AARP: Interest in Telehealth Holds Steady Two Years Into Pandemic According to a recent AARP report, nearly one in three adults (32 percent) age 50 or older are either extremely or very interested in telehealth services, for themselves or a loved one. The survey found greater interest in telehealth services among nonwhite populations, including 45 percent [...]
Parkinson’s News Today: Patients Prefer Telehealth Over Visits in Person for Certain Services A recent survey published in Movement Disorders found that telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic were perceived to be a good alternative to in-person health care appointments among people with Parkinson’s disease. Respondents said telehealth reduced travel, was more convenient, was suitable for follow-up appointments, and [...]
Globe Newswire: SmileDirectClub Survey Reveals Growing Popularity and Acceptance of Telehealth A recent survey by SmileDirectClub found that consumers want telehealth services to continue following the accelerated adoption of telehealth during the pandemic. Nearly eight in 10 people (77 percent) had a neutral to positive experience, and more than half of respondents (59 percent) agreed [...]
American Medical Association: AMA Survey Shows Widespread Enthusiasm For Telehealth A survey by the American Medical Association (AMA) found that 85 percent of physicians now use telehealth and 70 percent plan to continue using virtual services after the pandemic. However, only eight percent of physicians currently use remote patient monitoring. The survey also found that more than [...]
HIT Consultant: Telemedicine-Supported Medication-Assisted Treatment Should Remain Available After Pandemic According to a survey conducted by Bicycle Health, 100 percent of patients believe that telemedicine-supported Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) should remain available even after the pandemic comes to an end. Patients reported affordability as the biggest barrier to joining an opioid recovery program, as well as [...]
A window into how doctors are using telehealth—and where there’s room for improvement A recent survey by Optum found that the top-used health care services conducted via telehealth were primary care (54 percent), prescription refills (26 percent), and chronic care (16 percent). While telehealth enables providers and patients to have a direct line to each other, it [...]
Fierce Healthcare: HIMSS 2022: Health systems see virtual care companies as biggest competitive threat: report A report from The Chartis Group that was released at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Global Conference in Orlando found that while many hospitals and health systems have ramped up their investments in digital technologies, most provider organizations are [...]
Fierce Healthcare: Optum survey: Providers see telehealth as convenient, but frustrations remain A recent survey by Optum found that while providers often find telehealth as convenient as their patients do, a number of frustrations with virtual care linger. The survey highlighted that 58 percent of providers were concerned with the quality of care they can provide in [...]
PYMTS: Digital, Flexible Payment Plans Key to Expanded Behavioral Healthcare Access A recent PYMTS survey found that three in five patients who interacted with a behavioral health practitioner in the last year did so digitally — a share that significantly outpaces the shares of patients digitally accessing any other type of health care. Financing remains a [...]
McKnights Long-Term Care News: Telemedicine helped nursing home residents avoid ER visits, research finds Findings published in the Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine found that skilled nursing facilities (SNF) were able to limit emergency room visits after implementing a more robust telemedicine program. The study was part of an effort to determine if telemedicine services could provide [...]