California Health Care Foundation: Telehealth Experiences and Preferences Among Californians with Low Incomes The California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) engaged NORC at the University of Chicago to recruit and interview Californians with low incomes who reflect the diversity of the state. Although interviewees report different levels of comfort, satisfaction, and future interest in [...]
The Hearing Journal: Expanding Audiology Services Through Telehealth Enabled Partnerships Hearing loss is a widespread health condition affecting millions of people worldwide. Unfortunately, there is a severe shortage of formally trained hearing professionals to identify and treat the increasing needs. Audiology services can be extended by actively partnering with a number of other allied [...]
This update includes: Bipartisan letter to protect coverage of telehealth flexibilities House Education and the Workforce Committee hearing on excepted benefits Introduction of the Expanding Care in the Home and notable research and news developments
BMC Psychiatry: Mental Health-Related Telemedicine Interventions for Pregnant Women and New Mothers A study published in BMC Psychiatry indicated that telehealth interventions evaluated in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) can help treat common maternal mental health challenges. Researchers conducted a systematic literature review that focused on a primary and secondary objective: the first is whether telehealth [...]
This update includes: Expanding Care in the Home Hinges on Telehealth Expansion ASPE Releases Updated National Survey Trends in Telehealth Utilization and Modality HHS Secretary Becerra Highlights Tele-Mental Health and notable research and news developments
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE): Updated National Survey Trends in Telehealth Utilization and Modality This report updates prior findings on national trends of telehealth use through an analysis using the Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey data from April 2021 through August 2022. Compared to earlier periods in the pandemic, [...]
Cureus: The Use of Telemedicine in Medical Education and Patient Care The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated and expanded the adoption of telemedicine globally. This allowed telemedicine to engage medical students in patient care and ensured continuity of care for vulnerable patients. This article reviews the major facilitators and barriers any medical and educational institution [...]
Oncology Nursing News: Older Patients Are Comfortable With Telehealth and Prefer It as an Option A survey by Independa, a health care technology company, found that adults older than 70 years had a high comfort level with telehealth and preferred having it as an option. Of those surveyed, 93 percent of adults older than 70 [...]
Annals of Internal Medicine: Performance Measures for Physicians Providing Clinical Care Using Telemedicine: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians The American College of Physicians (ACP) published a policy paper which details new recommendations to ensure that measures developed to gauge telemedicine services are evidence-based, methodologically sound and clinically meaningful. The focus of this paper [...]
This update includes: Alliance Leads Letter to Congressional Appropriators to Support Telehealth Resource Centers April Public Meeting on the Mandated Report on Telehealth in Medicare Hearing on An Oral Health Crisis: Identifying and Addressing Health Disparities Mitigating Cybersecurity Risk in Telehealth Smart Home Integration CMS Medicare Telehealth Trends and notable research and news [...]