Studies & Surveys2022-11-16T18:45:44-04:00

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Alliance Board Member Led Study

MedStar Health, Stanford Health Care, Intermountain Healthcare
This AHRQ-funded study analyzed more than four million primary care encounters from MedStar Health, Stanford Health Care, and Intermountain Healthcare through the end of 2021 and found little change in health care utilization as telehealth became widely accessed. Results indicate that telehealth availability does not result in additional primary care visits. In addition, telehealth serves as a substitute for certain in-person encounters.

Medicare Telehealth Analysis

Alliance for Connected Care
A 2019-2021 Medicare claims data analysis commissioned by Alliance for Connected Care and compiled by an independent researcher showed two major findings – first, that there is no evidence of telehealth adding to the total volume of Medicare services, and two, that there is no evidence that patients initiating care through telehealth had a higher need for follow-up visits than patients seeking in-person care – meaning that the care was equally effective.

Studies

Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI): Virtual Solutions for Depression and Anxiety

Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI): Virtual Solutions for Depression and Anxiety

The Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI) released its report on virtual solutions for depression and anxiety that include on-demand, digital content and activities used on their own or in combination with therapy and medication. PHTI found virtual mental health tools demonstrated clinically meaningful reductions in […]

National Academy for State Health Policy: States’ Use of Telehealth to Support Children with Chronic and Complex Needs

National Academy for State Health Policy: States’ Use of Telehealth to Support Children with Chronic and Complex Needs

Approximately 20 percent of all children and youth in the U.S. have chronic and complex needs, including physical, mental, and behavioral health conditions. Telehealth has been a critical tool to improving access to care for children with chronic and complex […]

JAMA Network: Remote Symptom Monitoring With Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Cancer Populations

JAMA Network: Remote Symptom Monitoring With Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Cancer Populations

In this nonrandomized controlled trial, hospitalizations were 19% and 13% lower among patients receiving RSM at 3 and 6 months, respectively. This nonrandomized controlled trial found that RSM implementation was associated with reduced risk of hospitalizations for patients with cancer, supporting the need to expand […]

Journal of Palliative Medicine: Expanding Access to Palliative Care via Telehealth

Journal of Palliative Medicine: Expanding Access to Palliative Care via Telehealth

Telehealth models are one way to improve access to specialty palliative care (SPC) among advanced cancer patients living in underserved communities. Telehealth delivery models have the potential to connect underserved communities with SPC, but it is crucial to incorporate feedback from site clinicians to tailor the intervention […]

Frontiers: Evaluating the Implementation of a Community Engaged Telehealth Based Intervention for the Unhoused

Frontiers: Evaluating the Implementation of a Community Engaged Telehealth Based Intervention for the Unhoused

Unhoused individuals experience numerous barriers to health care access and higher morbidity and mortality rates than housed individuals. In collaboration with community-based organizations (CBOs) and health care profession learners, researchers developed a program involving in-person and telehealth visits at a CBO clinic and via […]

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Surveys

PR Newswire: Overweight and Obesity Entered the National Top Five Telehealth Diagnostic Categories in February 2025

PR Newswire: Overweight and Obesity Entered the National Top Five Telehealth Diagnostic Categories in February 2025

Overweight and obesity entered the national top five telehealth diagnostic categories in February 2025 in fourth position, according to FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker. At the national level, this diagnostic category accounted for 1.9 percent of patients with a telehealth claim. […]

FAIR Health: Monthly Telehealth Regional

FAIR Health: Monthly Telehealth Regional

In the sixth year of reporting on the evolution of telehealth, FAIR Health found mental health conditions constituted the top diagnostic category nationally and in every region. This category accounted for 58.5 percent of patients with a telehealth claim nationally. The percentage of patients with a telehealth claim increased nationally, rising from 14.5 percent in December […]

Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science: Enhancing Psychiatric Care Delivery: Assessing Telehealth Patient Experience in Psychiatric Intensive and Outpatient Programs in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science: Enhancing Psychiatric Care Delivery: Assessing Telehealth Patient Experience in Psychiatric Intensive and Outpatient Programs in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

According to a survey of psychiatric care patients from four hospitals within a primary health system, most patients described telehealth as a convenient treatment approach and said they received the same quality of […]

Morningstar: In December, Telehealth Utilization Increased Nationally and in Every Region Except the West, Where It Decreased

Morningstar: In December, Telehealth Utilization Increased Nationally and in Every Region Except the West, Where It Decreased

According to FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker, telehealth utilization in December 2024 increased nationally and in every region except the West, where it decreased. Nationally, telehealth claim lines increased from 4.82 percent of medical claim lines to 5.04 percent, a 4.5 […]

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