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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Commonwealth Fund: How Primary Care Physicians Experience Telehealth According to a Commonwealth Fund survey of primary care physicians in 10 countries, telehealth platforms have been relatively easy to implement, and most clinicians are satisfied with the technology. In at least half the countries surveyed, including the U.S., most physicians said telehealth improved timeliness [...]
mHealth Intelligence: Preference for Future Telehealth Use Does Not Exceed That of In-Person Care Research published in the Practice of Medicine described that although telehealth gained a high level of approval and application throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, most users prefer to return to in-person care in the future, largely due to a lack [...]
Alma: Expanding Care with Teletherapy Alma, a digital health company, surveyed over 200 therapists and found that nearly 9 in 10 of its therapists want to be able to provide care across the country if their license enabled them to provide care nationwide. The survey also found 67 percent of therapists have already pursued or [...]