BMC Health Services Research: The Implementation of Telemedicine in Wound Care

BMC Health Services Research: The Implementation of Telemedicine in Wound Care The increasing use of telemedicine represents a major shift for health workers and patients alike. This study explored how both health care professionals and patients experienced the implementation of telemedicine follow-up in primary care. The analyses revealed the following themes: (1) enhancing professional [...]

2025-04-06T21:11:15-04:00September 29th, 2024|

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care: Assessing the Disruption of Health Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care: Assessing the Disruption of Health Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic A Rutgers Health study suggests telehealth could be a viable long-term option for people living with HIV, potentially saving them time, effort and expense related to in-person medical visits. The study found patients receiving in-person [...]

2025-05-04T19:32:35-04:00September 26th, 2024|

Journal of Substance User & Addiction Treatment: Buprenorphine Discontinuation in Telehealth-Only Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

Journal of Substance User & Addiction Treatment: Buprenorphine Discontinuation in Telehealth-Only Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, federal agencies permitted telehealth initiation of buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) without in-person assessment. This longitudinal cohort analysis found that a telehealth-only platform reduced risk of buprenorphine discontinuation compared [...]

2025-04-06T21:14:11-04:00September 25th, 2024|

KeyCare: Patients Prefer Telehealth Over In-Office Visits for Urgent, Preventive, and Specialty Care

KeyCare: Patients Prefer Telehealth Over In-Office Visits for Urgent, Preventive, and Specialty Care A consumer survey from KeyCare found that patients prefer telehealth to office visits for a variety of medical issues, including urgent care, preventive care, chronic care and specialty services. For minor but urgent issues, such as cough, sinusitis, and rash, almost [...]

2025-04-06T21:16:28-04:00September 24th, 2024|

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG): Additional Oversight of Remote Patient Monitoring in Medicare is Needed

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG): Additional Oversight of Remote Patient Monitoring in Medicare is Needed HHS OIG released a report, examining RPM in Medicare. HHS OIG found: The use of remote patient monitoring in Medicare increased dramatically from 2019 to 2022. About 43 percent of enrollees who [...]

2025-04-06T21:00:07-04:00September 24th, 2024|

Alliance Letter to HHS OIG on RPM Report

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) responded to the Alliance's letter. The Alliance for Connected Care sent a letter to HHS OIG regarding the report on remote patient monitoring. The Alliance highlights inaccuracies and subjective nature of the report. The Alliance requests HHS OIG to consider [...]

2024-12-11T22:24:58-04:00September 24th, 2024|

Letter on House Energy & Commerce Temporary Two-Year Extension

On behalf of the Alliance for Connected Care and the many patients and clinicians we represent, the Alliance wrote to support the Committee’s leadership in working to avert a pending telehealth cliff for Medicare beneficiaries and support bipartisan passage of the Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024 (H.R.7623). In addition to support for the legislation, the [...]

2024-12-11T22:25:08-04:00September 17th, 2024|

FAIR Health: Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker

FAIR Health: Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker FAIR Health found that in June, telehealth utilization increased nationally and in the West, Northeast and South, but decreased in the Midwest. Nationally, telehealth claim lines rose from 4.82% of medical claim lines in May to 4.89% in June, an increase of 1.5%. In terms of mental health [...]

2025-04-06T20:49:03-04:00September 16th, 2024|

Minnesota Department of Health: Study of Telehealth Expansion and Payment Parity

Minnesota Department of Health: Study of Telehealth Expansion and Payment Parity The Minnesota Department of Health submitted a report to the state legislature and found that telehealth expanded access to health care without appearing to compromise health care quality or patient satisfaction. The Department makes several recommendations, including continuing payment parity, requiring health plans [...]

2025-05-04T19:35:05-04:00September 16th, 2024|

JAMA Surgery: Teletrauma Use in Emergency Departments

JAMA Surgery: Teletrauma Use in Emergency Departments Nearly 30 million predominantly rural US residents lack timely access to trauma care expertise available at level I or II trauma centers. Telehealth is an established approach to improve access to health care expertise using remote consultation. This survey study found that teletrauma use lagged significantly behind [...]

2025-04-06T20:46:13-04:00September 14th, 2024|
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