The Permanente Journal: The Impact of Digital Health Solutions on Bridging the Health Care Gap in Rural Areas

The Permanente Journal: The Impact of Digital Health Solutions on Bridging the Health Care Gap in Rural Areas Digital health tools can improve health care access and outcomes for individuals with limited access to health care, particularly those residing in rural areas. This review highlighted advantages and barriers of digital health interventions in rural [...]

2025-04-06T20:21:27-04:00August 13th, 2024|

Harvard Review of Psychiatry: Finding Our Lanes: A Roadmap for Collaboration Between Academic Medical Centers and Behavioral Telehealth Companies

Harvard Review of Psychiatry: Finding Our Lanes: A Roadmap for Collaboration Between Academic Medical Centers and Behavioral Telehealth Companies Outpatient mental health care in the United States is delivered by an uncoordinated patchwork of public and private entities that struggle to effectively differentiate the care they provide. The authors review the current landscape of [...]

2025-04-06T18:42:21-04:00July 11th, 2024|

JU Open Plus: Telehealth in Urology Beyond COVID-19

JU Open Plus: Telehealth in Urology Beyond COVID-19 Implementation of telehealth accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we move toward the post-COVID-19 era, clinical practice has demonstrated a need for updated policies and quality improvement to solidify the role of telehealth in the urology care setting. The American Urological Association (AUA) Workforce Workgroup and [...]

2025-04-06T18:26:39-04:00June 1st, 2024|

Elevance Health: Virtual Health Care is Convenient, Accessible, and Recommended by Friends and Family

Elevance Health: Virtual Health Care is Convenient, Accessible, and Recommended by Friends and Family A survey commissioned by Elevance Health found that virtual care is seen as convenient and accessible, especially for those unable to visit a doctor in person for many reasons including lack of transportation or childcare, working several jobs, or a [...]

2024-09-05T15:36:02-04:00February 27th, 2024|

MDH Study Shows Potential for More Accessible Health Care Through Telehealth

Minnesota Department of Health (MDH): MDH Study Shows Potential for More Accessible Health Care Through Telehealth A study by MDH highlights the potential for telehealth to make care more accessible while providing similar levels of service to traditional, in-person ways of delivering care. The report, which focus on Minnesotans with private health insurance coverage, [...]

2023-11-27T16:22:22-04:00June 1st, 2023|

Telehealth Perceptions Vary Among Black Veterans with Chronic Pain

mHealth Intelligence: Telehealth Perceptions Vary Among Black Veterans with Chronic Pain  Researchers from the Regenstrief Institute and the US Department of Veterans Affairs described telehealth perceptions among Black Veterans with chronic pain, which included both positive and negative experiences and views. Through qualitative interviews, researchers found that a few patients identified positive experiences with telehealth early in [...]

2023-06-05T15:30:41-04:00May 11th, 2023|

Updated National Survey Trends in Telehealth Utilization and Modality

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE): Updated National Survey Trends in Telehealth Utilization and Modality This report updates prior findings on national trends of telehealth use through an analysis using the Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey data from April 2021 through August 2022. Compared to earlier periods in the pandemic, [...]

2023-04-25T11:37:48-04:00April 20th, 2023|

Performance Measures for Physicians Providing Clinical Care Using Telemedicine: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians

Annals of Internal Medicine: Performance Measures for Physicians Providing Clinical Care Using Telemedicine: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians  The American College of Physicians (ACP) published a policy paper which details new recommendations to ensure that measures developed to gauge telemedicine services are evidence-based, methodologically sound and clinically meaningful. The focus of this paper [...]

2023-04-25T11:36:25-04:00April 18th, 2023|

Changes in In-Person, Audio-Only, and Video Visits in California’s Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), 2019-2022

JAMA Network: Changes in In-Person, Audio-Only, and Video Visits in California’s Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), 2019-2022  A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that audio-only telehealth continued to be used at higher rates than video visits in safety net clinics in California. Prior to March 2020, FQHCs rarely received reimbursement for [...]

2023-04-25T11:30:38-04:00April 11th, 2023|

Increasing Access to a Diverse Mental Health Workforce Through Emergency Reciprocity Licensure

Journal of Medical Regulation: Increasing Access to a Diverse Mental Health Workforce Through Emergency Reciprocity Licensure New Jersey's COVID-19 Temporary Emergency Reciprocity Licensure Program provided temporary licenses to more than 31,000 out-of-state health care practitioners, over a quarter of whom were mental health providers. As the need for mental health care accelerated during [...]

2023-06-05T15:08:42-04:00April 6th, 2023|
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