COVID-19 pandemic Archives - Alliance for Connected Care

Journal of Health Organization and Management: Association Between Telehealth Service Utilization and Health Care Services During the Pandemic

Journal of Health Organization and Management: Association Between Telehealth Service Utilization and Health Care Services During the Pandemic This study aimed to investigate the association between telehealth service utilization and health care services during the pandemic. The study found that national telehealth utilization rate was 43 percent. Additionally, delay in seeking medical care and [...]

pbrown2025-05-26T14:38:41-04:00April 14th, 2025|

Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science: Enhancing Psychiatric Care Delivery: Assessing Telehealth Patient Experience in Psychiatric Intensive and Outpatient Programs in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science: Enhancing Psychiatric Care Delivery: Assessing Telehealth Patient Experience in Psychiatric Intensive and Outpatient Programs in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic According to a survey of psychiatric care patients from four hospitals within a primary health system, most patients described telehealth as a convenient treatment approach and said [...]

pbrown2025-05-25T14:53:26-04:00March 17th, 2025|

SSM – Population Health: The Impact of Increased Telehealth Use on the Treatment of Substance Use Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic

SSM - Population Health: The Impact of Increased Telehealth Use on the Treatment of Substance Use Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic This retrospective study utilized electronic health record data to examine the impact of telehealth (TH) on substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, namely medications for SUD prescribing, drug-related events, and mental health crises. The [...]

pbrown2025-05-25T14:58:00-04:00March 14th, 2025|

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE): Trends in Medicaid and CHIP Telehealth

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE): Trends in Medicaid and CHIP Telehealth ASPE released a report, which examined national trends in telehealth service delivery to enrollees ages 0-18 years from 2019 to 2021, by enrollee characteristics such as age group and race and ethnicity. Services delivered via telehealth to pediatric [...]

pbrown2025-05-05T15:58:46-04:00January 17th, 2025|

JAMA Network: Interstate Telemedicine in the Courtroom – Response and Reply

JAMA Network: Interstate Telemedicine in the Courtroom – Response and Reply Barak Richman, a professor at the Duke Law School, published a viewpoint analysis in August urging for state medical boards to permanently adopt the pandemic flexibilities that supported interstate telemedicine. Charles Kels, senior attorney at the Department of Homeland Security, published a response, [...]

pbrown2025-05-05T15:44:50-04:00January 8th, 2025|

ASPE: Medicaid Behavioral Health Providers Delivering Most Behavioral Health Services via Telehealth

ASPE: Medicaid Behavioral Health Providers Delivering Most Behavioral Health Services via Telehealth ASPE released a study, which examined the extent to which Medicaid providers who deliver behavioral health services shifted their practices to mostly tele-behavioral health services during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study found that the proportion of providers who delivered more than 80% [...]

pbrown2025-05-05T15:25:46-04:00January 3rd, 2025|

ASPE: Use of Medicare-Covered Telerehabilitation for PT/OT/SLP Services during the COVID-19 PHE

ASPE: Use of Medicare-Covered Telerehabilitation for PT/OT/SLP Services during the COVID-19 PHE ASPE released a study, which examined the extent therapist practices and nursing homes adopted telehealth services for physical therapy (PT), occupational therapy (OT), and speech-language pathology (SLP); explored the major challenges and facilitators in adopting telerehabilitation services, and whether these services were [...]

pbrown2025-05-05T15:28:09-04:00December 18th, 2024|

ASPE: Trends in In-Person and Telehealth-Involved Controlled Medication Initiations Among Adults with Private Insurance

ASPE: Trends in In-Person and Telehealth-Involved Controlled Medication Initiations Among Adults with Private Insurance This data brief presents trends in the initiations of selected, frequently prescribed controlled medications among individuals with private health insurance coverage. Results show that the majority of privately insured individuals received their initial controlled medication prescriptions without telehealth involvement, throughout [...]

pbrown2025-05-04T20:07:09-04:00December 6th, 2024|

Drug and Alcohol Dependence: Patient and Provider Experiences with Opioid Use Disorder Care Delivered Via Telehealth

Drug and Alcohol Dependence: Patient and Provider Experiences with Opioid Use Disorder Care Delivered Via Telehealth Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and loosening of some opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment regulations in the U.S., there has been a rapid rise in the use of telehealth for buprenorphine induction, maintenance, and counseling (tele-bupe). [...]

pbrown2025-05-04T20:24:08-04:00December 4th, 2024|

Journal of Medical Internet Research: Statistical Analysis of Telehealth Use and Pre- and Postpandemic Insurance Coverage in Selected Health Care Specialties

Journal of Medical Internet Research: Statistical Analysis of Telehealth Use and Pre- and Postpandemic Insurance Coverage in Selected Health Care Specialties This study analyzed telehealth use across specialties in Arkansas before and after the pandemic (2017-2022) using data from electronic medical records from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Medical Center. The study [...]

pbrown2025-05-04T19:41:30-04:00October 18th, 2024|

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