American Medical Association: Survey shows video telehealth’s broad reach 6 months into pandemic The AMA Physician Practice Benchmark Survey—which focuses on practice arrangements and payment methodologies of post-residency physicians found that telehealth use by physicians skyrocketed from 25 percent in 2018 to almost 80 percent in 2020. Furthermore, almost 85 percent of psychiatrists connected with the [...]
Healthcare Dive: Hospital telehealth leveling off at one-fifth of medical appointments, research finds A new survey from KLAS Research and the Center for Connected Medicine found that the use of telehealth for patient visits seems to have leveled off at 20 percent or fewer of all appointments. Over 80 percent of hospital executive respondents to the survey, [...]
Business Group on Health: 2022 Large Employers’ Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey The 2022 Large Employers’ Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey asked large employers about changes they made to their health care programs and benefits in 2021, while looking ahead to 2022. The results reflect the perspectives and plan designs of [...]
Experian Health: The state of patient access 2.0 Experian Health surveyed consumers over 18 years of age who received care services over the past 12 months. Results find that patients are growing more confident and comfortable with digital and virtual tools for accessing healthcare services. In November, 37% expressed concerns about the tools compared to 29% in [...]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Household Pulse Survey According to the latest data from the latest data from the Census Bureau’s Household Pulse “near real-time” survey in partnership with HHS, telehealth usage dropped at the end of July and beginning of August, yet remains significantly above pre-pandemic levels. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/covid19/pulse/telemedicine-use.htm
JAMA: Factors Associated With Use of and Satisfaction With Telehealth by Adults in Rural Virginia During the COVID-19 Pandemic In a survey of nearly 300 participants in primarily rural Virginia counties found that roughly 80 percent were comfortable communicating with clinicians using telehealth, and 80 percent also said they would use telehealth again. Satisfaction among [...]
Bipartisan Policy Center and Social Sciences Research Solutions (SSRS): New Survey: Virtual Care Could Keep Low-Acuity Cases Out of Emergency Department The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) released findings from a national survey conducted by the Social Sciences Research Solutions (SSRS) on the uses of telehealth during the pandemic, along with its effectiveness and challenges. SSRS spoke with [...]
Harris Poll: Neurocrine Biosciences – The Harris Poll Telehealth Survey Results The Harris Poll conducted an online survey of 2,589 U.S. adults ages 18 and older within the United States from June 29 to July 2, 2021, finding that 87 percent of respondents reported high telehealth patient satisfaction rates during the pandemic. However, 82 percent [...]
National Library of Medicine: Telehealth was Beneficial during COVID-19 for Older Americans: A Qualitative Study with Physicians – Interviews with physician from September to November 2020 identified five major telehealth themes: (1) telehealth uptake was rapid and iterative, (2) telehealth improved the safety of medical care, (3) use cases were specialty-specific (for geriatricians and primary care [...]
Deloitte: 2021 Connectivity and Mobile Trends Survey Deloitte's latest survey of more than 2,000 individuals found widespread satisfaction with telehealth — with some reservations. Eighty-two percent of respondents who went on a virtual visit said they were satisfied with the experience; respondents liked the ease of getting appointments and reduced risk of catching coronavirus. In [...]