Telehealth Strategies

Report Details 4 Imperatives of Virtual Care Growth

by Mark Melchionna

A recent report from TheAcademy details four key considerations for health systems looking to grow and further integrate virtual care into their care delivery models, including gaining operational...

Understanding Telehealth Barriers for Limited English Proficiency Patients

by Anuja Vaidya

The benefits that telehealth adoption and use can provide patients are well-documented. From increasing healthcare access to reducing exposure to infectious diseases to enhancing convenience, the patient care benefits of telehealth are...

Hospital-at-Home Care Model: What it is and Why it Works 

by Anuja Vaidya

Though providing hospital-level care at home is not a new concept, the popularity of such programs grew during the COVID-19 pandemic.  As cases of the deadly coronavirus began surging in March 2020, healthcare organizations...

How the Virtual Care Landscape is Expected to Evolve Next Year

by Anuja Vaidya

The COVID-19 pandemic led to some of the most rapid changes in healthcare delivery seen in recent years, with care modalities like telehealth benefiting from the in-person care restrictions imposed by the public health emergency. But...

Telehealth Use Among Medicare Beneficiaries Drops to 15% in Q2 2022

by Anuja Vaidya

In the second quarter of 2022, about 15 percent of Medicare beneficiaries used telehealth, down from 48 percent in Q2 2020, according to a new data analysis from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...

Spending Bill to Extend Telehealth, Hospital-at-Home Waivers for 2 Years

by Anuja Vaidya

Update: President Joe Biden signed the bill into law on Dec. 29, 2022.  Update: The bill passed both chambers of Congress and was sent to President Joe Biden as of Dec. 23, 2022.  The...

Most Physicians, Hospital Execs Working to Sustain, Optimize Telehealth

by Mark Melchionna

A recent survey from Sage Growth Partners that polled practice-based physicians and hospital executives provided insight into telehealth trends, including telehealth growth and optimization...

Virtual Obstetric, Fertility Care Likely to Prompt In-Person Follow-ups

by Anuja Vaidya

Most patients participating in a virtual visit for obstetric and fertility care required an in-person follow-up visit in the three months after their telehealth visit, new research shows. Conducted by...

Telehealth Navigator Program Boosts Video Visit Attendance, Financial Return

by Anuja Vaidya

Implementing a telehealth navigator program helped improve video visit attendance, providing clinics with a positive financial return, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open. The...

Enrollment in Integrated Health Plan Drove Telehealth Use in California

by Anuja Vaidya

A new study shows that higher telehealth use was linked to enrollment in a clinically and financially integrated health insurance plan versus a nonintegrated health plan. Published in Health...

Reimbursement, Patient Tech Issues Impede Telehealth Use, Health Execs Say

by Anuja Vaidya

Though healthcare leaders see telehealth as critical to boosting patient access, they believe that reimbursement and patient technology issues are hindering more widespread telehealth use, according to...

Amazon Launches Messaging-Based Virtual Care Service

by Anuja Vaidya

A few months after announcing plans to shutter its telehealth business, Amazon has launched a new virtual care clinic. Called Amazon Clinic, the message-based service is currently available in 32...

WHO Releases Guide to Enhance Delivery of Telehealth Services

by Mark Melchionna

A recent guide issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) provided a set of recommendations and strategies for future telehealth implementation, ultimately aiming to advance telehealth use. Amid...

Northwell to Co-Launch Virtual Care Startup Providing Menopause Services

by Anuja Vaidya

Northwell Holdings, the for-profit investment arm of Northwell Health, and Aegis Ventures have entered into an agreement to launch a virtual care startup that will provide clinical menopause support...

Willingness to Engage in Video Visits Spikes, Especially Among Black Americans

by Anuja Vaidya

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the willingness to participate in video-based telehealth grew among Americans, particularly Black Americans and US adults with less than a high school education, according...

50% of Veterans with OUD Used Audio-Only Telehealth to Access Medication

by Anuja Vaidya

Most opioid use disorder (OUD) patients used telehealth to access medication, and of these, about 50 percent participated in telephone-only visits rather than video visits, according to a study...

ED Return Visit, Hospitalization More Likely After Telehealth Follow-up

by Anuja Vaidya

Patients who participated in follow-up visits through telehealth after an emergency department (ED) visit were more likely to return to the ED and be admitted to the hospital than those who had a...

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