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 [...]
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 [...]
Medical Device and Diagnostics Industry: Software Advice Reported that the Use of Technology is Often the Answer to More Efficient Patient Care A recent survey by Software advice compiled the experiences of adults who had visited a health care provider over the last three years with in-person visits, telemedicine, and the use of [...]
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 [...]
Cureus: Bridging the Gap in Graduate Medical Education: A Longitudinal Analysis of Medical and Fellowship Director Experiences in Telehealth This five-year longitudinal survey analysis found that the overall utilization of telehealth by graduate medical education (GME) programs has increased along with the continued need for training to prepare residents for current and future [...]
NEJM Catalyst: CareConnect: Adapting a Virtual Urgent Care Model to Provide Buprenorphine Transitional Care Medications for opioid use disorder (OUD) such as buprenorphine are the gold standard for treatment of OUD, but patients face many barriers accessing these medications. To address this gap, a team at Penn Medicine created CareConnect, which leveraged new [...]
Chartis Group: Telehealth Accounts for About Ten Percent of Outpatient Visits Data and analysis provided by the Chartis Group and Kythera Labs found that telehealth grew in popularity between 2020 and 2022, ultimately gaining the reputation of being considered a lasting option for health care delivery approaches. Most notably, telehealth accounts for 10 [...]
Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine: The Impact of Telehealth on Primary Care Physician Panel Sizes: A Modeling Study This study explores the potential for telehealth to significantly increase physician capacity by reducing nonvalue adding activities and patient no-shows. The study found that tele-visits reduce the nonvalue-added time physicians spend with [...]
JAMA Network Open: Association Between In-Person vs Telehealth Follow-up and Rates of Repeated Hospital Visits Among Patients Seen in the Emergency Department This cohort study evaluates whether the rates of emergency department (ED) return visits and hospitalization differ between patients who obtain in-person vs telehealth encounters for post-ED follow-up care. Telehealth follow-up visits [...]