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Journal of Primary Care & Community Health: Shifting Patterns in Primary Care Telehealth Utilization Among Medicare Beneficiaries and Providers

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health: Shifting Patterns in Primary Care Telehealth Utilization Among Medicare Beneficiaries and Providers This study examined primary care patient sociodemographic characteristics, telehealth utilization patterns, and provider adoptions before and during the pandemic. Among 201 677 Medicare beneficiaries accessing primary care, 1364 used telehealth before the pandemic, compared to 73 994 [...]

pbrown2025-05-26T14:40:27-04:00April 12th, 2025|

RAND Health Quarterly: Telehealth Visits in Health Centers Serving Low-Income Patients in California: Final Results from the Connected Care Accelerator Initiative (2022–2024)

RAND Health Quarterly: Telehealth Visits in Health Centers Serving Low-Income Patients in California: Final Results from the Connected Care Accelerator Initiative (2022–2024) This study examined the impact of the Connected Care Accelerator (CCA) program, which supports health centers in implementing telehealth for low-income patients in California. Specifically, the study detailed how telehealth use by [...]

pbrown2025-05-25T14:56:16-04:00March 17th, 2025|

Rock Health: AI is in the Doctor’s Bag – And Primary Care is Ready to Use It

Rock Health: AI is in the Doctor’s Bag - And Primary Care is Ready to Use It Primary care is often mentioned as one of healthcare’s top areas for artificial intelligence (AI) transformation. Primary care relies on managing health risks that contribute to a swath of conditions, each with their own complex guidelines—and doing [...]

pbrown2025-05-25T14:28:37-04:00February 24th, 2025|

JAMA Network Open: National Telehealth Contingency Staffing Program and Primary Care Quality in the VHA

JAMA Network Open: National Telehealth Contingency Staffing Program and Primary Care Quality in the VHA The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) launched the Clinical Resource Hub (CRH), a national telehealth contingency staffing program, to address primary care staffing shortages and improve veteran access to primary care. The study found veterans receiving primary care services through [...]

pbrown2025-05-05T15:50:01-04:00January 7th, 2025|

JAMA Network: Primary Care–Based Digital Health–Enabled Stroke Management Intervention

JAMA Network: Primary Care–Based Digital Health–Enabled Stroke Management Intervention In this long-term follow-up of a cluster randomized clinical trial, the 1-year intervention was associated with significantly reduced systolic BP and stroke recurrence at 5.5 years, providing evidence of long-term health and inequity-reducing benefits and holding promise for scaling up of the intervention in resource-limited [...]

pbrown2025-05-04T20:11:36-04:00December 13th, 2024|

JAMA Health Forum: Health Care Utilization With Telemedicine and In-Person Visits in Pediatric Primary Care

JAMA Health Forum: Health Care Utilization With Telemedicine and In-Person Visits in Pediatric Primary Care In this cohort study, compared with in-person visits, telemedicine visits were associated with less prescribing and ordering, modestly higher rates of in-person visits, and slightly more ED visits. The findings suggest that primary health care delivery that uses telemedicine [...]

pbrown2025-05-04T19:56:19-04:00November 22nd, 2024|

JAMA Network Open: Primary Care Practice Telehealth Use and Low-Value Care Services

JAMA Network Open: Primary Care Practice Telehealth Use and Low-Value Care Services In this cohort study of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries who received care from primary care practices in Michigan, some low-value care services (i.e., cervical cancer screening among women older than 65 years and low-value thyroid testing) were lower among practices with high telehealth [...]

pbrown2025-05-04T19:48:11-04:00November 7th, 2024|

BMC Primary Care: Primary Care Patients at Risk for Suicide in Mental Health Treatment

BMC Primary Care: Primary Care Patients at Risk for Suicide in Mental Health Treatment This study identified barriers and facilitators to engagement in mental health services among primary care patients at risk for suicide to inform the development of strategies to increase engagement. The most identified barriers to mental health care engagement were waitlists, [...]

pbrown2025-05-04T19:26:01-04:00October 16th, 2024|

Academic Pediatrics: Social Determinants Pediatric Primary Care Telehealth and In-Office Visits During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic

Academic Pediatrics: Social Determinants Pediatric Primary Care Telehealth and In-Office Visits During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic In this retrospective cohort study of children -17 years across 16 sites within Nationwide Children’s Hospital Primary Care Network from March 22nd-July 31st, 2020, researchers compared visit type (in-person vs. telehealth), demographics, presence of individual social needs, and community [...]

pbrown2025-04-06T20:42:08-04:00August 26th, 2024|

Journal of General Internal Medicine: Telemedicine Experiences and Care Needs of Mandarin-Speaking Patients with Limited English Proficiency

Journal of General Internal Medicine: Telemedicine Experiences and Care Needs of Mandarin-Speaking Patients with Limited English Proficiency Kaiser Permanente researchers conducted a study to understand why patients with a primary language other than English are less likely to use telemedicine visits. The qualitative study involved interviews with 20 Mandarin-speaking patients who had used telemedicine [...]

pbrown2025-04-06T19:43:17-04:00August 13th, 2024|

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