Virtual visits with physicians with whom patients did not have an ongoing relationship increased the likelihood of patients going to the emergency department (ED) by 66 percent, according to a recent...
Advance ordering of abortion medications via telehealth peaked after the leak of the Supreme Court ruling against the constitutional right to abortion, new research shows.
Published in JAMA Internal...
Following an investigation by New York’s Office of the Attorney General (OAG), telemental healthcare provider Cerebral must pay $740,000 in penalties and restitution for continuing to charge...
Psychiatrists were the top users of telehealth in 2022, with 83 percent saying they had conducted a video visit the week prior in an American Medical Association (AMA) survey.
The AMA released a...
An analysis of claims data shows that audio-only telehealth services are most commonly used to address behavioral healthcare needs.
In a new study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers examined...
New Jersey is facing a lawsuit stating that its out-of-state telehealth licensing law violates the constitutional rights of residents seeking virtual care with healthcare providers across state...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Child Health and Human Development has granted California-based researchers a five-year, $3.2 million grant to study whether the likelihood...
Type 2 diabetes patients who received endocrinology care through telehealth alone had poor glycemic outcomes compared with those who received in-person or hybrid care, which contrasts with prior...
A sweeping review of research on telehealth shows that live video telehealth is as effective as in-person care in treating certain conditions, like mental health conditions, but there is a concerning...
While telehealth use has dropped nearly 25 percentage points from peak usage in 2020, certain specialties, like mental health, infectious disease, and obstetrics, still have higher-than-average...
Using a $2 million grant, Auburn University will spearhead a rural healthcare access initiative to install telehealth stations across rural Alabama.
Provided by the Alabama State Department of...
Following the expiration of waivers enabling out-of-state telehealth visits, patients tended to stop seeing the physician rather than switch to in-person care, according to a study published in JAMA...
Mental healthcare provided via telehealth can eliminate geographic and other barriers to care for youth enrolled in Medicaid, but only if they have the digital resources necessary for virtual care,...
While the likelihood of patients completing recommended tests and seeking specialty referrals is low across visit modalities, it is worse when ordered during telehealth visits compared with in-person...
Telehealth provides an effective strategy for treating opioid use disorder (OUD) patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV), according to a new study.
Conducted by researchers at the University at Buffalo...
The American Heart Association has established the Center for Telehealth to encourage telehealth adoption and use within the cardiovascular care arena, thereby mitigating healthcare...
Amazon is offering Prime members access to One Medical’s virtual and in-person primary care services as a membership benefit.
For $9 a month, or $99 annually, Prime members can access on-demand...
Telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with an increase in the time physicians spent working in the EHR, though this work was largely related to documenting visits rather than...
Receiving care from medical practices with higher telehealth use is associated with an increase in mental health visits among Medicare patients with serious mental illness, according to a new...
GNC, a global retailer selling health and nutrition products, is launching a virtual care service offering members three tiers of care.
Called GNC Health, the virtual care service provides individuals...
