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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|

Journal of General Internal Medicine: Patterns of Telemedicine Use in Primary Care for People with Dementia in the Post-Pandemic Period

Journal of General Internal Medicine: Patterns of Telemedicine Use in Primary Care for People with Dementia in the Post-Pandemic Period There was a large increase in telemedicine among people with dementia in the post-pandemic period at primary care sites. Those with longer drives to clinic and the oldest patients were most likely to use [...]

pbrown2025-04-06T19:04:13-04:00July 24th, 2024|

BMC Primary Care: Telemedicine in Primary Care of Older Adults

BMC Primary Care: Telemedicine in Primary Care of Older Adults This study found that telemedicine was beneficial for people with limited mobility, reducing their exposure to potentially high-risk environments. Health care professionals reported that most older adults did not consider a phone consultation as a medical act. Older adults were open to a hybrid approach, [...]

pbrown2025-04-06T18:30:01-04:00July 17th, 2024|

Journal of General Internal Medicine: Impact of a Remote Primary Care Telehealth Staffing Model on Primary Care Access in the Veterans Health Administration

Journal of General Internal Medicine: Impact of a Remote Primary Care Telehealth Staffing Model on Primary Care Access in the Veterans Health Administration The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) implemented the Clinical Resource Hub (CRH) program to fill staffing gaps in primary care (PC) clinics via telemedicine and maintain veterans’ health care access. This study [...]

pbrown2025-03-05T16:03:30-04:00June 12th, 2024|

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