Telehealth Strategies

32% of Behavioral Health Patients Do Not Get the Visit Type They Want

by Anuja Vaidya

The demand for behavioral healthcare has skyrocketed, but a new study shows that nearly one-third of behavioral healthcare patients do not get their preferred choice between telehealth and in-person...

Texas Pilots EMS Telehealth Project to Extend Trauma Care

by Anuja Vaidya

Texas is piloting a new project that will bring telehealth services to emergency medical services (EMS) settings in an effort to extend trauma care access in rural areas. The Texas House of...

ATA Releases Data Privacy Principles for Telehealth Practices

by Anuja Vaidya

Amid rising concerns about data privacy within the telehealth arena, the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) released a set of principles to ensure patient data is protected during telehealth...

Telemental Healthcare Grew Ten-Fold During Pandemic, Remains ‘Elevated’

by Anuja Vaidya

Telemental healthcare utilization, which skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic, remains "persistent and elevated," according to new research. The research letter published in JAMA Health Forum...

11% of Telehealth Visits Result in In-Person Follow-Up for Same Reason

by Anuja Vaidya

While the majority of telehealth visits do not result in in-person follow-ups within a week, the fraction of virtual visits that do are for behavioral health and chronic condition issues, new research...

Virtual Multidisciplinary Rounds Help Cut Length of Patient Stay

by Anuja Vaidya

Virtual multidisciplinary rounds, combined with interventions like discharge huddles, can reduce patient length of stay (LOS) and observation hours, according to a new study. Previous research,...

How the VA’s Teleneurology Program Mitigates Care Access Challenges

by Anuja Vaidya

United States veterans seeking neurologic care face numerous barriers to access. These include transportation challenges, psychological hurdles, and the healthcare provider shortage. As a result, many cannot get the care they...

Telehealth Boosts Psychiatric Visits Within Skilled Nursing Facilities

by Anuja Vaidya

Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in the United States rapidly adopted telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic, which was linked to improved access to psychiatry visits, according to new research. The...

Understanding Telehealth-Enabled Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

by Anuja Vaidya

Over the last three decades, the United States has grappled with a growing public health crisis related to the misuse of opioids. Starting in the 1990s, the opioid crisis worsened over the years, eventually becoming an epidemic in 2017....

Vanderbilt, Jefferson Health Systems Launch Virtual Nursing Programs

by Anuja Vaidya

Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, and Jefferson Health in Philadelphia have launched virtual nursing programs in an effort to improve care protocols and ease administrative...

ESRD-Related Telehealth Services Documentation Found Lacking During PHE

by Anuja Vaidya

While telehealth services related to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) skyrocketed during the pandemic, providers documented few details of the services with most leaving out the type of...

Midwest Providers Expand Specialty Care Telehealth Partnership

by Anuja Vaidya

Ohio-based Cincinnati Children's is collaborating with Parkview Health to launch telehealth clinics to expand healthcare access for children seeking pediatric neurosurgery, rheumatology, and...

After PHE’s End, Americans Signal Preference for In-Person Care

by Anuja Vaidya

Despite the boom in telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans and healthcare workers largely agree that in-person care is higher quality, more efficient, and more affordable than virtual...

Expanding Virtual Care Access for Sexual Assault Survivors in Texas

by Anuja Vaidya

A troublingly common form of violence in the United States, sexual assault drives the need for easier access to physical and mental healthcare. As modes of virtual care become increasingly integrated into the US healthcare system, some...

Amazon’s Virtual Care Clinic Expands Nationwide

by Anuja Vaidya

Amazon's virtual care clinic has launched in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., providing access to telehealth-based care for 30 common conditions. The technology giant launched Amazon Clinic as...

Why a New Provider Collaborative is Going All-in on Hybrid Care

by Anuja Vaidya

Though telehealth use has fallen from pandemic highs, the care modality has remained popular among healthcare providers and patients. Now, health systems are tasked with implementing virtual care alongside in-person services to support the...

Judge Dismisses Investors’ Class-Action Lawsuit Against Teladoc Health

by Anuja Vaidya

A New York district judge has tossed out a class-action lawsuit alleging that Teladoc Health misled shareholders. The lawsuit was filed last year in the United States District Court for the Southern...

In-Person Follow-Ups Higher After In-Office Visits Than Telehealth

by Anuja Vaidya

Across most specialties, rates of in-person follow-up within 90 days were higher for in-office visits than telehealth visits, according to new research. Conducted by Epic Research, the study involved...

Report: Amazon Pauses 50-State Virtual Care Service Expansion

by Anuja Vaidya

Amazon is holding off on a 50-state expansion of its virtual care clinic after receiving a letter from lawmakers expressing concern over its data privacy practices, according to a report from...

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