Urology Times: Study shows how Medicare patients are using interstate telehealth visits A study published last month by the University of Michigan shows that most out-of-state telehealth in Medicare is used for continuity of care, not acquiring new patients. The findings contradict the notion that extending pandemic-related flexibilities that allow for interstate telehealth [...]
mHealth Intelligence: COVID-19 Reappears on Top Five Telehealth Diagnoses List (7/7) – After two months of decline, the FAIR Health Monthly Regional Tracker reported that telehealth use grew in April, and COVID-19 appeared as one of the top five telehealth diagnoses nationally for the first time since January. Researchers surmised that this increase was primarily due [...]
mHealth Intelligence: Half of Americans likely to use telehealth post-pandemic According to a survey conducted by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and The SCAN Foundation, many Americans would like to have continued access to virtual options like telehealth post-pandemic. Nearly half of respondents (48 percent) said that telehealth should continue after [...]
In this update, the Alliance led a letter supporting the Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2022 (H.R. 7353). In Congress, there was the release of the FY 2023 House Appropriations Committee, the Legislative Hearing on Investing in Public Health includes Rural Telehealth Access Task Force Act, and the Hearing with the Director of [...]
JAMA Network Open: Association of Remote Technology Use and Other Decentralization Tools with Patient Likelihood to Enroll in Cancer Clinical Trials A study by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network found that cancer clinical trials leveraging remote technology and decentralization tools to reduce patient time and travel burden associated with participation may increase the patient [...]
DovePress: Telehealth Encourages Patients with Diabetes in Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups to Return for in-Person Ophthalmic Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic This study evaluates the role telehealth visits played in helping patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) return for subsequent, in-person eye examinations after the outbreak of COVID-19. The study found that patients [...]
Annals of Emergency Medicine: United States 2020 Emergency Medicine Resident Workforce Analysis Emergency medicine residents are disproportionately located in urban areas of the country, which is contributing to an emergency physician "desert" in rural America. The study notes telehealth as a remedy to the shortage of emergency physicians in rural areas. Telehealth has [...]
The Alliance for Connected Care led a letter with other leading telehealth groups supporting the Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2022, which would allow employers to provide telehealth or other remote care services to employees ineligible for an employer-sponsored group health plan. To read the full letter, click here or see below:
EurekAlert: Telehealth enables eight Texas nurseries to reduce antibiotic use in newborns by 32 percent Researchers found that using telehealth to consult with pediatric infectious disease specialists can lead to a 32 percent decrease in antibiotic use in nurseries. Researchers began the study in 2018, prior to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. [...]
On June 29, the House Appropriations Committee released the Report for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies for Fiscal Year 2023 Appropriations. The report includes specific instructions with respect to the appropriated amounts. The Alliance was thrilled to see the inclusion of several telehealth provisions in this report, which [...]