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 [...]
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 [...]
NEJM Catalyst: Decarbonizing Health Care: Measuring Carbon Footprint Impact of a National VA Telehealth Program Health care systems are increasingly recognizing the environmental harms generated by medical care and are seeking to reduce their carbon footprints. This study examined the Advanced Comprehensive Diabetes Care, an evidence-based telehealth program for diabetes patients in the U.S. [...]
Peterson Center on Healthcare: Evolving Remote Monitoring: An Evidence-Based Approach to Coverage and Payment The report synthesizes previous PHTI evaluations and provides policy recommendations. Despite some coverage focusing on specific aspects of the report, it has both recommendations for guardrails as well as recommendations to enhance reimbursement in some situations. [...]