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 [...]
Journal of the American College of Surgeons: Demographic Disparities in Telemedicine Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic This study looked at racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in telemedicine compared with in-person surgical consultation during the pandemic and found demographic disparities in the use of in-person versus virtual health consultations. Key findings included that Black patients relied on [...]
mHealth Intelligence: Audio-Only Remote Patient Monitoring Boosts Access for Black Patients According to a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, remote patient monitoring programs that offered telehealth-based, audio-only monitoring in addition to application-based programs could help to reduce barriers to care, particularly for Black and low-income individuals. Researchers implemented a remote patient monitoring program for [...]
mHealth Intelligence: Hispanic, Asian Cancer Patients Used Telehealth Less Than White Peers According to a new study, a glaring divide exists in telehealth use between white cancer patients and those who are racial minorities. The study examined patterns of outpatient oncology care and telemedicine use among all cancer patients within the University of California San Diego [...]