The Alliance for Connected Care submitted a letter to the House Ways & Means Committee providing input to the Committee hearing on "America's Mental Health Crisis." Our letter summarizes the following recommendations: Congress should permanently remove obstructive in-person requirements on mental health through telehealth. Congress should move to fully remove outdated originating site requirements on [...]
From facility to home: How healthcare could shift by 2025
mHealth Intelligence: Telehealth Maintained Care Quality for Type 2 Diabetics During Pandemic A recent study found that using telehealth for type 2 diabetes care during the COVID-19 pandemic helped maintain quality of care and led to better health outcomes for patients, compared to those who only utilized in-person care. The study results showed that telehealth was effective [...]
Healio: Telemedicine could significantly reduce costs for ID patients Findings from a study conducted at one infectious disease clinic suggest that telemedicine consultation for infectious diseases could significantly reduce patient and environmental costs. In addition to those benefits, the researchers found that most patients were willing to try telemedicine. The researchers highlighted that reimbursement and [...]
Washington, DC, January 31, 2022 – Today, more than 330 organizations sent a letter to Congress urging their leadership in facilitating a pathway to comprehensive permanent telehealth reform that would provide certainty to patients and our nation’s healthcare providers while providing sufficient time for Congress and the administration to analyze the impact of telehealth [...]
Primary Care Development Corporation: Getting Beyond Parity: Telehealth as a Best Practice in Health Equity Many opportunities exist with telehealth, from expanding the provider pool for patients to reducing stigma associated with presenting for in-person care. These opportunities must be approached strategically if they are to result in meaningful improvements in eliminating health disparities. The [...]
Epic Share: Expanding Telehealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic According to a recent report, New York City-based NYU Langone Health made sweeping expansions to its telehealth program during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in an increase of urgent video visits by nearly 700 percent and nonurgent video visits by more than 4,300 percent between March 2 and [...]
mHealth Intelligence: Parents, Patients Prefer Telehealth, In-Person Combo for Asthma Care A recent study by UC Davis Health found that young adult patients and parents of pediatric patients appreciated the convenience of using telehealth for asthma care but found in-person care to be more effective in certain circumstances. Patients who had a different primary language were less [...]
Annals of Family Medicine: Family Caregivers’ Experiences With Telehealth During COVID-19: Insights From Michigan A recent study involving family caregivers in Michigan aimed to understand the benefits and barriers to telemedicine visits for older adults from the perspective of the caregiver. The study found that caregivers viewed the perceived benefits of telehealth to be increased [...]