The Alliance for Connected Care submitted a statement for the record to the House Energy & Commerce Committee, Health Subcommittee for the legislative hearing, "Legislative Proposals to Support Patient Access to Telehealth Services." The Alliance focused its comments on: The need for urgent action in extending Medicare telehealth provisions through December 31, 2024 to [...]
JAMA Internal Medicine: Telephone-Based Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy Optimization in Navajo Nation In this heart failure trial in Navajo Nation, a telephone-based strategy of remote initiation and titration for outpatients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction led to improved rates of guideline-directed medical therapy at 30 days compared with usual care. This low-cost strategy [...]
University of Buffalo: Telemedicine Treatment for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Successful in those with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) People with opioid use disorder who have hepatitis C virus (HCV) were twice as likely to be successfully treated and cured from HCV if they received facilitated telemedicine treatment at their opioid treatment program (OTPs) than [...]
JMIR Publications: A Novel Digital Health Platform With Health Coaches to Optimize Surgical Patients A digital health platform that combines human health coaches and personalized recovery care plans was able to engage surgery patients in their perioperative journey and reduce their hospital length of stay (LOS). The study examines the efficacy of Pip Care, [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Stakeholders Send Letter to DEA Urging Action on Telehealth Rule Crucial for Mental Health, Substance Use Disorders WASHINGTON, DC, APRIL 2, 2024 – The Alliance for Connected Care, American Telemedicine Association, ATA Action, the Consumer Technology Association, and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, co-leading the effort, submitted a letter [...]
Harvard Medical School: For Controlling Blood Pressure, Telemedicine May Beat Clinic Visits Telemedicine visits combined with self-measured blood pressure readings may help people control high blood pressure better than traditional office visits. Researchers reviewed data from 31 trials lasting between six and 12 months that compared telemedicine to clinic visits for managing blood pressure. [...]