After receiving funding from the Rochester City School District (RCSD), Monroe County, and ESL Credit Union, RCSD students will gain access to advanced telehealth units for acute care, chronic health,...
Most Americans are engaging in telehealth for follow-ups from a prior appointment and behavioral healthcare, according to a new survey.
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In pursuit of enhanced clinical support in nursing homes, Regenstrief Institute researchers began a pilot study to create a virtual application of OPTIMISTIC, an in-person model that aims to improve...
An EY Global Consumer Health Survey of 2023 provided insight into the overarching preference that patients have for in-person care but also noted relatively high levels of willingness to use virtual...
Research from the University of Pittsburgh and the University of New Mexico found that the severity of common dialysis symptoms, such as low energy and pain, among chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients...
Known as the Eastern Shore Mobile Care Collaborative, a partnership between the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and the county health department’s behavioral health program aims to provide...
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) released its 2023 report to Congress last week, in which it made numerous recommendations, including returning to the pre-pandemic lower facility rate...
Published in the American Journal of Accountable Care (AJMC), new research enabled researchers to identify three themes surrounding patient and provider opinions on telehealth costs and reimbursement...
In support of continued telehealth access, a bipartisan group of 60 United States senators reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health...
Virtual care remains widely used among providers in 2023, according to the 2nd Annual Benchmarking Telehealth Usage in Virginia survey from the Virginia Telehealth Network (VTN).
Those findings come...
States with telehealth payment parity laws had a 23 percent higher likelihood of telehealth use among residents compared to states that did not implement these laws, according to a new...
Known as COMMpanion, a new virtual care service from Penn State Health provides its patients with access to primary care services through features such as messaging and phone calls.
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Pandemic-era flexibilities expanded access to telemental healthcare services, but a new RAND Corporation study, obtained via email, showed that racial health disparities still persisted.
Particularly,...
A study from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) indicated that amid the growth of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic, in-state residents reported a relatively high level of satisfaction,...
Through the reintroduction of the Expanded Telehealth Access Act, United States Reps. Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) and Diana Harshbarger (TN-01) aim to permanently allow virtual access to physical therapy...
Launched by Cedars-Sinai, a telehealth-based service known as the Virtual Second Opinion Program aims to assist patients needing cardiac, spine, or gynecologic care through second-opinion consultations...
Published in the American Journal of Managed Care, new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) showed that the cost of providing pre-pandemic...
After receiving approval from its Board of Regents, Texas A&M University plans to add a Telehealth Institute to its health system, supporting virtual care-related research, education, and clinical...
Following a successful pilot at Covenant Medical Center, Providence will expand a hybrid nursing model, Co-Caring, to ten additional units in its hospitals throughout its seven-state service...
University of Florida Health (UF Health) has launched a mobile stroke unit that leverages telehealth to improve stroke care.
The mobile stroke units include a diagnostic computerized tomography (CT)...
