Telehealth News

Telehealth Strategy Tracks Health Risk Behaviors Among Cancer Patients

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Following funding from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), a telehealth strategy known as Northwestern’s Program for Scalable Telehealth Cancer Care (STELLAR) aims to track three health risk...

NCI Provides Funding to Enhance the Virtual Delivery of Cancer Care

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) aims to expand  virtual delivery of cancer care through the creation of the MATCHES (Making Telehealth Delivery of Cancer Care at Home Effective and...

New Virtual Resources Aim to Promote Telehealth, Enhance Access

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As virtual tools become increasingly prominent in healthcare, a new device aims to promote telehealth by assisting patients through clinical evaluation and remote monitoring. Approved by the FDA,...

MUSC Health Partnership Promotes Access to Telehealth Services

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Hicuity Health and Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Health implemented a virtual system that aimed to enhance access to telehealth services by merging clinical care and technological...

Continuous Telehealth Guidance is Needed to Transform Healthcare

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A July report from The Brookings Institute, The Roadmap to Telehealth Efficacy: Care, Health, and Digital Equities, stated that continuous telehealth guidance along with healthcare flexibilities are...

Audio-Only Telehealth Effective in Treating Underserved Patients

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While exploring methods for virtually treating older and underserved patients, a study from the American Journal of the Medical Sciences found that audio-only telehealth produced similar benefits and...

Michigan Payer Offers Members Access to Virtual Maternity Care Program

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To improve care for those engaged in family planning, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has partnered with Maven Clinic to offer a virtual maternity care program that provides parenthood, pregnancy,...

Teladoc Adds At-Home A1C Testing to Enhance Diabetes Care Management

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To improve access and expand diabetes care resources, Teladoc Health added an at-home A1C testing program to its Livongo chronic care platform. Along with the rapid expansion of telehealth in the last...

Telehealth Supported Medication Abortion Services During Pandemic

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To ensure continued access to care amid restrictions that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, many clinics turned to telehealth to provide medication abortion services, which proved to be highly...

Minority, Rural Urology Patients More Likely to Use Audio-Only Telehealth

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Nearly half of all telehealth visits at Michigan Medicine's department of urology were audio-only, indicating that care access may be hindered if audio-only options aren't available, according...

Telehealth Use Linked to More After-Hours Work for Providers

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A study published in JMIR Medical Informatics shows that higher telehealth use may lead to more after-hours work for providers, particularly EHR-based work, potentially resulting in higher levels of...

Telehealth Use Shot Up 10.2% Nationally in May

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For the second month in a row, the FAIR Health Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker reported an increase in telehealth use at the national level and in all US census regions. The tracker is a service...

Comprehensive Telehealth Approach Improves Outcomes Among Diabetes Patients

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A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine showed that a comprehensive telehealth approach, which included various types of support in addition to telemonitoring, significantly benefits patients with...

Hybrid Care Provider, Payer Team Up to Expand Care Access in Rural Michigan

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Homeward, a hybrid care provider focusing on rural healthcare, has partnered with Priority Health, a nonprofit health insurer, to expand access to its services in Michigan. Through the partnership,...

18 Health Systems Collaborate to Develop Hospital-at-Home Tools

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Eighteen health systems participated in the first phase of the Home Hospital Early Adopters Accelerator, a program created by Adriadne Labs in collaboration with CaroNova to help providers develop home...

New Collab Aims to Improve Virtual Mental Health Services for Medicaid Patients

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To bolster virtual mental health services for Medicaid enrollees, Brave Health and MedArrive have created a referral partnership that provides both telemental healthcare and in-person home healthcare...

Telehealth Bolsters Access to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment for Veterans

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While evaluating methods to ensure access to opioid use disorder treatment among veterans, a study from the University of Michigan and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System found that audio and video-based...

Washington State Launches Free Telehealth Program for COVID-19 Treatment

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Building upon the federal government’s Test to Treat initiative, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) unveiled a free telehealth program to provide quick access to COVID-19...

HHS, DOJ Issue Guidance to Eliminate Telehealth Discrimination

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In honor of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) anniversary, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) worked with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to publish new guidance that seeks...

Health Literacy, Location Impact Type of Telehealth Modality Used

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While reviewing patient demographics and social determinants of health, a JAMA Network Study found that low health literacy and high area deprivation index (ADI) can determine how telehealth is used...

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