JAMA Network: Racial and Ethnic and Rural Variations in the Use of Hybrid Prenatal Care in the US This study found that while the use of hybrid prenatal care (i.e., telehealth and in-person visits) increased among Black and Hispanic groups, rural communities still lag behind urban populations in uptake. Nationally, Black and Hispanic individuals [...]
ASPE: Trends in In-Person and Telehealth-Involved Controlled Medication Initiations Among Adults with Private Insurance This data brief presents trends in the initiations of selected, frequently prescribed controlled medications among individuals with private health insurance coverage. Results show that the majority of privately insured individuals received their initial controlled medication prescriptions without telehealth involvement, throughout [...]
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE): Understanding the Optimal Balance of Using Telehealth and In-person Services to Support Adults with Serious Mental Illness and Children ASPE published a data brief, which examined access to and use of tele-mental health services among individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) and children with serious emotional disturbance [...]
iHealth Labs: Study Shows Active Participation in iHealth’s Unified Care Program Results Improved Health Outcomes for Patients with Stage 2 Hypertension iHealth Labs, a digital health management provider, presented a study at the American Heart Association which examined the effectiveness of a digital health program to improve blood pressure (BP) in patients with stage [...]
Drug and Alcohol Dependence: Patient and Provider Experiences with Opioid Use Disorder Care Delivered Via Telehealth Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and loosening of some opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment regulations in the U.S., there has been a rapid rise in the use of telehealth for buprenorphine induction, maintenance, and counseling (tele-bupe). [...]
JAMA Psychiatry: Trends in Outpatient Psychotherapy Among Adults in the US In this cross-sectional study, significant psychotherapy increases occurred for adults with mild or moderate but not serious distress, younger but not older adults, females but not males, college educated but not less than college educated adults, individuals with higher but not lower family [...]
Discover Medicine: Patient and Family Caregiver Perceptions of Telehealth in Oncology With the onset of the COVID pandemic the use of electronic tools, including telehealth, increased out of necessity. The goal of this scoping review was to identify perceptions of benefits and limitations of the use of telehealth among cancer patients and their family [...]
Telemedicine and e-Health: The Association Between Telehealth Use During Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder and Clinical Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study Patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) represent a high-risk population due to increased rates of adverse health outcomes and death. In this retrospective cohort study within the Veterans Health Administration, telehealth use [...]
JAMA Health Forum: Health Care Utilization With Telemedicine and In-Person Visits in Pediatric Primary Care In this cohort study, compared with in-person visits, telemedicine visits were associated with less prescribing and ordering, modestly higher rates of in-person visits, and slightly more ED visits. The findings suggest that primary health care delivery that uses telemedicine [...]
Center for Connected Health Policy: State Telehealth Laws and Medicaid Program Policies