American Journal of Managed Care: Health Systems and Telemedicine Adoption for Diabetes and Hypertension Care This study examines whether practice size and ownership were associated with more extensive adoption and maintenance of telemedicine for adults with diabetes and/or hypertension during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study found that solo physician [...]
JAMA Network Open: Estimated Indirect Cost Savings of Using Telehealth Among Nonelderly Patients With Cancer This economic evaluation of cost savings from completed telehealth visits in a single-institution National Cancer Institute-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center found that telehealth saves time, travel, and money for patients. The main outcome was estimated patient cost savings from [...]
JAMA Pediatrics: Telehealth Treatment of Behavior Problems in Young Children With Developmental Delay In this study, young children with developmental delay (DD) saw improvements in behavior after receiving treatment through telehealth. In this randomized clinical trial, behaviors and caregiving stress between child and caregiver were analyzed at preintervention, midtreatment, postintervention, and during 6-month [...]
Health Affairs: Telerehabilitation Has Potential, But More Research, Funding, And Advocacy Are Needed Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, CMS did not provide reimbursement for telehealth services for physical therapists. However, this reimbursement restriction was temporarily waived during the public health emergency related to the pandemic. The expanded Telehealth Access Act of 2021 (HR2168/S3193), [...]
Government Accountability Office (GAO): Federal Actions and Selected Non-Federal Practices to Facilitate Diversity of Patients The GAO released a report describing actions taken by federal agencies and non-federal cancer centers to facilitate enrollment of patients from diverse backgrounds in cancer clinical trials. The report found that the Departments of Health and Human Services [...]
Cureus: Patient Satisfaction with Medical and Social Concerns Addressed During Telemedicine Visits Assessing patient satisfaction with this mode of health care delivery is an important metric of success as it is broadly implemented across various settings. This study assesses patient satisfaction with the medical and social aspects of the care they receive via [...]
AJMC: Telemedicine Care Quality, Social Vulnerability Index Barriers Measured for Patients with Epilepsy Abstracts from the American Epilepsy Society annual meeting show that telemedicine is capable of meeting the needs of patients with epilepsy, and that the patient portal accessibility for patients experiencing high social vulnerability index needs further research. The survey asked [...]
Healio: Expanded Use of Telemedicine Allowed Broader Access to Care Should be Maintained A study conducted at Massachusetts Eye and Ear found that the COVID-19 pandemic expanded the use of telemedicine, promoting wider access and continuity of care, including for people who live farther away from tertiary eye centers. The study found that [...]
JAMA Ophthalmology: Longitudinal Use of Telehealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Utility of Asynchronous Testing for Subspecialty-Level Ophthalmic Care A quality improvement study published in JAMA Ophthalmology demonstrated the potential to enhance ophthalmic telehealth using asynchronous testing, which was effective in subspecialty-level care. The volume of in-person outpatient visits dropped by 83.3 percent across [...]
MD Linx: Caring for Out-of-State Patients When Telemedicine is Restricted During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers temporarily changed state laws to allow physicians without a license in a particular state to treat its residents via telemedicine. Between January and June of 2021, among Medicare beneficiaries, 57.2 percent of out-of-state telemedicine visits [...]