Telehealth

Telehealth for Prenatal Care Peaked Early in COVID-19 Pandemic

by Mark Melchionna

Published in JAMA Network Open, new research indicates that the COVID-19 pandemic led to increases in telehealth use for prenatal care, with April 2020 having the highest share of pregnancies observed...

Audio-Only Telehealth Used More Than Video Visits in Safety Net Clinics

by Mark Melchionna

New research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association revealed that audio-only telehealth continues to be used at higher rates than video visits in safety net clinics in California,...

Preference for Future Telehealth Use Does Not Exceed That of In-Person Care

by Mark Melchionna

New research published in the Practice of Medicine described that although telehealth gained a high level of approval and application throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, most users prefer to return to...

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...

Digital Divide Limits Telehealth Use in Rural Areas

by Mark Melchionna

A study from the University of Cincinnati (UC) found that although the rise in technology use benefits many aspects of healthcare delivery, telehealth access disparities will likely continue in rural...

Social Workers Can Expand Telehealth Access for Stroke Survivors

by Mark Melchionna

Published in Stroke, details from a review conducted by UTHealth Houston described that many stroke survivors benefit from telehealth, with options such as community health workers, mobile hotspots,...

Telehealth Use Dropped Significantly Between 2020 and 2021

by Mark Melchionna

A FAIR Health white paper described that telehealth use has evolved extensively in the last several years, with use rates dropping between 2020 and 2021 dropping and its application increasing in...

Telehealth Lessened Overdose Risk Among Patients with Opioid Use Disorder

by Mark Melchionna

Published in JAMA Psychiatry, a recent study found that Medicare beneficiaries who engaged in opioid use disorder (OUD)-related care through telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic experienced a lower...

Intermountain Healthcare Expands Telehealth Services for Newborn Care

by Mark Melchionna

A new telehealth service launched at Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital will extend care provided by providers within its neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) neurology program to more...

Healthcare Groups Urge DEA to Modify Virtual Prescribing Rules

by Anuja Vaidya

Healthcare trade associations, mental healthcare organizations, and providers are noting their concerns about the Drug Enforcement Administration's proposed rules governing telehealth-based...

New Legislation Aims to Widen First-Dollar Telehealth Coverage

by Mark Melchionna

This week, six US representatives and senators introduced an extension of the CARES Act known as the “Telehealth Expansion Act,” which would allow Americans with Health Savings Accounts...

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...

New Bill Aims to Promote School-Based Telemental Health Services

by Mark Melchionna

Introduced by US Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), the Connecting Students with Mental Health Services Act would assist school districts in funding...

Missouri Disability Patients Gain Access to Telehealth Via New Collab

by Mark Melchionna

A collaboration between the Missouri Division of Developmental Disabilities, IntellectAbility, and StationMD aims to support Missouri patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) by...

Cardiologists, Experienced Providers Show Concern Over Telehealth

by Mark Melchionna

While investigating provider opinions of telehealth caring for predominantly rural populations, a recent study conducted at Med Center Health found that cardiologists showed more concern than their...

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...

Provider-Library Collab to Enhance Telehealth Access, Digital Literacy

by Mark Melchionna

In collaboration with the New York Public Library (NYPL), the Digital and Technology Partners (DTP) department at Mount Sinai Health System aims to support telehealth access through the offering of...

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...

Telehealth Maintained Behavioral Healthcare Quality During Pandemic

by Mark Melchionna

A recent study found that the shift to virtual healthcare resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic led to positive outcomes related to engagement for patients with depression and those in need of...

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,...

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