AARP: Interest in Telehealth Services is Holding Steady Interest in using telehealth services is holding steady, with about one-third of U.S. adults age 50-plus reporting they are extremely or very interested in using telehealth services for themselves or for a loved one, a figure that is essentially unchanged since April 2020.
Medscape: Telemedicine in Cancer Care: Not All Patients Can Access Newly released study findings demonstrated that despite the increased use in telemedicine among patients across more than 20 cancer types, inequities in its usage remain. The largest disparity in telemedicine use was in people based on socioeconomic status —10.6% of patients living in the lowest socioeconomic status [...]
American Society of Hematology: Expanding telehealth possibilities: Performing virtual frailty exams in the home A new study finds that frailty assessments are both feasible and safe when conducted virtually, increasing health care access for older adults with blood cancers. This is the first study to measure the effectiveness of a telehealth-based frailty assessment that incorporates both patient-reported and [...]
JAMA Pediatrics: Association of Race and Socioeconomic Disadvantage with Missed Telemedicine Visits for Pediatric Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic A study in JAMA Pediatrics revealed that a patient’s level of economic disadvantage was associated with missed telehealth appointments among pediatric patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Higher probability of economic disadvantage was associated with higher no-show rates for [...]
News Wise: CHOP Researchers Affirm Effectiveness of Telehealth for Majority of Child Neurology Visits Researchers from the Epilepsy Neurogenetics Initiative (ENGIN) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that the majority of child neurology visits can be effectively conducted via telemedicine, however younger children and those with neuromuscular disorders tend to require in-person evaluations. These [...]
Fierce Healthcare: Rural patients have a digital connection but want a human one, too A new report from Phreesia Life Sciences surveyed adult patients in urban/suburban, and rural areas to get a better understanding of how rural versus urban patients engage with the internet when it comes to health information. The study found there was only a [...]
Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare: The impact of telehealth applications on pregnancy outcomes and costs in high-risk pregnancy This study, which aimed to examine the impact of telehealth applications on pregnancy outcomes and costs in high-risk pregnancies, found that telehealth can be safe and effective when it comes to managing high-risk pregnancies. The researchers found that [...]
Rock Health: Startup innovation for underserved groups: 2021 digital health consumer adoption insights Rock Health released its 2021 Digital Health Consumer Adoption Survey, which sheds light on where digital health solutions are gaining traction across different demographic groups and where gaps still remain. The survey found that digital health adoption gaps persisted in rural communities, [...]
Bioengineering: Telehealth and Burn Care: From Faxes to Augmented Reality Telemedicine in burn care remains diverse, with varied outcomes in accuracy and efficiency. Newer technologies such as augmented reality have not been extensively studied or implemented but show promise in immersive, real-time triage. This study reviews the various modes of telemedicine in burn care and summarize relevant [...]
Managed Healthcare Executive: Pandemic Surge in Telehealth Did Not Worsen Healthcare Disparity: Johns Hopkins researchers Findings reported in this month’s Health Affairs show high use of telehealth in disadvantaged neighborhoods among beneficiaries after Medicare restrictions on telehealth were waived. Sanuja Bose and other researchers at Johns Hopkins found that after CMS waived telehealth restrictions in March [...]