Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI): Virtual Solutions for Depression and Anxiety The Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI) released its report on virtual solutions for depression and anxiety that include on-demand, digital content and activities used on their own or in combination with therapy and medication. PHTI found virtual mental health tools demonstrated clinically meaningful [...]
National Academy for State Health Policy: States’ Use of Telehealth to Support Children with Chronic and Complex Needs Approximately 20 percent of all children and youth in the U.S. have chronic and complex needs, including physical, mental, and behavioral health conditions. Telehealth has been a critical tool to improving access to care for children [...]
PR Newswire: Overweight and Obesity Entered the National Top Five Telehealth Diagnostic Categories in February 2025 Overweight and obesity entered the national top five telehealth diagnostic categories in February 2025 in fourth position, according to FAIR Health's Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker. At the national level, this diagnostic category accounted for 1.9 percent of patients [...]
JAMA Network: Remote Symptom Monitoring With Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Cancer Populations In this nonrandomized controlled trial, hospitalizations were 19% and 13% lower among patients receiving RSM at 3 and 6 months, respectively. This nonrandomized controlled trial found that RSM implementation was associated with reduced risk of hospitalizations for patients with cancer, supporting [...]
Journal of Palliative Medicine: Expanding Access to Palliative Care via Telehealth Telehealth models are one way to improve access to specialty palliative care (SPC) among advanced cancer patients living in underserved communities. Telehealth delivery models have the potential to connect underserved communities with SPC, but it is crucial to incorporate feedback from site clinicians [...]
Frontiers: Evaluating the Implementation of a Community Engaged Telehealth Based Intervention for the Unhoused Unhoused individuals experience numerous barriers to health care access and higher morbidity and mortality rates than housed individuals. In collaboration with community-based organizations (CBOs) and health care profession learners, researchers developed a program involving in-person and telehealth visits at a [...]
American Journal of Managed Care: Effect of Remote Patient Monitoring on Stage 2 Hypertension Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is increasingly being utilized in clinical practice to reduce blood pressure in patients with hypertension. RPM depends on home readings by patients electronically transmitted to clinicians and includes automated alerts for excessive abnormal readings. A cohort [...]
Telemedicine and e-Health: Utilization of Outpatient Tele-Mental Health Services In this population-based cohort study, researchers analyzed the impact of COVID-19 on outpatient mental health utilization patterns, particularly telehealth. Telehealth visits rose from 0.5 percent in January 2020 to 55 percent in April 2020, decreasing to 18 percent by December 2021. Regression analysis showed that [...]
American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC): Impact of Telemedicine Use on Outpatient-Related Co2 Emissions The US health care system contributes to approximately 9 percent of domestic US greenhouse gas emissions, exacerbating climate change. By substituting for in-person visits, telemedicine may represent a means of emission avoidance. Researchers estimated between 4,075,065 and 7,489,486 kg of [...]
Department of Veterans Affairs: Veteran Satisfaction and Trust in VA Telehealth Continues to Rise More Veterans are turning to VA telehealth for their care due to its convenience, accessibility and ability to provide tailored care. According to data from the first half of the fiscal year, 91.8 percent of Veterans who have used telehealth [...]