JAMA Health Forum: Characteristics of Mental Health Specialists Who Shifted Their Practice Entirely to Telemedicine While most mental health specialists have in-person and telemedicine visits, some have transitioned to fully virtual practice, perhaps for greater work-life flexibility (including avoiding commuting) and eliminating expenses of maintaining a physical clinic. This study found that, in 2022, 13.0 percent of mental health specialists serving commercially insured or Medicare Advantage enrollees had shifted to telemedicine only. A virtual-only practice allowing clinicians to work from home may be more attractive to female clinicians, who report spending more time on familial responsibilities, and those facing [...]

The New England Journal of Medicine: Wearable Digital Health Technologies for Monitoring in Cardiovascular Medicine This review article presents a three-part true-life clinical vignette hat illustrates how digital health technology can aid providers caring for patients with cardiovascular disease. Although the uses of remote patient monitoring may be broad and could include management of diabetes and other cardiometabolic conditions, this review focuses on the three most common cardiovascular conditions for which remote patient monitoring is used: hypertension, heart failure, and atrial fibrillation. The foundational elements of remote patient monitoring and wearable technologies are present in cardiovascular practice today and [...]

Cadence: 2023 Outcomes Report Alliance member, Cadence, released its 2023 Outcomes Report. Cadence’s RPM program saw: 2x increase in the number of hypertension patients at goal blood pressure 50 percent reduction in cost of care for hypertension patients 12x increase of patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction on all four pillars of GDMT 43 percent of type 2 diabetes patients achieved their blood glucose goal 63 percent reduction in the number of ambulance rides for patients 18 percent reduction in the number of emergency department visits for patients after 6 months of participation in the Cadence program

Annals of Internal Medicine: A New Equilibrium for Telemedicine: Prevalence of In-Person, Video-Based, and Telephone-Based Care in the Veterans Health Administration, 2019–2023 Though audio-only telehealth utilization has largely returned to pre-pandemic levels among veterans, video-based telehealth accounts for 11 percent to 12 percent of outpatient care, a 2,300 percent jump from pre-pandemic levels. Researchers examined in-person, audio-only, and video-based virtual visits across three periods: before the pandemic, that is, before March 11, 2020, during the pandemic from March 11, 2020, to May 10, 2023, and after the pandemic, that is, after May 11, 2023. The study shows that the [...]