Kaiser Family Foundation: PrEP Access in the United States: The Role of Telehealth Telehealth to provide pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and associated services (“tele-PrEP”) has been a trend that began before the COVID-19 pandemic. This issue brief provided an overview of the tele-PrEP landscape, including how PrEP services (e.g., initial consults, lab work, prescribing, and ongoing [...]
Healthcare IT News: Telehealth can play a vital role in reducing carbon emissions The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center built a dashboard to estimate the environmental impact of the medical facility's telehealth offerings. Researchers found that telehealth appointments saved 2.2 million gallons of gas for patients since the start of the pandemic. Since the onset of [...]
Health Affairs: Medicare and Telehealth – Delivering on Innovation’s Promise for Equity, Quality, Access and Sustainability The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly changed health care. Policy makers and health care leaders must evaluate the lessons learned from the pandemic and leverage telehealth innovations with an eye toward how such changes can advance health equity; drive high-quality, high-value, [...]
Advisory Board: Telehealth did not lead to more follow-up care, study finds. Here’s why that matters Telehealth patients did not require more follow-up care than in-person patients according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open, suggesting these findings may help shape telehealth policies moving forward. Telehealth patients with chronic conditions, such as hypertension or heart failure, [...]
Modern Healthcare: Telehealth didn't lead to unnecessary care in 2020, study says According to a study of 40.7 million commercially insured adults with acute clinical conditions published in JAMA Network Open, patients treated for most acute conditions via telehealth were as likely or slightly more likely to need a follow-up visit as those who sought in-person care to start. [...]
Inside Telehealth: Telehealth Comprised Largest Percentage of Private Health Claims In 2020, Report FindsA report by FAIR Health found that telehealth made up the largest percent of private medical insurance claims in 2020, totaling 15.41 percent of all medical claims nationally. Utilization of health care services fell in every other category, including a 38 percent decrease in [...]
mHealth Intelligence: Disparities Common in Telehealth Use Among Pediatric CHIP Patients According to data from Alabama’s Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), ALL Kids, researchers found that telehealth use was less common among those living in rural areas and members of lower-income families. Researchers also noted that children living in large or small rural areas were less likely [...]
Parkinson’s News Today: Patients Prefer Telehealth Over Visits in Person for Certain Services A recent survey published in Movement Disorders found that telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic were perceived to be a good alternative to in-person health care appointments among people with Parkinson’s disease. Respondents said telehealth reduced travel, was more convenient, was suitable for follow-up appointments, and [...]