Telehealth

Telehealth Bolsters Maternal Care Outcomes, Patient Satisfaction

by Mark Melchionna

A new study from the Annals of Internal Medicine found that replacing or supplementing in-person maternal healthcare with telehealth led to positive clinical outcomes and high levels of patient...

New Clinical Trial to Assess Telehealth Strategies for Migraine Treatment

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...

House Passes Bill Extending Telehealth Flexibilities to End of 2024

by Mark Melchionna

Following the House passage of the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2021 (HR 4040), pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities will be extended through 2024. At the beginning of the COVID-19...

NY Health System to Add Telemental Health Services to Urgent Care Platform

by Mark Melchionna

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust provided NYC Health+Hospitals with a $3.9 million grant to support the addition of a telemental health service to its virtual ExpressCare...

FL Healthcare Org Aims to Enhance At-Home Care Through Virtual Services

by Mark Melchionna

To create a successful at-home care system, Lee Health partnered withHealth Recovery Solutions (HRS) to implement virtual resources, aiming for lower levels of hospital readmissions and emergency room...

ATA Displays Gratitude for the Expansion of PHE Flexibilities

by Mark Melchionna

The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) and ATA Action said it strongly supports the expansion of public health emergency (PHE) flexibilities sponsored by US Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI)...

AHA Says Senate Should Codify Virtual Mental Health in Telehealth

by Mark Melchionna

As the Senate Finance Committee works to establish telehealth regulations, the American Hospital Association (AHA) provided feedback aimed to optimize the expansion of virtual mental health...

Most Americans Support Expansion of Asynchronous Telehealth Options

by Mark Melchionna

Two-thirds (69 percent) of Americans are in favor of legislation to expand access to asynchronous telehealth, according to a new survey. Telehealth company Hims & Hers Health worked with polling...

HHS Issues Fraud Alert to Caution Providers Against Telehealth Cons

by Mark Melchionna

To battle telehealth fraud, waste, and abuse, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) composed a special fraud alert that provided guidelines for...

KLAS: Broad Remote Patient Monitoring Vendors Most Used, Considered

by Mark Melchionna

Broad remote patient monitoring (RPM) vendors, that is, companies that monitor a wide array of clinical conditions, were most commonly used or considered by healthcare organizations, with Health...

Data Inconsistencies Provide Blurry Picture of Audio-Only Telehealth Use

by Mark Melchionna

In a piece published in Health Affairs, researchers from Harvard Medical School and RAND Corporation wrote that predicting the future of audio-only sources is hard, mainly due to the common...

Texas Democrats Call for Safe, Accessible Abortion Care Through Telehealth

by Mark Melchionna

To counter the recent Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v Wade, a group of Texas Democrats wrote to the White House providing potential strategies for supporting medication-enabled abortions,...

Telehealth Can Help Reduce Antibiotic Use Among Newborns

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...

SC Hospital Receives $500K+ Grant to Support Telehealth Expansion

by Mark Melchionna

In support of continued efforts to increase the implementation of telehealth services, the Duke Endowment has provided Conway Medical Center (CMC) with a large grant totaling $510,000 to help the...

Disparities Exist in Telehealth Access Among Thoracic Cancer Patients

by Mark Melchionna

A study published in JAMA Network Open found that during the rapid increase in telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic, many thoracic cancer patients experienced disparities in telehealth access,...

Florida Hospital to Provide New Option for Acute Care at Home

by Mark Melchionna

Tampa General Hospital (TGH) has created the TGH Hospital at Home program to allow patients to receive hospital-level treatment while remaining in their homes. Tampa General Hospital is a 1,041-bed...

KLAS: Caregility, Teladoc, Doximity Perform Well in Virtual Care

by Mark Melchionna

A new KLAS report found that various virtual care platforms such as Caregility, Teladoc, and Doximity performed well for post-pandemic users, particularly in the areas of user experience, access to...

COVID-19 Reappears on Top Five Telehealth Diagnoses List

by Mark Melchionna

After two months of decline, the FAIR Health Monthly Regional Tracker reported that telehealth use grew in April, and COVID-19 appeared as one of the top five telehealth diagnoses nationally for the...

Telehealth Boosted Visits, Follow-Ups For Patients With Severe Mental Illness

by Mark Melchionna

A study published in JAMA Network Open found that increased telehealth use in rural communities positively impacted access to healthcare services for Medicare beneficiaries with severe mental...

Continuous Glucose Monitors Effective RPM for ESRD Patients

by Mark Melchionna

Researchers from the University of Virginia Health System have found that using a factory-calibrated continuous glucose monitor (CGM) effectively measured changes in blood sugar levels even when...

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