Peterson Health Technology Institute: Digital Hypertension Management Solutions

Peterson Health Technology Institute: Digital Hypertension Management Solutions PHTI released a health technology assessment on digital hypertension management solutions. The report assessed the clinical effectiveness of these digital hypertension management solutions compared with usual care across 13 different outcome measures, including primary outcomes that focus on reducing systolic blood pressure (SBP) and increasing the [...]

2025-05-04T19:38:53-04:00October 28th, 2024|
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Journal of Medical Internet Research: Statistical Analysis of Telehealth Use and Pre- and Postpandemic Insurance Coverage in Selected Health Care Specialties

Journal of Medical Internet Research: Statistical Analysis of Telehealth Use and Pre- and Postpandemic Insurance Coverage in Selected Health Care Specialties This study analyzed telehealth use across specialties in Arkansas before and after the pandemic (2017-2022) using data from electronic medical records from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Medical Center. The study [...]

2025-05-04T19:41:30-04:00October 18th, 2024|
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BMC Primary Care: Primary Care Patients at Risk for Suicide in Mental Health Treatment

BMC Primary Care: Primary Care Patients at Risk for Suicide in Mental Health Treatment This study identified barriers and facilitators to engagement in mental health services among primary care patients at risk for suicide to inform the development of strategies to increase engagement. The most identified barriers to mental health care engagement were waitlists, [...]

2025-05-04T19:26:01-04:00October 16th, 2024|
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Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI): 2024 State of Digital Health Purchasing

Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI): 2024 State of Digital Health Purchasing PHTI, in partnership with NORC at the University of Chicago, released a survey showing that spending on digital health increased rapidly over the past two years. Purchasers—including health plans, employers, and health systems, plan to continue to grow their spending on digital health [...]

2025-05-04T19:28:55-04:00October 10th, 2024|
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Diagnosis, Treatment, and Telehealth Use in Adults

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Diagnosis, Treatment, and Telehealth Use in Adults In 2023, an estimated 15.5 million U.S. adults had an ADHD diagnosis, approximately one half of whom received their diagnosis in adulthood. Approximately one third of adults with ADHD take stimulant medication; 71.5 percent had difficulty filling their prescription [...]

2025-05-04T19:20:12-04:00October 10th, 2024|
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Mayo Clinic Proceedings Digital Health: Use of a Head-Mounted Assisted Reality, High-Resolution Telemedicine Camera and Satellite Communication Terminal in an Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Mayo Clinic Proceedings Digital Health: Use of a Head-Mounted Assisted Reality, High-Resolution Telemedicine Camera and Satellite Communication Terminal in an Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service is testing a novel combination of technologies to enhance the ability to provide prehospital telemedicine connecting physicians with paramedics. Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service partnered with start-up company [...]

2025-05-04T19:51:27-04:00October 8th, 2024|
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Drug and Alcohol Dependence Journal: Factors Associated with Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Treatment Success During Pregnancy Periods

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Journal: Factors Associated with Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Treatment Success During Pregnancy Periods Medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) are a crucial intervention for pregnant and postpartum individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD). This review evaluated factors associated with MOUD success during the pregnancy and postpartum period and found [...]

2025-04-06T21:01:47-04:00October 3rd, 2024|
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KFF: What to Know About Medicare Coverage of Telehealth

KFF: What to Know About Medicare Coverage of Telehealth Use of telehealth, which allows patients to see health care providers without being in the same location, has grown rapidly in recent years, among both privately-insured patients and Medicare beneficiaries. KFF released an issue brief, which provides answers to key questions about the current scope [...]

2025-04-06T21:05:27-04:00October 2nd, 2024|
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Alliance and Over 150 Organizations Request CMS to Ensure Telehealth Practitioners Location Are Protected

The Alliance for Connected Care led more than 150 stakeholder organizations in a letter requesting that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to take action on preserving the benefits of telehealth by ensuring telehealth practitioners working from a home-based (or other) location do not need to report that private residence to the federal [...]

2024-12-11T22:24:47-04:00October 2nd, 2024|
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International Journal of Medical Informatics: The Relationship Between Telemedicine Tools and Physician Satisfaction, Quality of Care, and Patient Visits During the COVID-19 Pandemic

International Journal of Medical Informatics: The Relationship Between Telemedicine Tools and Physician Satisfaction, Quality of Care, and Patient Visits During the COVID-19 Pandemic This study found that telemedicine technology has significant positive effects on physicians’ satisfaction with telemedicine and quality of care evaluation, both at an aggregate level and at the disaggregate levels of [...]

2025-04-06T21:07:59-04:00October 1st, 2024|
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