Journal of Rural Health: Medicare Telehealth Utilization by Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers Telehealth use curbed the decline in outpatient visits for all clinic types during the pandemic. Telehealth use declined as the pandemic continued in 2021 yet remained higher than pre-pandemic levels. FQHCs had higher telehealth use than RHCs in [...]
Nature Research Intelligence: Several Virtual Care Studies The Nature Research Intelligence released several topic summaries on virtual care including: Appointment Non-Attendance in Outpatient Health Care Settings – This summary reviewed the impact of telehealth on appointment adherence and found telehealth showed promise in reducing no-show rates. Tele-Audiology and Hearing Healthcare During the COVID-19 Pandemic [...]
JMIR: Regulation and Compliance in Telemedicine Researchers discussed critical challenges in telemedicine compliance and regulation. They specifically consider obstacles and progress toward solutions in telemedicine law and regulation regarding privacy and security issues, care across state borders, and prescribing over telemedicine in the United States. The findings suggest that simplified policies are needed to [...]
Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare: Effect of Telemental Health Adoption on Mental Health Services Utilization in Federally Qualified Health Centers This study assessed the effect of telemental health services (TMHS) on mental health services utilization in FQHCs, comparing centers with and without TMHS and examined differences in TMHS effect between FQHCs that adopted TMHS [...]
Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment: Feasibility and Acceptability of the Delivery of a Group Telehealth Intervention for Patients Receiving Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder Patients receiving buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), their support persons, and clinic staff were interviewed about their perceptions of a novel group telehealth intervention for support [...]
Frontiers in Endocrinology: Remote Patient Monitoring Program for Diabetes The prevalence of diabetes continues to rise in the United States along with a shortage of endocrinologists. One proposed solution to this challenge is to deliver more specialty health care services through remote patient monitoring (RPM). In an RPM program for diabetes care at the [...]
Ohio State University: Most Patients Use Devices to Self-Monitor Their Heart Health Advances in technology have made it increasingly easier for people to self-monitor their heart health whether it’s via a smart device on their wrist or finger or a blood pressure monitor. However, a national survey commissioned by the Ohio State University Wexner [...]
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE): Trends in Medicaid and CHIP Telehealth ASPE released a report, which examined national trends in telehealth service delivery to enrollees ages 0-18 years from 2019 to 2021, by enrollee characteristics such as age group and race and ethnicity. Services delivered via telehealth to pediatric [...]
Departments of Labor, HHS, Treasury: Report to Congress on the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act The Departments of Labor, HHS, and Treasury issued the 2024 Report to Congress on the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act enforcement and implementation, which highlighted the ongoing efforts of the Departments to strengthen and enforce [...]
ALLIANCE STATEMENT DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION (DEA) RELEASES SPECIAL REGISTRATION PROPOSAL JANUARY 2025 The Alliance for Connected Care appreciates the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) forward movement on telemedicine prescribing of controlled substances policy. Today, the DEA released a notice of proposed rulemaking, which would establish a special registration framework and authorize three types of special registrations [...]