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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. [...]

mHealth Intelligence: Telehealth Helped Maintain Type 1 Diabetes Care Among Kids During Pandemic A study published in BMC Pediatrics found that the utilization of telehealth devices, such as continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), helped providers continue to care for children with type 1 diabetes as the COVID-19 pandemic upended health care delivery. Between 2019 and 2020, outpatient visits decreased among [...]

mHealth Intelligence: Home-Based Remote Patient Monitoring Yields Highly Accurate BP Readings A study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine found that home-based blood pressure (BP) measurements were more reliable and accurate than those taken in clinics or kiosks. The results of the study showed a high level of accuracy in the systolic BP measurement of [...]

Rheumatology Advisor: Telemedicine Can Enhance Quality of Care for Patients in Rheumatology if Barriers Are Overcome Telemedicine is particularly valuable for people living with rheumatic conditions because these patients are at potentially elevated risk for worse COVID-19 outcomes due to comorbidities and the use of immunosuppressive drugs such as glucocorticoids and biologics that heighten risk [...]

mHealth Intelligence: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Patients Report Satisfaction With Telehealth During Pandemic According to a study published in the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, about 42 percent of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients received care related to their condition via telehealth, and a majority (77 percent) reported they were satisfied with the virtual care. Results showed that far [...]

Health Leaders: Virtual Care Helps Improve Hypertension Management A study conducted by Stanford Medical found that hypertension patients who shifted from in-person care to virtual visits during the height of the pandemic were better able to manage their blood pressure. More than three-quarters of hypertension patients who accessed a virtual care platform during the pandemic saw [...]