Elevance Health: What Consumers Want from Virtual Primary Care – Findings A survey commissioned by Elevance Health found that 94 percent of adults who have used telehealth to access primary care are satisfied with the virtual experience, with 79 percent feeling in charge of their health. The poll also found that convenience and [...]
This update includes: Alliance for Connected Care Telehealth Analysis Congress predictions Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) and Audio-Only Telehealth and notable research and news developments
Prescribe FIT: Prescribe FIT Releases Comprehensive Report on the State of Remote Patient Monitoring Technology for Orthopedics Today A white paper from Prescribe FIT outlines the current landscape for remote monitoring, analyzing data on its ubiquity and efficacy. The white paper references a review of several studies that demonstrate remote monitoring to produce clinically [...]
Fierce Healthcare: Patient Preference Survey Finds Drop in Telehealth Use, ER Visits Compared to 2021 Stericycle Communication Solutions, a patient engagement solutions vendor, released its third annual survey, which found that 45 percent of respondents had used telehealth in the last year, compared to 78 percent in 2021 and 71 percent in 2020. [...]
Kaiser Family Foundation: Employer Health Benefits 2022 Survey Employers remain optimistic about the future role of telemedicine, even as COVID-19 pandemic restrictions ease. Kaiser Family Foundation’s annual Employer Health Benefit survey found that employers surveyed think telemedicine will be important for several kinds of care, with 36 percent saying that telemedicine will be [...]
Medscape: Do PAs Think Telemedicine Was Helpful During Early COVID and Now? The Medscape Physician Assistant (PA) Career Satisfaction Report 2022 found that two-thirds of PAs have used telehealth since the pandemic began. PAs in suburban (68 percent) and rural (70 percent) areas were more likely to use telehealth than PAs in urban [...]
Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine: The Impact of Telehealth on Primary Care Physician Panel Sizes: A Modeling Study This study explores the potential for telehealth to significantly increase physician capacity by reducing nonvalue adding activities and patient no-shows. The study found that tele-visits reduce the nonvalue-added time physicians spend with [...]
JAMA Network Open: Association Between In-Person vs Telehealth Follow-up and Rates of Repeated Hospital Visits Among Patients Seen in the Emergency Department This cohort study evaluates whether the rates of emergency department (ED) return visits and hospitalization differ between patients who obtain in-person vs telehealth encounters for post-ED follow-up care. Telehealth follow-up visits [...]
Cureus: Telemedicine Patient Satisfaction and Cost: A Comparative Study in the COVID-19 Era Telemedicine has the potential to enhance access to health care services across distances, which was of great value during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, concerns about user satisfaction in comparison to face-to-face (FTF) interaction remain inadequately addressed. This study demonstrated that [...]
Hypertension: Comparing Pharmacist-Led Telehealth Care and Clinic-Based Care for Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure: The Hyperlink 3 Pragmatic Cluster-Randomized Trial A study published in the Alliance for Connected Care advisory board member American Heart Association’s journal Hypertension found that telehealth care by pharmacists is an effective alternative to clinic-based care for managing high blood pressure. For the [...]