A recent report shows that although in-person care is the preferred channel of care, telehealth use remains highly used among young adults and those engaging in primary care and mental health...
A collaboration between Sound Long-Term Care Management (SLTCM) and PointClickCare Technologies aims to provide Medicare patients in long-term care facilities, a population that includes patients with...
In collaboration with Mayo Clinic, Memora Health has launched the first phase of a research program focused on virtual postpartum care.
The program aims to improve communication between patients and...
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...
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...
A new study concluded that virtual care could be used to monitor and treat high blood pressure with the same level of quality as clinic-based methods while improving patient satisfaction.
In the last...
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that despite the positive impact of telehealth flexibilities on home health agencies (HHAs), there is a need...
Formed through a collaboration between the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and the MetroHealth System, the comprehensive care company known as Ovatient aims to enhance healthcare delivery...
Following interviews with various stakeholders, including employers, the Business Group on Health has provided recommendations for virtual and in-person health integration, which is critical to...
A study recently published in JAMA Network Open found that throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, patients from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) who engaged in video-based telehealth the most...
According to a recent report from the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP), various changes in telehealth policies have occurred since spring 2022, including five states adding Medicaid...
With the goal of expanding access to cardiac rehabilitation, Tampa General Heart and Vascular Institute and Recora are working together to implement a virtual recovery program, allowing patients to...
Telehealth usage has dropped significantly since its peak during the pandemic, with visit volumes falling 37 percent from 73.7 million in the second quarter of 2020 to 46.4 million in the first quarter...
Parkview Health plans to add various virtual care initiatives to its digital care center to support sepsis detection and fall prevention.
Serving the regions of northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio,...
While reviewing the results of a digital health pilot, researchers from Ochsner Health found that the program led to various benefits for hypertension and type 2 diabetes patients, such as improved...
With assistance from investment firm Flare Capital Partners, Allina Health has spun out Inbound Health, a company that aims to work with providers and payers to develop at-home care programs for...
A study presented at a recent America College of Surgeons (ACS) conference found that telehealth helped decrease no-show rates among surgical patients and led to improved healthcare access.
With more...
Following a survey, researchers from Yale School of Public Health concluded that the majority of physicians who used telehealth to treat patients with opioid use disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic...
To improve quality of life and limit the digital divide, the NYU Langone Health Perlmutter Cancer Center at Sunset Park added a pilot program to connect lung cancer patients and supportive care...
After reviewing telehealth use data from 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that many populations, mainly adults, maintained high levels of engagement in telehealth.
At...
