Managed Healthcare Executive: More Evidence of Mental Health Services Shifting to Telehealth According to a Health Affairs study, people with conditions such as schizophrenia did not make the switch to telehealth as readily as people with anxiety and some other disorders. The average number of monthly encounters, in-person and via telehealth, for bipolar disorders fell by 10.6 [...]
Cystic Fibrosis News Today: Telehealth Added to Latest Digital-friendly NORD State Report Card Alliance Advisory Board Member the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) has updated its State Report Card to make it more digitally friendly and added telehealth to its categories of rare disease policy issues in a nod to its increased use during the ongoing COVID-19 [...]
mHealth Intelligence: Assistance With Connecting to Virtual Visits Can Help Close Care Gaps According to a study conducted by Kaiser Permanente, having medical assistants work with patients to connect to video visits could help narrow the digital divide. Researchers examined data on telehealth visits from Oct. 1 through Oct. 31, 2020 and compared video visits in medical [...]
mHealth Intelligence: Stakeholders Call for Continued Access to Telehealth Researchers from the Center for Connected Medicine (CCM) and KLAS believe that continuing access to telehealth will enhance the future of health care. As the COVID-19 pandemic becomes more normalized, many hospitals have terminated in-person care for non-emergency visits. However, CCM states that, currently, 20 percent [...]
PR Newswire: For Third Straight Month, Telehealth Utilization Increased Nationally in January 2022 According to FAIR Health’s Monthly Regional Tracker, national telehealth utilization grew in January 2022. Telehealth utilization also increased in every US census region, with the greatest increase (17.5 percent) in the West. In January 2022, social work was the leading telehealth specialty nationally [...]
Modern Healthcare: Rural Veterans Have Fewer ED Visits, More Psychotherapy with VA Tablets According to a study published in the Journal of American Medical Association, rural veterans who received tablets from the Department of Veterans Affairs had more telehealth psychotherapy appointments and fewer suicide-related emergency department visits. Researchers tracked more than 13,000 veterans with a mental health history over [...]
Patients and Practitioners Agree – Telehealth Is Important for Patient Access, Health Care Workforce FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 6, 2022 WASHINGTON – Today, the Alliance for Connected Care released a major survey of both healthcare patients and practitioners conducted by Morning Consult on the Alliance’s behalf. The poll asked patients and practitioners about their [...]
News Wise: Pandemic Drives Use of Telehealth for Mental Health Care A recent Health Affairs study found that the COVID-19 pandemic is likely permanently increased the delivery of mental health counseling through telehealth. The study suggests that telehealth services for mental health counseling expanded significantly and is likely to stay. Future applications of tele-mental health should really be [...]