American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology: Assessing the Impact of Telehealth Implementation on Postpartum Outcomes for Black Birthing People The COVID-19 pandemic led to the rapid uptake of telemedicine services, which have been shown to be potentially cost-saving and of comparable quality to in-person care for certain populations. However, there are some concerns [...]
McKinsey & Co: Preparing Clinicians for the New Era of Telehealth According to a McKinsey & Co report, telehealth services have quickly become a popular and safe alternative to in-person appointments, with 46 percent of consumers using telehealth by May 2020 to replace canceled health care visits—up from 11 percent in 2019. In [...]
National Association for Behavioral Healthcare: Telehealth is Effectively Augmenting Traditional Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient Programs The National Association for Behavioral Healthcare (NABH) Education and Research Foundation and Manatt released an issue brief that highlights how telehealth services effectively augment traditional partial hospitalization programs (PHP) and intensive outpatient programs (IOP). Results from the [...]
Stroke: Telehealth Trials to Address Health Equity in Stroke Survivors A review, by researchers from UTHealth Houston, found various benefits of telehealth for a range of stroke complications. The researchers found that telehealth addresses barriers related to mobility challenges and special equipment needed to access clinic spaces by removing the need for transportation altogether. [...]
JAMA Health Forum: Mental Health Service Utilization Rates Among Commercially Insured Adults in the US During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic This study found that the weekly rate of in-person mental health service utilization decreased by more than 50 percent after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic but concurrent increases in [...]
Kaiser Family Foundation: Access and Coverage for Mental Health Care: Findings from the 2022 KFF Women’s Health Survey A Kaiser Family Foundation brief found that women were more likely than men to report needing mental health services in the past two years, but 40 percent did not seek treatment and 10 percent were [...]
Nature: Has Increased Telehealth Access During COVID-19 Led to Over-Utilization of Primary Care? Over two years into the pandemic, the question of whether telehealth will lead to an increase in primary care utilization and spending has been met with contradictory answers. One study sought to examine whether there was a change in primary care utilization [...]
Yale Daily News: Yale Researchers Explore Potential Benefits and Risks of Telehealth A paper by Yale professors analyzed the potential opportunities and pitfalls of telehealth, and also provided suggestions for promoting high-quality, equitable and ethical use of it. The study analyzed three ethical considerations: distributive justice, unintended consequences, and autonomy versus beneficence. Among the benefits [...]
Patient Experience Journal: Patient Satisfaction with Telemedicine About Equal to In-Person Visits A study published in Patient Experience Journal found that patients were just as satisfied with telemedicine visits as in-person appointments during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study reviewed 307,185 patient surveys by the Mayo Clinic and found no significant differences in patient ratings of [...]