Telehealth May Improve Outcomes for Children with Chronic Conditions
Using telehealth to deliver comprehensive care for children with chronic conditions is likely to reduce hospital and emergency department visits, improve patient outcomes, and decrease healthcare...University Developing Telehealth Hub to Tackle Racial Health Disparities
Jackson State University’s College of Health Sciences is using a $700,000 grant to launch a Digital Telehealth Hub (DTH) that aims to address racial health disparities. The resource aims to...Kickback Fraud Exploited COVID-19 Medicare Telehealth Policies
A Florida man has pleaded guilty to a kickback conspiracy that exploited temporary COVID-19 Medicare telehealth policies meant to increase access to care for Medicare beneficiaries. Co-owner of Panda...Virtual Platform Offers Free Telehealth Services During Hurricane Ida
A virtual care company is offering free telehealth services to residents and first responders who are impacted by Hurricane Ida in Louisiana and Mississippi. The hurricane has brought intense winds...FQHC Telehealth Visits Work to Close Racial Health Disparities in MA
Federally qualified health center (FQHC) telehealth visits have exceeded one million in Massachusetts since the coronavirus pandemic began in March 2020, proving telehealth to be convenient for...Kaiser Permanente Helps Hawaiʻi Organizations Expand Telehealth Access
Kaiser Permanente is helping expand telehealth access in Hawaiʻi with $143,000 in grants to four community-based organizations that support low-income, uninsured, and homeless...Telehealth Can Improve Health Outcomes for Homeless Population
Telehealth has the potential to increase access to healthcare services and improve health outcomes for people experiencing homelessness, according to researchers at the Medical University of South...Telehealth Platforms Can Create Obstacles to Virtual Speech Therapy
Like many specialty healthcare providers, speech and language pathologists have leveraged telehealth during the pandemic to treat their patients. But a new study from the Journal of Speech, Language,...Limited Broadband Poses a Significant Barrier to Telehealth Access
The pandemic has highlighted the benefits of telehealth, but individuals still face significant barriers to access, including a lack of broadband connectivity and access to the right technology,...Research Grants to Study Telehealth Use in Rheumatic Disease Treatment
The Rheumatology Research Foundation has awarded grants to two studies that will assess the effectiveness of telehealth in rheumatic disease treatment and what its future looks like in a post-pandemic...4 Strategies for Solving the Telehealth Licensure Debate
Telehealth is designed – pretty much defined – to deliver care from a distance, but if that includes crossing a state line, a whole set of problems suddenly emerge. Telehealth licensure has long been one of the most annoying...Telehealth Outpatient Care Delivery Increased During Pandemic
Telehealth visits for short- and long-term outpatient care delivery increased during the coronavirus pandemic, while in-person services saw more preventive care visits, according to a study from the...Virtual Care Visits Improve Patient Satisfaction, Engagement Levels
Patient satisfaction levels can help payers and providers view telehealth as a reliable option for healthcare delivery. And in a recent Cleveland Clinic study, researchers found that patients are just...Sponsored Article
Optimizing Telehealth to Benefit Patients and the Bottom Line
During the pandemic, telehealth was the best option for many patients to access healthcare. Now that society is returning to normal, patients will return to in-patient visits, but evidence indicates...Telehealth Yields Similar Outcomes as In-Person HIV Treatment
The use of telehealth in HIV treatment for patients living in rural Georgia showed comparable results to in-person care, according to a study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases. More...Sponsored Article
