mHealth Intelligence: Even Before COVID-19, Telehealth Supported Timely Access to Primary Care A new Emory Healthcare study reveals telehealth helped patients gain more timely access to primary care compared to the barriers associated with in-person office visits. The study results revealed that telephone-enabled care was higher than both video (56.6 percent) and in-person (46.5 percent) appointments. This [...]
Peterson-KFF: Outpatient telehealth use soared early in the COVID-19 pandemic but has since receded A recent brief by Kaiser Family Foundation found services delivered through telehealth may improve access for people with certain conditions. The analysis found that from March through August 2021, eight percent of all outpatient visits were conducted via telehealth, down from [...]
mHealth Intelligence: Remote Monitoring, Telehealth Use Linked to Tighter Blood Pressure Control According to a recent study, telehealth services, combined with remote patient monitoring, helped boost engagement and blood pressure control among stroke survivors living in under-resourced communities. The group that received care through the Telehealth After Stroke Care strategy had higher patient engagement rates, with [...]
Healthcare Finance News: Telehealth especially important in areas where mental health care is scarce A recent study found that when the nearest psychiatrist's office is dozens or even hundreds of miles away, a virtual connection may be enough to help people living with serious mental health conditions get effective care through their local primary care clinic. Most [...]
Health Leaders: Virtual Care Helps Improve Hypertension Management A study conducted by Stanford Medical found that hypertension patients who shifted from in-person care to virtual visits during the height of the pandemic were better able to manage their blood pressure. More than three-quarters of hypertension patients who accessed a virtual care platform during the pandemic saw [...]
JACC Heart Failure: Assessing Telehealth for the Outpatient Management of Heart Failure A recent study found that telehealth for outpatients with heart failure allowed for distanced encounters without increases in subsequent acute care or death. Researchers recommend using standardized assessments before outpatient visits to help triage patients with heart failure to telehealth or in-person visits. [...]
Fierce Healthcare: Rural residents face racial inequities in accessing hospital care, study finds. Telehealth, policy changes help close the gaps According to a recent study, rural residents who are Black, American Indian or Alaska Native are more likely to live further from a hospital than white rural residents. The researchers suggested multi-pronged approaches to equity, including [...]
WESA: Study shows rise in telemedicine during the pandemic eliminated a historic racial health gap A recent study from the University of Pennsylvania shows that the sharp rise in telemedicine appointments during the pandemic appears to have eliminated a historical racial health gap in appointment show rates between Black and white patients in a Philadelphia health system. [...]
Healthcare Dive: Omicron sent COVID-19 back into top telehealth claims in November According to the latest FAIR Health Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker, COVID-19 bounced back into the top five codes used in telehealth claims lines nationally in November after being absent from the list for two months. It ranked fifth as a percentage of claims as [...]
mHealth Intelligence: Telehealth Maintained Care Quality for Type 2 Diabetics During Pandemic A recent study found that using telehealth for type 2 diabetes care during the COVID-19 pandemic helped maintain quality of care and led to better health outcomes for patients, compared to those who only utilized in-person care. The study results showed that telehealth was effective [...]