iHealth Labs: Study Shows Active Participation in iHealth’s Unified Care Program Results Improved Health Outcomes for Patients with Stage 2 Hypertension

iHealth Labs: Study Shows Active Participation in iHealth’s Unified Care Program Results Improved Health Outcomes for Patients with Stage 2 Hypertension iHealth Labs, a digital health management provider, presented a study at the American Heart Association which examined the effectiveness of a digital health program to improve blood pressure (BP) in patients with stage [...]

2025-05-04T20:26:03-04:00December 4th, 2024|

Drug and Alcohol Dependence: Patient and Provider Experiences with Opioid Use Disorder Care Delivered Via Telehealth

Drug and Alcohol Dependence: Patient and Provider Experiences with Opioid Use Disorder Care Delivered Via Telehealth Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and loosening of some opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment regulations in the U.S., there has been a rapid rise in the use of telehealth for buprenorphine induction, maintenance, and counseling (tele-bupe). [...]

2025-05-04T20:24:08-04:00December 4th, 2024|

JAMA Psychiatry: Trends in Outpatient Psychotherapy Among Adults in the US

JAMA Psychiatry: Trends in Outpatient Psychotherapy Among Adults in the US In this cross-sectional study, significant psychotherapy increases occurred for adults with mild or moderate but not serious distress, younger but not older adults, females but not males, college educated but not less than college educated adults, individuals with higher but not lower family [...]

2025-05-04T20:22:06-04:00December 4th, 2024|

Discover Medicine: Patient and Family Caregiver Perceptions of Telehealth in Oncology

Discover Medicine: Patient and Family Caregiver Perceptions of Telehealth in Oncology With the onset of the COVID pandemic the use of electronic tools, including telehealth, increased out of necessity. The goal of this scoping review was to identify perceptions of benefits and limitations of the use of telehealth among cancer patients and their family [...]

2025-05-04T20:29:01-04:00December 3rd, 2024|

Telemedicine and e-Health: The Association Between Telehealth Use During Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder and Clinical Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Telemedicine and e-Health: The Association Between Telehealth Use During Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder and Clinical Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study Patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) represent a high-risk population due to increased rates of adverse health outcomes and death. In this retrospective cohort study within the Veterans Health Administration, telehealth use [...]

2025-05-04T19:54:35-04:00November 25th, 2024|

JAMA Health Forum: Health Care Utilization With Telemedicine and In-Person Visits in Pediatric Primary Care

JAMA Health Forum: Health Care Utilization With Telemedicine and In-Person Visits in Pediatric Primary Care In this cohort study, compared with in-person visits, telemedicine visits were associated with less prescribing and ordering, modestly higher rates of in-person visits, and slightly more ED visits. The findings suggest that primary health care delivery that uses telemedicine [...]

2025-05-04T19:56:19-04:00November 22nd, 2024|

DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION (DEA) RELEASES THIRD EXTENSION, ENSURING CERTAINTY AND ACCESS TO PATIENTS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT Chris Adamec; cadamec@connectwithcare.org DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION (DEA) RELEASES THIRD EXTENSION, ENSURING CERTAINTY AND ACCESS TO PATIENTS November 15, 2024 WASHINGTON DC – The Alliance for Connected Care applauds the third temporary extension of controlled substance prescribing via telemedicine rulemaking by the DEA. This one-year extension is an important step to [...]

2024-11-15T18:20:15-04:00November 15th, 2024|

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Telemedicine Use Among Adults With and Without Diagnosed Prediabetes or Diabetes

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Telemedicine Use Among Adults With and Without Diagnosed Prediabetes or Diabetes The CDC released a study which found that, telemedicine was used by approximately half of US adults diagnosed with prediabetes or diabetes in 2021, with a noticeable decrease in use in 2022. In 2021 and 2022, telemedicine [...]

2025-05-04T19:44:28-04:00November 14th, 2024|
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