ASPE: Use of Medicare-Covered Telerehabilitation for PT/OT/SLP Services during the COVID-19 PHE

ASPE: Use of Medicare-Covered Telerehabilitation for PT/OT/SLP Services during the COVID-19 PHE ASPE released a study, which examined the extent therapist practices and nursing homes adopted telehealth services for physical therapy (PT), occupational therapy (OT), and speech-language pathology (SLP); explored the major challenges and facilitators in adopting telerehabilitation services, and whether these services were [...]

2025-05-05T15:28:09-04:00December 18th, 2024|
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FAIR Health: Telehealth Utilization Decreased Nationally and in Every US Census Region in September

FAIR Health: Telehealth Utilization Decreased Nationally and in Every US Census Region in September According to FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker, telehealth utilization decreased nationally and in every US census region in September 2024. Nationally, telehealth claim lines dropped from 4.96 percent of medical claim lines in August to 4.80 percent in September, a [...]

2025-05-04T20:09:45-04:00December 16th, 2024|
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JAMA Network: Primary Care–Based Digital Health–Enabled Stroke Management Intervention

JAMA Network: Primary Care–Based Digital Health–Enabled Stroke Management Intervention In this long-term follow-up of a cluster randomized clinical trial, the 1-year intervention was associated with significantly reduced systolic BP and stroke recurrence at 5.5 years, providing evidence of long-term health and inequity-reducing benefits and holding promise for scaling up of the intervention in resource-limited [...]

2025-05-04T20:11:36-04:00December 13th, 2024|
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Pediatric Emergency Care: Suicide Prevention and Telehealth in Children’s Hospital Emergency Departments

Pediatric Emergency Care: Suicide Prevention and Telehealth in Children's Hospital Emergency Departments Emergency department (ED) visits for mental health concerns are rising, and telehealth is increasingly used to provide emergency mental health care. This study aimed to describe suicide prevention practices and tele-mental health care in children's hospital EDs. The study found approximately half [...]

2025-05-04T20:17:47-04:00December 9th, 2024|
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Concord Monitor: Telehealth Prescriptions Should be Available for More Mental Health and Substance Use Patients

Concord Monitor: Telehealth Prescriptions Should be Available for More Mental Health and Substance Use Patients The New Hampshire Commission to Study Telehealth Services published a report finding that it should be legal for telehealth providers to prescribe certain medications for mental health and substance use disorders without requiring an in-person visit. Data from 2023 [...]

2025-05-04T20:16:01-04:00December 9th, 2024|
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Pediatric Emergency Care: Use of Emergency Telemedicine Physicians for Telephone Triage Disposition of Pediatric Patients

Pediatric Emergency Care: Use of Emergency Telemedicine Physicians for Telephone Triage Disposition of Pediatric Patients This study evaluated pediatric telephone calls to the May Clinic Health System nurse triage line that were directed to the emergency department telemedicine physician from January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2019. There were 8559 nurse line calls regarding [...]

2025-05-04T20:14:12-04:00December 9th, 2024|
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JAMA Network: Racial and Ethnic and Rural Variations in the Use of Hybrid Prenatal Care in the US

JAMA Network: Racial and Ethnic and Rural Variations in the Use of Hybrid Prenatal Care in the US This study found that while the use of hybrid prenatal care (i.e., telehealth and in-person visits) increased among Black and Hispanic groups, rural communities still lag behind urban populations in uptake. Nationally, Black and Hispanic individuals [...]

2025-05-04T20:19:53-04:00December 6th, 2024|
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ASPE: Trends in In-Person and Telehealth-Involved Controlled Medication Initiations Among Adults with Private Insurance

ASPE: Trends in In-Person and Telehealth-Involved Controlled Medication Initiations Among Adults with Private Insurance This data brief presents trends in the initiations of selected, frequently prescribed controlled medications among individuals with private health insurance coverage. Results show that the majority of privately insured individuals received their initial controlled medication prescriptions without telehealth involvement, throughout [...]

2025-05-04T20:07:09-04:00December 6th, 2024|
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Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE): Understanding the Optimal Balance of Using Telehealth and In-person Services to Support Adults with Serious Mental Illness and Children

Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE): Understanding the Optimal Balance of Using Telehealth and In-person Services to Support Adults with Serious Mental Illness and Children ASPE published a data brief, which examined access to and use of tele-mental health services among individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) and children with serious emotional disturbance [...]

2025-05-04T20:04:33-04:00December 6th, 2024|
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