Through a new partnership, Teladoc Health and Northwell Health hope to deliver connected virtual care, expand care delivery, and improve clinical teamwork.
Northwell patients will gain access to...
The Department of Justice announced that orthopedic surgeon Elemer Raffai, MD, has been indicted in a telemedicine fraud scheme that involved the submission of false and fraudulent claims to...
To enhance telehealth services, Loyola Medicine has implemented an American Sign Language (ASL) feature to assist deaf and hard-of-hearing patients participating in virtual appointments.
Spanish,...
When comparing the use of telehealth among different pediatric subspecialties, a JAMA Network Open study found that pediatric telehealth use was inconsistent across subspecialties, with genetics and...
As individuals continue to use virtual care in high numbers during the COVID-19 pandemic, research conducted by the University of Houston (UH) College of Medicine and published in the Journal of...
Although virtual care utilization is beginning to fade, researchers from the Center for Connected Medicine (CCM) and KLAS believe that continuing access to telehealth will enhance the future of...
As the COVID-19 pandemic forced providers to deliver care virtually, a JAMA Network Open study found that video-enabled tablet devices were an effective channel for providing mental healthcare services...
As the COVID-19 Omicron variant progressed nationwide in January, FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional tracker shows there was an increase in telehealth utilization for every US census...
Aiming to eliminate barriers associated with the digital divide, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston University Questrom School of Business, and Boston Medical Center researchers examined ways...
Following the increase in telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) encouraged Medicaid to ensure that beneficiaries receive an exceptional level of care...
Low-income, older, male, and Black cancer patients were less likely to engage in video-based telehealth, according to a study published in The Oncologist.
The study consisted of data from 50,519...
As healthcare became increasingly virtual during the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth helped safety-net facilities provide opioid use disorder (OUD) patients, particularly those involved in buprenorphine...
The majority of pediatric orthopedic patients are satisfied with receiving care via telehealth, according to a study presented at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons...
The implementation of telehealth had a significant impact on missed follow-up appointments among pediatric patients with tuberculosis infections (TBI), reducing the rate of missed visits by 11.1...
Follow-up visits via telemedicine were as effective at reducing 30-day readmission rates among heart failure patients as in-person follow-ups, according to a new study published in the Journal of the...
Audio-only telehealth visit volumes remained higher than video-based care at safety-net health clinics through the COVID-19 pandemic, especially for behavioral health services, according to a RAND...
Kaiser Family Foundation researchers found that following the increase in telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic, patients with mental health and substance use disorders used these services at a...
A self-administered screening on a tablet device is a highly effective method for identifying patients with depression, risk of injurious falls, or intimate partner violence, research from Wake Forest...
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Board of Governors has approved funding to support clinical effectiveness research studies on mental health, autism, and urinary incontinence (UI)...
Sens. Tom Carper (D-Delaware) and Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) introduced a bill called the Hospital Inpatient Services Act that allows for a two-year extension of the federal acute hospital-at-home...
