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medRxiv: Telehealth and Outpatient Utilization: Trends in Evaluation and Management Visits Among Medicare Fee-For-Service Beneficiaries, 2019-2024 Prior to the pandemic, telehealth accounted for just 0.1% of monthly E&M visits but surged to 41.0% in April 2020 before stabilizing between 5.7% and 7.0% in 2023-2024. The average monthly E&M visit rate per 1,000 FFS beneficiaries [...]

NEJM Catalyst: Community Tele-Paramedicine to Improve Telehealth Access for Underserved Populations NewYork-Presbyterian and the Weill Cornell Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine designed and implemented the Community Tele-Paramedicine program to increase access to robust telehealth services for medically underserved populations and reduce preventable emergency department visits and hospital admissions for patients living with multiple chronic [...]

medRxiv: Association Between Telehealth Use and Downstream 30-Day Medicare Spending The objective of this study was to investigate whether healthcare visits initiated by telehealth had higher or lower 30-day spending compared to in-person-initiated visits. The study compared the overall spending, rates of return visits, laboratory tests, and imaging procedures within 30 days for Medicare [...]

Nature Research Intelligence: Several Virtual Care Studies The Nature Research Intelligence released several topic summaries on virtual care including: Appointment Non-Attendance in Outpatient Health Care Settings – This summary reviewed the impact of telehealth on appointment adherence and found telehealth showed promise in reducing no-show rates. Tele-Audiology and Hearing Healthcare During the COVID-19 Pandemic [...]

Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI): 2024 State of Digital Health Purchasing PHTI, in partnership with NORC at the University of Chicago, released a survey showing that spending on digital health increased rapidly over the past two years. Purchasers—including health plans, employers, and health systems, plan to continue to grow their spending on digital health [...]