Washington, DC, January 31, 2022 – Today, more than 330 organizations sent a letter to Congress urging their leadership in facilitating a pathway to comprehensive permanent telehealth reform that would provide certainty to patients and our nation’s healthcare providers while providing sufficient time for Congress and the administration to analyze the impact of telehealth [...]
Primary Care Development Corporation: Getting Beyond Parity: Telehealth as a Best Practice in Health Equity Many opportunities exist with telehealth, from expanding the provider pool for patients to reducing stigma associated with presenting for in-person care. These opportunities must be approached strategically if they are to result in meaningful improvements in eliminating health disparities. The [...]
Epic Share: Expanding Telehealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic According to a recent report, New York City-based NYU Langone Health made sweeping expansions to its telehealth program during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in an increase of urgent video visits by nearly 700 percent and nonurgent video visits by more than 4,300 percent between March 2 and [...]
mHealth Intelligence: Parents, Patients Prefer Telehealth, In-Person Combo for Asthma Care A recent study by UC Davis Health found that young adult patients and parents of pediatric patients appreciated the convenience of using telehealth for asthma care but found in-person care to be more effective in certain circumstances. Patients who had a different primary language were less [...]
Annals of Family Medicine: Family Caregivers’ Experiences With Telehealth During COVID-19: Insights From Michigan A recent study involving family caregivers in Michigan aimed to understand the benefits and barriers to telemedicine visits for older adults from the perspective of the caregiver. The study found that caregivers viewed the perceived benefits of telehealth to be increased [...]
PYMNTS: Digital Healthcare Use Surged 2.9% in December 2021 on Fears of Omicron According to a survey conducted by PYMNTS, 2.1 million more consumers accessed health care products and services online in December 2021 than they did just one month earlier. Additionally, 2.8 million fewer consumers attended in-person medical appointments in December than in November. [...]
Fierce Healthcare: Cigna Study – Virtual care can reduce unnecessary ER, urgent care visits by 19 percent According to a new study by Cigna, integrating virtual care can save the health care system significant amounts of money and avoid unnecessary visits to the emergency department or urgent care centers. The study found that patients who saw virtual [...]
mHealth Intelligence: ASCO Releases Standards on Using Telehealth for Cancer Care The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) released a series of standards and guidelines on employing virtual care in the oncology setting. The use of telehealth in cancer care increased during the pandemic. As such, ASCO identified the need for detailed oncology-based telehealth standards to ensure [...]