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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
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE): Understanding the Optimal Balance of Using Telehealth and In-person Services to Support Adults with Serious Mental Illness and Children
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE): Understanding the Optimal Balance of Using Telehealth and In-person Services to Support Adults with Serious Mental Illness and Children ASPE published a data brief, which examined access to and use of tele-mental health services among individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) and children with serious emotional disturbance (SED) and behavioral health consumer and provider perceptions of the optimal balance of telehealth and in-person services for people with SMI and SED. Behavioral health systems and policymakers can provide practical guidance to providers on how to choose between these modalities of care, can incentivize [...]
iHealth Labs: Study Shows Active Participation in iHealth’s Unified Care Program Results Improved Health Outcomes for Patients with Stage 2 Hypertension
iHealth Labs: Study Shows Active Participation in iHealth’s Unified Care Program Results Improved Health Outcomes for Patients with Stage 2 Hypertension iHealth Labs, a digital health management provider, presented a study at the American Heart Association which examined the effectiveness of a digital health program to improve blood pressure (BP) in patients with stage 2 hypertension. The study was conducted in partnership with researchers from the UC Irvine Institute for Future Health and the Stanford Prevention Research Center. The study found patients had a steady reduction of BP levels over the 24-month study period, with the most significant improvement [...]
Drug and Alcohol Dependence: Patient and Provider Experiences with Opioid Use Disorder Care Delivered Via Telehealth
Drug and Alcohol Dependence: Patient and Provider Experiences with Opioid Use Disorder Care Delivered Via Telehealth Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and loosening of some opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment regulations in the U.S., there has been a rapid rise in the use of telehealth for buprenorphine induction, maintenance, and counseling (tele-bupe). Patients and providers hold generally positive views of tele-bupe and most support its continued use in some form, citing multiple benefits, including accessibility and convenience. Patients and providers differed in how they thought telehealth affects the clinical relationship, with providers expressing more concern about rapport-building [...]
JAMA Psychiatry: Trends in Outpatient Psychotherapy Among Adults in the US
JAMA Psychiatry: Trends in Outpatient Psychotherapy Among Adults in the US In this cross-sectional study, significant psychotherapy increases occurred for adults with mild or moderate but not serious distress, younger but not older adults, females but not males, college educated but not less than college educated adults, individuals with higher but not lower family incomes, and privately insured but not publicly insured or uninsured persons. In 2021, individuals who had a higher income, were employed, and were college educated had significantly higher teletherapy use than their counterparts. These findings suggest that recent increases in psychotherapy use, which coincided with [...]
Discover Medicine: Patient and Family Caregiver Perceptions of Telehealth in Oncology
Discover Medicine: Patient and Family Caregiver Perceptions of Telehealth in Oncology With the onset of the COVID pandemic the use of electronic tools, including telehealth, increased out of necessity. The goal of this scoping review was to identify perceptions of benefits and limitations of the use of telehealth among cancer patients and their family caregivers. Findings suggest that a hybrid approach might be best depending on the care needed while also benefit from cost-savings and convenience when feasible. Future research must consider the caregiver perspective more intentionally in understanding experiences of telehealth given implications for work. Additional research is also [...]