Following a review of almost 50,000 visits, researchers from the Epilepsy Neurogenetics Initiative (ENGIN) at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that telehealth remained highly used...

Louisiana Hospital Extends Access to Virtual Pediatric Radiology

August 30, 2022 by Mark Melchionna

Aiming to improve care outcomes for children and families, Children’s Hospital of New Orleans has entered into an affiliation with Cleveland Clinic to provide enhanced access to pediatric...

New Clinical Trial to Assess Telehealth Strategies for Migraine Treatment

July 29, 2022 by Mark Melchionna

After receiving a large amount of funding from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), Cincinnati Children's plans to lead a multisite clinical trial that will compare two methods...

Telehealth Can Help Reduce Antibiotic Use Among Newborns

July 18, 2022 by Mark Melchionna

Researchers found that using telehealth to conduct consultations with a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio helped reduce the need...

How Telehealth Can Help Bridge Pediatric Mental Healthcare Gaps

July 01, 2022 by Anuja Vaidya

The burgeoning mental health epidemic in America is widespread across age groups, but the youth have faced a particularly challenging time amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As the youth mental health crisis reaches new heights, providers are...

Enhancing Care for Kids with Genetic Conditions Through Telehealth

June 21, 2022 by Anuja Vaidya

The uses of telehealth in pediatrics are varied, enabling expanded care for various acute and chronic conditions, like type 1 diabetes and behavioral health. One of the significant use cases of the care modality is diagnosing and caring...

Telehealth Effective in Referring Rural Children to Hearing Care

June 20, 2022 by Mark Melchionna

Using telehealth to refer children living in rural areas to specialists promotes expanded access to hearing care, according to the Hearing Norton Sound study conducted by the University of Arkansas for...

Telehealth Supports Type 1 Diabetes Management Among Pediatric Patients

June 13, 2022 by Mark Melchionna

Researchers found that increases in the use of telehealth and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) likely helped mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospitalization frequency, glycemic...

Economic Disadvantage Linked to Missed Pediatric Telehealth Appointments

June 06, 2022 by Mark Melchionna

A study published in JAMA Pediatrics revealed that economic disadvantages were associated with missed telehealth appointments among pediatric patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study included...

Some Pediatric Neurology Patients Require In-Person Visits

May 24, 2022 by Mark Melchionna

Despite the widespread benefits of telehealth, researchers from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that some pediatric neurology patients, including those who are younger and...

CDC: Children with Chronic Conditions More Likely to Use Telehealth

May 16, 2022 by Mark Melchionna

In the second half of 2020, only 14.1 percent of children used telehealth due to the pandemic, but use was higher among those with asthma, a developmental condition, or a disability, the Centers for...

Boston Children’s to Expand Virtual Access to Specialists Via New Collab

May 05, 2022 by Mark Melchionna

As the use of virtual care becomes more widespread, Boston Children's Hospital entered into a collaboration with Summus Global to implement virtual pediatric care strategies that will extend access...

Disparities Common in Telehealth Use Among Pediatric CHIP Patients

April 26, 2022 by Mark Melchionna

While reviewing pediatric virtual care activity during the COVID-19 pandemic, data from Alabama’s standalone Children’s Health Insurance Program, ALL Kids, researchers found that telehealth...