The Alliance for Connected Care provided input into refining the goals of the 21st Century Cures initiative. The Alliance has a strong interest and member expertise in the way digital health technologies can support and expand access to care while improving patient engagement and quality. After four years of experiencing the benefits of expanded telehealth [...]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Percentage of Adult Day Services Center That Use Any Telehealth In 2022, 46 percent of U.S. adult day services centers used any telehealth tools. Approximately one half of centers in the Northeast and West used any telehealth, compared with approximately one third of centers in the Midwest [...]
National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services (NACRHHS): Disability and Independence in Rural America Rural areas require considerations for providing disability services that may not be issues in urban areas. Specifically for telehealth, people with disabilities may face challenges to broadband access as well as knowledge of how to use technology platforms [...]
Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Telemedicine Disparities in Ambulatory Cardiology Visits in a Large Academic Health System This study aimed to study whether telemedicine visit modality (video or audio only) differed by sociodemographic characteristics in the outpatient cardiology population of a large academic health center. Researchers identified sociodemographic disparities in telemedicine visit modality in [...]
Journal of General Internal Medicine: Patterns of Telemedicine Use in Primary Care for People with Dementia in the Post-Pandemic Period There was a large increase in telemedicine among people with dementia in the post-pandemic period at primary care sites. Those with longer drives to clinic and the oldest patients were most likely to use [...]
Clinical Diabetes: A Qualitative Study of Adapting Telehealth Systems for Specialty Diabetes Care Across Four California Medical Centers Telehealth continues to play an important role in specialty diabetes care, but there are variations in how this care is delivered. Researchers interviewed clinicians and staff who provide diabetes care through telehealth across four University of [...]
The American Surgeon: Telemedicine in Acute Trauma Care This review examines articles with quantitative assessment of telemedicine’s impact in acute trauma care. The review found that telemedicine appeared to be preferentially used for more severely injured patients. Telemedicine may help abbreviate pre-transfer length of stay.
Psychotherapy Research: Cohort Study of Engagement in Telehealth Psychotherapy versus In-Person Services This study aimed to compare patient engagement in in-person versus telehealth services in outpatient psychotherapy for mood and anxiety disorders. The study found a 26% increase in the total number of individual psychotherapy sessions attended when the clinics transitioned to telehealth services. [...]
Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment: Comparison of 30-Day Retention in Treatment Among Patients Referred to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment from Emergency Department and Telemedicine Settings Telemedicine evaluations are feasible for people with opioid use disorder. People referred to an addiction treatment clinic following a telemedicine evaluation were more likely to show up [...]
Journal of Neurology: Performance and Clinical Outcomes in Telestroke Remain Robust During the COVID-19 Pandemic Telemedical stroke networks have shown positive results for patient outcome in rural areas without stroke expertise. This study found that well-established telestroke networks can overcome unexpected critical challenges such as a pandemic, guaranteeing best practice stroke care in rural [...]