Healio: Telemedicine could significantly reduce costs for ID patients Findings from a study conducted at one infectious disease clinic suggest that telemedicine consultation for infectious diseases could significantly reduce patient and environmental costs. In addition to those benefits, the researchers found that most patients were willing to try telemedicine. The researchers highlighted that reimbursement and [...]
Primary Care Development Corporation: Getting Beyond Parity: Telehealth as a Best Practice in Health Equity Many opportunities exist with telehealth, from expanding the provider pool for patients to reducing stigma associated with presenting for in-person care. These opportunities must be approached strategically if they are to result in meaningful improvements in eliminating health disparities. The [...]
Epic Share: Expanding Telehealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic According to a recent report, New York City-based NYU Langone Health made sweeping expansions to its telehealth program during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in an increase of urgent video visits by nearly 700 percent and nonurgent video visits by more than 4,300 percent between March 2 and [...]
mHealth Intelligence: Parents, Patients Prefer Telehealth, In-Person Combo for Asthma Care A recent study by UC Davis Health found that young adult patients and parents of pediatric patients appreciated the convenience of using telehealth for asthma care but found in-person care to be more effective in certain circumstances. Patients who had a different primary language were less [...]
Annals of Family Medicine: Family Caregivers’ Experiences With Telehealth During COVID-19: Insights From Michigan A recent study involving family caregivers in Michigan aimed to understand the benefits and barriers to telemedicine visits for older adults from the perspective of the caregiver. The study found that caregivers viewed the perceived benefits of telehealth to be increased [...]
Fierce Healthcare: Cigna Study – Virtual care can reduce unnecessary ER, urgent care visits by 19 percent According to a new study by Cigna, integrating virtual care can save the health care system significant amounts of money and avoid unnecessary visits to the emergency department or urgent care centers. The study found that patients who saw virtual [...]
mHealth Intelligence: ASCO Releases Standards on Using Telehealth for Cancer Care The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) released a series of standards and guidelines on employing virtual care in the oncology setting. The use of telehealth in cancer care increased during the pandemic. As such, ASCO identified the need for detailed oncology-based telehealth standards to ensure [...]
Tufts News: Telehealth Might Be Best as a Supplement to Office Visits, Not a Replacement A new study by Tufts researchers found that, for many older and chronically ill patients, telehealth appointments may be most effective when they augment in-person health care visits rather than fully replacing them. Patients of color disproportionately suffer from chronic kidney [...]
Becker’s Hospital Review: Telehealth increased Black patients’ follow-up visits, study shows According to a study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, the adoption of telehealth in the beginning of the pandemic led to an increase in Black patients’ completion rates for follow-up visits after hospitalizations. The study found that Black patients’ follow-up completion rates went from 52 [...]
American Medical Association: Three key insights to understand telehealth’s value, and its future The American Medical Association (AMA), in collaboration with Manatt Health, developed the “Return on Health” framework to help organizations realize the value of virtual care beyond the dollars and cents. The framework consists of six value streams that demonstrate ways virtual care [...]