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 [...]
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 [...]
JAMA Network Open: Telemedicine Use and Quality of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment in the US During the COVID-19 Pandemic A study found that there were no significant differences in telemedicine and in-person opioid use disorder (OUD) care. This cohort study analyzed patients with OUD with commercial insurance or Medicare Advantage coverage. Results of [...]
Stroke: Telehealth Trials to Address Health Equity in Stroke Survivors A review, by researchers from UTHealth Houston, found various benefits of telehealth for a range of stroke complications. The researchers found that telehealth addresses barriers related to mobility challenges and special equipment needed to access clinic spaces by removing the need for transportation altogether. [...]
JAMA Network Open: Trends and Characteristics of Buprenorphine-Involved Overdose Deaths Prior to and During the COVID-19 Pandemic This study found that eased rules permitting doctors to prescribe buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder through telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t result in a rise in the share of overdose deaths involving the drug. The report, from [...]