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Circulation: Telehealth: Lessons Learned From the Pandemic and Keys to Effective Research and Policy Design Telehealth and virtual care encompass a complex variety of services and technologies, spanning multiple specialties, disciplines, and populations. This complexity can help in establishing the guiding principles for the use of telehealth, after the resolution of the public health [...]

Hypertension: Changes in Blood Pressure Outcomes Among Hypertensive Individuals During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Time Series Analysis in Three US Health Care Organizations A study published in the Alliance for Connected Care’s advisory board member American Heart Association’s journal Hypertension found that the availability of telemedicine may have helped mitigate the rise in blood pressure [...]

Hypertension: Comparing Pharmacist-Led Telehealth Care and Clinic-Based Care for Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure: The Hyperlink 3 Pragmatic Cluster-Randomized Trial A study published in the Alliance for Connected Care advisory board member American Heart Association’s journal Hypertension found that telehealth care by pharmacists is an effective alternative to clinic-based care for managing high blood pressure. For the [...]

Cureus: Management of Obese Type 1 Diabetes Through Telemedicine During COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown: A Case Report  This report shows that lifestyle modification through telemedicine can immensely help in managing uncontrolled Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) with associated morbid obesity in lockdown situations, with the help of the diabetes educator. In this case, the [...]

Modern Healthcare: Telehealth didn't lead to unnecessary care in 2020, study says According to a study of 40.7 million commercially insured adults with acute clinical conditions published in JAMA Network Open, patients treated for most acute conditions via telehealth were as likely or slightly more likely to need a follow-up visit as those who sought in-person care to start. [...]