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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Diagnosis, Treatment, and Telehealth Use in Adults

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Diagnosis, Treatment, and Telehealth Use in Adults In 2023, an estimated 15.5 million U.S. adults had an ADHD diagnosis, approximately one half of whom received their diagnosis in adulthood. Approximately one third of adults with ADHD take stimulant medication; 71.5 percent had difficulty filling their prescription [...]

pbrown2025-05-04T19:20:12-04:00October 10th, 2024|

FAIR Health: Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker

FAIR Health: Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker FAIR Health found that in June, telehealth utilization increased nationally and in the West, Northeast and South, but decreased in the Midwest. Nationally, telehealth claim lines rose from 4.82% of medical claim lines in May to 4.89% in June, an increase of 1.5%. In terms of mental health [...]

pbrown2025-04-06T20:49:03-04:00September 16th, 2024|

Health Affairs: Telehealth Delivery By Physician And Practice Characteristics

Health Affairs: Telehealth Delivery By Physician And Practice Characteristics Researchers from Cornell examined 2022 Medicare fee-for-service claims to understand how physician characteristics impacted telehealth use. Researchers found that female physicians, primary care physicians, psychiatrists, and physicians in nonrural practices delivered relatively higher proportions of visits via telehealth. Overall, 23 percent of psychiatrists delivered all [...]

pbrown2025-04-06T20:39:33-04:00September 3rd, 2024|

Nature Digital Medicine: Closing the Gap: Addressing Telehealth Disparities Across Specialties in the Sustained Pandemic Era

Nature Digital Medicine: Closing the Gap: Addressing Telehealth Disparities Across Specialties in the Sustained Pandemic Era Telehealth has surged as a viable solution to reduce no-shows and improve health care accessibility, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, telehealth disparities and its long-term efficacy across various medical specialties remain understudied. This retrospective analysis examined telehealth use and [...]

pbrown2025-04-06T19:38:29-04:00August 21st, 2024|

Psychotherapy Research: Cohort Study of Engagement in Telehealth Psychotherapy versus In-Person Services

Psychotherapy Research: Cohort Study of Engagement in Telehealth Psychotherapy versus In-Person Services This study aimed to compare patient engagement in in-person versus telehealth services in outpatient psychotherapy for mood and anxiety disorders. The study found a 26% increase in the total number of individual psychotherapy sessions attended when the clinics transitioned to telehealth services. [...]

pbrown2025-04-06T19:11:16-04:00July 21st, 2024|

Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology: A Comparison of Telehealth and In-Person Therapy for Youth Anxiety Disorders

Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology: A Comparison of Telehealth and In-Person Therapy for Youth Anxiety Disorders This study examined outcomes for youth with anxiety disorders treated via telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic and youth treated via in-person therapy prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The study found that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) both [...]

pbrown2025-04-06T18:38:46-04:00July 12th, 2024|

Harvard Review of Psychiatry: Finding Our Lanes: A Roadmap for Collaboration Between Academic Medical Centers and Behavioral Telehealth Companies

Harvard Review of Psychiatry: Finding Our Lanes: A Roadmap for Collaboration Between Academic Medical Centers and Behavioral Telehealth Companies Outpatient mental health care in the United States is delivered by an uncoordinated patchwork of public and private entities that struggle to effectively differentiate the care they provide. The authors review the current landscape of [...]

pbrown2025-04-06T18:42:21-04:00July 11th, 2024|

JAMA Network Open: Telehealth Availability for Mental Health Care During and After the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

JAMA Network Open: Telehealth Availability for Mental Health Care During and After the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency This cohort study of 1001 mental health treatment facilities (MHTFs) found a small decline in MHTFs offering telehealth subsequent to the end of the PHE and found larger declines in availability of audio-only telehealth services and care [...]

pbrown2025-04-06T18:44:26-04:00July 10th, 2024|

JAMA Network Open: Predeductible Coverage and Receipt of Telemental Health Visits

JAMA Network Open: Predeductible Coverage and Receipt of Telemental Health Visits This study found that when patients were required to pay out of pocket for telehealth visits, they had substantially fewer telemental health visits, and a larger fraction stopped seeing their mental health specialists. These findings imply that the expiration of the predeductible telehealth [...]

pbrown2025-04-06T18:48:07-04:00July 9th, 2024|

FAIR Health: Nationally and in Every Region, Mental Health Conditions Remained the Top Telehealth Diagnostic Category

FAIR Health: Nationally and in Every Region, Mental Health Conditions Remained the Top Telehealth Diagnostic Category According to FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker, medical claim lines associated with telehealth fell from 4.79 percent in February to 4.73 percent in March, a decrease of 1.3 percent. Nationally and in every region, mental health conditions [...]

pbrown2025-03-05T15:52:32-04:00June 17th, 2024|

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