Physician Survey Claims Data Analysis COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition: Telehealth Impact Study: Patient Survey Executive Summary Telehealth use, which surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, has provided a way for patients to continue to receive care while remaining safe in their homes. To explore patients’ experiences with telehealth, the COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition [...]
Transition to Telehealth Physical Therapy After Hip Arthroscopy for Femoroacetabular Impingement A pilot study conducted by Intermountain Healthcare finds that telehealth can potentially replace in-person visits for post-operative physical therapy. Background: Telehealth use has increased significantly of late. However, outside of total hip and knee arthroplasty, there is minimal evidence regarding its efficacy in orthopaedics and postoperative [...]
Diabetes management among underserved older adults through telemedicine and community health workers A systematic review was performed to determine the impact of telemedicine and community health worker (CHW) interventions for improving A1c levels and self-management behaviors among underserved older adults with diabetes mellitus. The review found that diabetes self-management education (DSME) administered through telemedicine and [...]
Trends in Use of Telehealth Among Health Centers During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, June 26–November 6, 2020 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Trends in Use of Telehealth Among Health Centers During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, June 26–November 6, 2020 What is added by this report? During June 26–November 6, [...]
Claims Data Analysis Patient Survey TELEHEALTH Impact Study: Physician Survey Telehealth use, which surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, has provided a way for physicians to provide care while keeping patients safe in their homes. These services also protected healthcare staff and safeguarded resources such as personal protective equipment (PPE). To [...]
A new study comparing urgent pediatric otolaryngology services through telehealth between March and May 2020 to in-person visits during the same time period in 2019 found that telehealth was able to successfully provide access to services, even for the most vulnerable populations.
Study: Black patients more likely than white patients to use telehealth because of pandemic The Pew Research Center conducted the survey of more than 10,000 people from March 19 through March 24 of this year, asking whether participants "used the internet or email to connect with doctors or other medical professionals as a result of the coronavirus [...]
A new study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine found that providers using a virtual care platform with real-time access to their own prescribing statistics as well as practice-wide statistics reduced their prescribing rates, which would reduce the estimated 2.8 million antibiotic-resistant infections that occur each year in the U.S. View more and purchase [...]
ASPE ISSUE BRIEF: MEDICARE BENEFICIARY USE OF TELEHEALTH VISITS: EARLY DATA FROM THE START OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC This ASPE issue brief examines changes in Medicare fee-for-service primary care visits and use of telehealth at the start of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). This brief seeks to address the issue of how and whether [...]
KEY POINTS Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) in-person visits for primary care fell precipitously in mid-March at the start of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), and began to rise again in mid-April through May. Nearly half (43.5%) of Medicare primary care visits were provided via telehealth in April, compared with less than one percent before the [...]