Our Members
The Alliance for Connected Care aims to:
Demonstrate the importance of Connected Care as a tool for improved quality and efficiency.
Build significant and high-level support for Connected Care among leaders in Congress and the Administration.
Enable more telehealth to support new models of care.
Lift geographic and site restrictions for telehealth in Medicare.
Establish a consensus-based, standardized definition of Connected Care to advance with policymakers.
Alliance News
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners: Implementing Pediatric Telemental Health Care has Both Advantages and Challenges
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners: Implementing Pediatric Telemental Health Care has Both Advantages and Challenges Implementing telemental health services in the pediatric primary care setting can help address the growing need for children’s mental health care. However, there are not enough pediatric mental health providers available to address all of the needs of this vulnerable population. Additionally, disparities such as lack of adequate technology or a language barrier may make it more difficult for some patients to benefit from telemental health services.
New England Journal of Medicine: Key Issues as Wearable Digital Health Technologies Enter Clinical Care
New England Journal of Medicine: Key Issues as Wearable Digital Health Technologies Enter Clinical Care Wearable digital health technologies (DHTs) offer the potential to affect health care by making behavioral and physiological patterns in daily life outside the clinic visible to patients and medical professionals. The evidentiary basis for the broad clinical effect of wearable DHTs in these areas is in its infancy, but there is potential for real-world medical benefits. Well-designed longitudinal trials will show which of these transformative aims can be realized.
Alliance Statement – Correcting the Record for House Ways & Means Hearing on Care in the Home
Correcting the Record on Telehealth March 2024 During the March 12 House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Expanding Access to Care at Home in Rural and Underserved Communities, a number of already disproven myths about telehealth were publicly repeated. While broader understanding of the benefits and use of telehealth have come a long way, these outdated misconceptions continue to undermine policymaking and must be corrected. Importantly, the Alliance and its members believe that an in-person visit requirement is never the right guardrail for a telehealth service – because these requirements harm patients with access challenges, such those who [...]
JAMA Network Open: Telehealth Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder During Pregnancy
JAMA Network Open: Telehealth Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder During Pregnancy Research found that a majority of pregnant people remained engaged in telehealth-enabled opioid use disorder (OUD) care, with most carrying to term. The researchers conducted a cohort study assessing the efficacy of a low-barrier, multistate, telehealth-based addiction treatment program in the US. They used EHR data to identify pregnant patients, 18 and over, diagnosed with OUD and receiving buprenorphine or buprenorphine and naloxone treatment between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2022. The study also showed that patients who became pregnant once established in care through telehealth were [...]
JAMA Network Open: Antibiotic Receipt for Pediatric Telemedicine Visits With Primary Care vs Direct-to-Consumer Vendors
JAMA Network Open: Antibiotic Receipt for Pediatric Telemedicine Visits With Primary Care vs Direct-to-Consumer Vendors Research from the University of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) found that telemedicine visits conducted for children with primary care providers (PCPs) are associated with fewer antibiotic prescriptions than telemedicine visits with virtual-only direct-to-consumer (DTC) companies. The findings highlight the importance of supporting integrated telemedicine within the primary care setting and the potential challenges and limitations of delivering virtual-only acute care to children. Find the UPMC press release here.