The Alliance submitted a letter of support to Annette Cleveland, Chair of the Senate Health & Long Term Care Committee within the Washington State Legislature, for Senate Bill 5481 - Concerning the Uniform Telemedicine Act. The bill would adopt the Uniform Telemedicine Act in the State of Washington. The Uniform Telemedicine Act would provide the [...]
McKinsey & Co: Preparing Clinicians for the New Era of Telehealth According to a McKinsey & Co report, telehealth services have quickly become a popular and safe alternative to in-person appointments, with 46 percent of consumers using telehealth by May 2020 to replace canceled health care visits—up from 11 percent in 2019. In [...]
National Association for Behavioral Healthcare: Telehealth is Effectively Augmenting Traditional Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient Programs The National Association for Behavioral Healthcare (NABH) Education and Research Foundation and Manatt released an issue brief that highlights how telehealth services effectively augment traditional partial hospitalization programs (PHP) and intensive outpatient programs (IOP). Results from the [...]
Plos One: Pre-Pandemic Geographic Access to Hospital-Based Telehealth for Cancer Care in the United States This report found that although telehealth is widely available throughout the United States, millions of Americans do not have access to telehealth oncology services. Study authors noted that previous research has shown people living in rural areas tend to have [...]
This update includes:Alliance Submits Comments on WH OSTP on Clinical TrialsCMS meeting on Remote Patient MonitoringAlliance Letter to CMS to Issue Interim Final RuleCBO Score of Telehealth Provisions Decreasedand notable research and news developments
The Alliance for Connected Care submitted comments in response to the request for information from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on clinical research infrastructure and emergency clinical trials . The Alliance specifically outlined licensure restrictions that present a barrier to clinical trial recruitment and diversity and present a [...]
Center for Connected Health Policy: A Report from the Fall 2022 State Telehealth Policy Webinar In the fall of 2022, the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) held two webinars on telehealth across state lines and what telehealth policy landscape may look like in a post-public health emergency (PHE) environment. The report summarizes [...]
Journal of Affective Disorders: Telehealth Likely as Effective as In-Person Care for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) A study found that a switch from in-person to virtual care did not appear to have a negative impact on the health of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) being treated in a partial-hospital setting. Patients with MDD who [...]
UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute: Equity Gaps in Telehealth Use to Manage Chronic Conditions During COVID-19 A study by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute found that since COVID-19 emerged, language barriers have prevented Latino and Asian patients in Los Angeles from making full use of telehealth services. The research also revealed that [...]
American Journal of Managed Care: Using Telemedicine Interventions During COVID-19 to Expand Care Post COVID-19 The Patient-Centered Rheumatology Collaborative identified several critical areas for further telehealth intervention to improve the delivery of high-quality, patient-centered care during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Specifically, the Collaborative found that, overall, the evidence base for telehealth is [...]