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
Telemedicine and e-Health: The Association Between Telehealth Use During Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder and Clinical Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Telemedicine and e-Health: The Association Between Telehealth Use During Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder and Clinical Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study Patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) represent a high-risk population due to increased rates of adverse health outcomes and death. In this retrospective cohort study within the Veterans Health Administration, telehealth use compared with in-person visits only was associated with reduced ED visits, inpatient admissions, and mortality. During buprenorphine treatment for OUD, telehealth as a point of contact with providers and the health care system may reduce more adverse health outcomes, potentially through improving treatment retention. [...]
JAMA Health Forum: Health Care Utilization With Telemedicine and In-Person Visits in Pediatric Primary Care
JAMA Health Forum: Health Care Utilization With Telemedicine and In-Person Visits in Pediatric Primary Care In this cohort study, compared with in-person visits, telemedicine visits were associated with less prescribing and ordering, modestly higher rates of in-person visits, and slightly more ED visits. The findings suggest that primary health care delivery that uses telemedicine appears to be meeting patients’ pediatric primary care needs.
Center for Connected Health Policy: State Telehealth Laws and Medicaid Program Policies
Center for Connected Health Policy: State Telehealth Laws and Medicaid Program Policies
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION (DEA) RELEASES THIRD EXTENSION, ENSURING CERTAINTY AND ACCESS TO PATIENTS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT Chris Adamec; cadamec@connectwithcare.org DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION (DEA) RELEASES THIRD EXTENSION, ENSURING CERTAINTY AND ACCESS TO PATIENTS November 15, 2024 WASHINGTON DC – The Alliance for Connected Care applauds the third temporary extension of controlled substance prescribing via telemedicine rulemaking by the DEA. This one-year extension is an important step to ensure predictable access for patients, as requested by the Alliance for Connected Care and more than 300 other organizations earlier this year. “We are pleased to see the DEA act to ensure patient care is not interrupted next month,” said Chris Adamec, executive director of [...]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Telemedicine Use Among Adults With and Without Diagnosed Prediabetes or Diabetes
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Telemedicine Use Among Adults With and Without Diagnosed Prediabetes or Diabetes The CDC released a study which found that, telemedicine was used by approximately half of US adults diagnosed with prediabetes or diabetes in 2021, with a noticeable decrease in use in 2022. In 2021 and 2022, telemedicine use prevalence was 34.1% and 28.2% among adults without diagnosed diabetes or prediabetes, 47.6% and 37.6% among adults with prediabetes, and 52.8% and 39.4% among adults with diabetes, respectively. Findings suggest that telemedicine use can be improved among select populations with prediabetes or diabetes. [...]