FAIR Health: The Evolution of Telehealth during the COVID-19 Pandemic According to FAIR Health’s data brief, mental health conditions consistently appeared among the top telehealth diagnoses across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report found a 4,347 percent increase in national telehealth claim lines between March 2019 and March 2020. Researchers also observed that [...]
National Telehealth Technology and Assessment Center: 2022 TTAC National Telehealth Technology Survey The National Telehealth Technology Assessment Center (TTAC) released its 2022 Survey on telehealth technology used by organizations and individuals. The survey was funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Office for the Advancement of Telehealth (OAT). The survey found an increased emphasis on solutions [...]
mHealth Intelligence: Telehealth Supports Type 1 Diabetes Management Among Pediatric Patients A study published in BMC Pediatrics found that increases in the use of telehealth and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) likely helped mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospitalization frequency, glycemic control, and depression incidence among pediatric type 1 diabetes patients. Researchers examined various factors, including patient [...]
University of North Carolina School of Medicine: Using Telehealth to Regularly Report Symptoms Improved Overall Well-being for Patients with Advanced Cancer According to a multi-state study, people with advanced cancer who communicated their symptoms weekly using an electronic survey had about a one-third better physical function and over a 15 percent better control of their symptoms [...]
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Evaluation of the Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies (RMOMS) Program: 2019 Cohort The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released the second annual report evaluating the Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies (RMOMS) Program, the first cohort of which completed its first year of implementation last August. The program [...]
Business Wire: NOCD Released Peer-Reviewed Study on Behavioral Telehealth on Levels of Treatment Effectiveness, Duration, and Cost Compared to Traditional Treatment NOCD, a telehealth provider for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder, released the results of a study on the use of virtual care to provide behavioral health therapy to OCD patients. The researchers found the [...]
JAMA Network Open: Perceptions and Use of Telehealth Among Mental Health, Primary, and Specialty Care Clinicians During the COVID-19 Pandemic A recent survey found telehealth utilization rates correspond with how clinicians perceive the effectiveness level, ease of use, and quality of virtual care services. The researchers surveyed clinicians who worked in clinics that specialized in [...]
JMIR Publications: Outpatient Care Among Users and Nonusers of Direct-to-Patient Telehealth – Observational Study Expansion of telehealth insurance coverage is hampered by concerns that such coverage may encourage excessive use and spending. This paper examined whether users of telehealth services rely more on other forms of outpatient care than nonusers, and to estimate the differences [...]
JMIR Publications: Continuation of Teletherapy After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Survey Study of Licensed Mental Health Professionals In this study, researchers examined factors related to continued benefits of teletherapy post-pandemic. The study found that vulnerable groups such as Medicaid beneficiaries, those who seek couples or family counseling, or patients from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are less likely [...]