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International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews: Mental Healthcare Disparities in Low-Income U.S. Populations: Barriers, Policy Challenges, and Intervention Strategies

International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews: Mental Healthcare Disparities in Low-Income U.S. Populations: Barriers, Policy Challenges, and Intervention Strategies This paper reviewed barriers to mental health care access for low-income U.S. populations, examines policy shortcomings, and proposes intervention strategies to promote equitable mental health outcomes. The paper argues that expanding telehealth services removes [...]

pbrown2025-05-25T15:01:37-04:00March 12th, 2025|

JMIR Publications: Patient and Clinician Perspectives on the Effectiveness of Current Telemedicine Approaches in Endocrinology Care for Type 2 Diabetes

JMIR Publications: Patient and Clinician Perspectives on the Effectiveness of Current Telemedicine Approaches in Endocrinology Care for Type 2 Diabetes This qualitative study aimed to evaluate clinician and patient perspectives on the benefits and limitations of telemedicine care delivery for type 2 diabetes and views on ways to enhance telemedicine effectiveness type 2 diabetes [...]

pbrown2025-05-25T15:06:14-04:00March 11th, 2025|

Telehealth and Outpatient Utilization: Trends in Evaluation and Management Visits Among Medicare Fee-For-Service Beneficiaries, 2019-2024

medRxiv: Telehealth and Outpatient Utilization: Trends in Evaluation and Management Visits Among Medicare Fee-For-Service Beneficiaries, 2019-2024 Prior to the pandemic, telehealth accounted for just 0.1% of monthly E&M visits but surged to 41.0% in April 2020 before stabilizing between 5.7% and 7.0% in 2023-2024. The average monthly E&M visit rate per 1,000 FFS beneficiaries [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2025-03-11T11:27:32-04:00March 6th, 2025|

JAMA Network Open: Cross-State Travel for Cancer Care and Implications for Telehealth Reciprocity

JAMA Network Open: Cross-State Travel for Cancer Care and Implications for Telehealth Reciprocity In this cross-sectional study Medicare beneficiaries with cancer, approximately 7 percent of cancer care was delivered across state lines. Compared with urban-residing patients, isolated rural-residing patients were approximately two times more likely to cross state lines for surgical procedures, three times [...]

pbrown2025-05-25T14:31:08-04:00February 21st, 2025|

NEJM Catalyst: Closing Hypertension Equity Gaps Through Digitally Inclusive Remote Patient Monitoring

NEJM Catalyst: Closing Hypertension Equity Gaps Through Digitally Inclusive Remote Patient Monitoring Remote patient monitoring (RPM) has been shown to support adults with treated but uncontrolled hypertension (HTN) outside the clinic setting, yielding significant benefits in the treatment and control of blood pressure (BP). Despite its proven efficacy and recommendation as guideline-concordant care, adoption [...]

pbrown2025-05-25T14:36:29-04:00February 19th, 2025|

Goldwater Institute: The Doctor Is Out—States Are Blocking Your Access to Mental Health Care

Goldwater Institute: The Doctor Is Out—States Are Blocking Your Access to Mental Health Care Goldwater Institute released a report, which examined six states that allow out-of-state mental health practitioners to treat patients virtually, but to varying extents. As the report shows, allowing licensed practitioners to easily practice across state lines without requiring an in-state [...]

pbrown2025-05-25T14:34:54-04:00February 19th, 2025|

NEJM Catalyst: Community Tele-Paramedicine to Improve Telehealth Access for Underserved Populations

NEJM Catalyst: Community Tele-Paramedicine to Improve Telehealth Access for Underserved Populations NewYork-Presbyterian and the Weill Cornell Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine designed and implemented the Community Tele-Paramedicine program to increase access to robust telehealth services for medically underserved populations and reduce preventable emergency department visits and hospital admissions for patients living with multiple chronic [...]

pbrown2025-05-25T14:32:40-04:00February 19th, 2025|

JAMA Network Open: Disparities in Substance Use Disorder Telehealth Services

JAMA Network Open: Disparities in Substance Use Disorder Telehealth Services Telehealth has become a critical modality for substance use disorder treatment (SUDT) and focus of state and federal policy. This study examined telehealth’s association with changes in disparities in SUDT utilization across payers and rurality and found rural individuals experienced an 90 percent increase [...]

pbrown2025-05-25T14:43:37-04:00February 12th, 2025|

JAMA Network Open: Experiences of Telehealth Reimbursement Policies in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)

JAMA Network Open: Experiences of Telehealth Reimbursement Policies in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) In this qualitative study involving 56 interviews conducted at 6 FQHCs in New York, New York, between April 2022 and January 2024, participants described telehealth experiences, including factors impending or contributing to staff turnover, patient satisfaction, and financial sustainability within [...]

pbrown2025-05-25T14:41:50-04:00February 12th, 2025|

Association Between Telehealth Use and Downstream 30-Day Medicare Spending

medRxiv: Association Between Telehealth Use and Downstream 30-Day Medicare Spending The objective of this study was to investigate whether healthcare visits initiated by telehealth had higher or lower 30-day spending compared to in-person-initiated visits. The study compared the overall spending, rates of return visits, laboratory tests, and imaging procedures within 30 days for Medicare [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2025-03-11T11:29:46-04:00February 11th, 2025|

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