Telehealth

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...

PA Health System Expands Telehealth, RPM Collaboration

by Mark Melchionna

With the goal of enhancing healthcare delivery through telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM), Masimo and Temple University Health System (Temple Health) are expanding their collaboration to...

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,...

Most Virtual Primary Care Visits Do Not Require In-Person Follow-Ups

by Mark Melchionna

A recent study conducted by Epic Research found that, more often than not, primary care-related telehealth visits did not result in the need for an in-person follow-up visit, indicating the reliability...

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...

Meet the ATA’s 12 Telehealth Innovators Challenge Finalists

by Anuja Vaidya

The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) selected 12 finalists to participate in the second annual Telehealth Innovators Challenge, a showcase of the latest telehealth delivery solutions. These solutions provide a wide range of...

4 Ways States Can Advance Telehealth Policy to Support Care Access

by Mark Melchionna

A policy brief created by the Reason Foundation, Cicero Institute, and Pioneer Institute described four areas where all 50 states had room for improvement in advancing telehealth policy to expand...

Telehealth Boosts Visit Frequency Among Type 1 Diabetes Patients

by Mark Melchionna

Recent research published in the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology found that telehealth increased clinic attendance while lowering physician-related distress among adolescents and young...

Telehealth Effective in Providing Preoperative Care for Bariatric Surgery

by Mark Melchionna

A recent study published in JAMA Network Open found that when comparing in-person visits to telehealth for providing bariatric surgical preoperative care, one group's clinical outcomes and...

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...

Video Telehealth Linked to Reduction in Pediatric Hospital Transfers 

by Mark Melchionna

A study recently published in JAMA Network Open showed that when comparing telephone-based consultations to those conducted via video telehealth, the latter helped limit pediatric hospital transfers...

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...

AAFP: Telehealth Policies Provide Opportunities but Need Improvements

by Mark Melchionna

Recently, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) wrote two letters to Congress requesting a new program that integrates behavioral healthcare into primary care with telehealth, more clarity...

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),...

Reps Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Telehealth Benefits

by Mark Melchionna

Last week, six US House representatives announced the introduction of the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act, a piece of bipartisan legislation that aims to provide American workers with...

AHA Urges Congress to Permanently Expand Access to Telehealth Services

by Mark Melchionna

Amid the ongoing Congressional efforts surrounding permanent telehealth reform, the American Hospital Association (AHA) wrote letters to the US Senate and House of Representatives providing feedback on...

Telehealth-Enabled Cancer Care Can Lead to Carbon Emissions Savings

by Mark Melchionna

A recent study from JAMA Network Open found that following the implementation of telehealth within a single-institution National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer center, there...

Collaborative Releases Guidelines for Delivering Remote Care to Seniors

by Mark Melchionna

Published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, an article described a set of principles developed by the Collaborative for Telehealth and Aging that aim to ensure remote care is offered...

Telehealth May Not Improve Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Quality, Access

by Mark Melchionna

A study published in JAMA Network Open earlier this week found that clinical outcomes did not vary among opioid use disorder (OUD) patients receiving treatment from clinicians with high or low...

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