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 [...]
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 [...]