Telehealth News

Telehealth Use Dropped Significantly Between 2020 and 2021

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A FAIR Health white paper described that telehealth use has evolved extensively in the last several years, with use rates dropping between 2020 and 2021 dropping and its application increasing in...

Telehealth Lessened Overdose Risk Among Patients with Opioid Use Disorder

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Published in JAMA Psychiatry, a recent study found that Medicare beneficiaries who engaged in opioid use disorder (OUD)-related care through telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic experienced a lower...

Intermountain Healthcare Expands Telehealth Services for Newborn Care

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A new telehealth service launched at Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital will extend care provided by providers within its neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) neurology program to more...

Healthcare Groups Urge DEA to Modify Virtual Prescribing Rules

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Healthcare trade associations, mental healthcare organizations, and providers are noting their concerns about the Drug Enforcement Administration's proposed rules governing telehealth-based...

New Legislation Aims to Widen First-Dollar Telehealth Coverage

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This week, six US representatives and senators introduced an extension of the CARES Act known as the “Telehealth Expansion Act,” which would allow Americans with Health Savings Accounts...

Telemental Health Grew After Onset of COVID-19, But Varies Across US

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A recent study published in the American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC) found that although the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic led to a large increase in the odds of telehealth provision in mental...

New Bill Aims to Promote School-Based Telemental Health Services

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Introduced by US Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), the Connecting Students with Mental Health Services Act would assist school districts in funding...

Missouri Disability Patients Gain Access to Telehealth Via New Collab

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A collaboration between the Missouri Division of Developmental Disabilities, IntellectAbility, and StationMD aims to support Missouri patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) by...

Cardiologists, Experienced Providers Show Concern Over Telehealth

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While investigating provider opinions of telehealth caring for predominantly rural populations, a recent study conducted at Med Center Health found that cardiologists showed more concern than their...

Collab to Expand Medicaid Access to Virtual Maternal-Fetal Healthcare

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MedArrive is partnering with Ouma Health, a maternity-focused telehealth services provider, to expand access to maternal-fetal healthcare among Medicaid beneficiaries in their homes. MedArrive...

Telehealth Expands Care Access for Transgender, Gender-Diverse Youth

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Recent research published in Telemedicine and e-Health showed that telehealth services supported healthcare access for transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) youth within Seattle Children’s Gender...

MO Health System Strikes Partnership to Launch Hospital-at-Home Care

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A new partnership between St. Louis-based Mercy health system and Maribel Health aims to develop clinically appropriate, at-home care programs that leverage in-person and virtual care, including a new...

Provider-Library Collab to Enhance Telehealth Access, Digital Literacy

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In collaboration with the New York Public Library (NYPL), the Digital and Technology Partners (DTP) department at Mount Sinai Health System aims to support telehealth access through the offering of...

ONC: Majority of Office-Based Physicians Used Telehealth in 2021

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A report from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology found that telehealth use grew noticeably over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, with high rates of not only...

ChristianaCare Launches Virtual Primary Care to Improve Patient Access

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ChristianaCare has launched a virtual primary care practice that aims to allow patients to build and maintain relationships with a primary care team through various communication channels. Based in...

Virtual Behavioral Health Use Increases 45-Fold During Pandemic

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Telehealth-delivered behavioral health services spiked 45-fold since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data from market research firm Trilliant Health. To assess behavioral health...

Telehealth Maintained Behavioral Healthcare Quality During Pandemic

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A recent study found that the shift to virtual healthcare resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic led to positive outcomes related to engagement for patients with depression and those in need of...

COVID-19 Pandemic Led to Telehealth Divides Among VA Beneficiaries

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A recent study published in JAMA Network Open showed that telehealth use for primary and integrated mental health visits varied widely among rural and urban Veterans Affairs (VA) beneficiaries,...

Washington DOH Adds Tool for Virtual Reproductive Health Services

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The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has unveiled a webpage and online tool to provide residents with information on providers that offer virtual reproductive health services such as birth...

Telehealth Use Rose Almost 4% Percent Nationally in December

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At the close of 2022, telehealth use increased at the national level, growing in three out of four US census regions, according to the FAIR Health Monthly Telehealth Regional tracker. The FAIR Health...

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