CirrusMD: 7 statistics on how women have used telehealth during the pandemic According to a survey conducted by CirrusMD, women were more inclined to use telemedicine than men during the pandemic. Additionally, most women found telemedicine care comparable to in-person appointments, and would use telehealth in between routine appointments. The survey demonstrates that telemedicine is [...]
PYMNTS: Digital Healthcare Use Surged 2.9% in December 2021 on Fears of Omicron According to a survey conducted by PYMNTS, 2.1 million more consumers accessed health care products and services online in December 2021 than they did just one month earlier. Additionally, 2.8 million fewer consumers attended in-person medical appointments in December than in November. [...]
mHealth Intelligence: Telehealth Use Among Medical Groups Peaked in First Half of 2020 According to the 2021 Medical Group Telehealth Survey by AMGA, telehealth utilization peaked in the first half of 2020 and decreased as the year came to a close, with providers predicting that virtual care use would continue to decline in upcoming years. Telehealth utilization [...]
Forbes: As Telehealth Rises Due To Covid-19, Doctors’ Influence Wanes, New Survey Shows According to a survey conducted by Oliver Wyman, telehealth is now a common feature of many Americans’ health care experience. More than one-third of survey respondents said they’d had a video visit with a health care provider at some point during the pandemic—triple the [...]
mHealth Intelligence: How Telehealth Will Continue its Evolution Beyond Pandemic Response A survey conducted by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHiME) found about 26 percent of organizations, including acute, ambulatory and post-acute care facilities, reported that more than a quarter of their patients had used telehealth as compared with the 32 percent of organizations that [...]
Kaspersky: Nine out of ten healthcare organizations provide telehealth services, yet almost half face patients’ mistrust towards privacy New global research from Kaspersky reveals that 91% of medical organizations have already implemented telehealth capabilities, with 44% starting to use them after the pandemic. At the same time, 52% of respondents have experienced cases where patients [...]
GoodRx Health: The State of Telehealth, According to Healthcare Providers and Patients GoodRx Research surveyed over 1,000 patients and over 600 providers during August and September 2021 about their telehealth experiences. In the survey, both providers and consumers said that they valued telehealth and planned to use it in the future. Key takeaways: Consumers enjoy [...]
National Association of Community Health Centers: Health Centers Benefit from Pandemic-Era Medicaid Flexibilities As part of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act passed last March, states began receiving a 6.2% bump to the federal Medicaid match rate. In exchange for the higher federal funding, states are not allowed to disenroll any beneficiaries from Medicaid during [...]
Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF): 2021 Employer Health Benefits Survey The Kaiser Family Foundation released the 2021 Employer Health Benefits Survey, finding that premiums on employer-sponsored plans rose 4% this year and found significant changes in the provision of telehealth and mental health services by employers. Among firms with at least 50 workers that offer health benefits, [...]
NIH National Library of Medicine: Initiating Opioid Use Disorder Medication via Telemedicine During COVID-19: Implications for Proposed Reforms to the Ryan Haight Act The Ryan Haight Act generally requires a clinician to conduct an in-person visit before prescribing an opioid use disorder (OUD) medication. During the COVID-19 pandemic, beginning March 16, 2020, the requirement was [...]