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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society: Telehealth Availability and Use Among Beneficiaries in Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage This cross-sectional study examined differences in telehealth availability and use between traditional Medicare (TM) and Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries. The study found that, despite lower telehealth use, MA beneficiaries had comparable or higher rates of technology [...]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Percentage of Adult Day Services Center That Use Any Telehealth In 2022, 46 percent of U.S. adult day services centers used any telehealth tools. Approximately one half of centers in the Northeast and West used any telehealth, compared with approximately one third of centers in the Midwest [...]

The American Surgeon: Telemedicine in Acute Trauma Care This review examines articles with quantitative assessment of telemedicine’s impact in acute trauma care. The review found that telemedicine appeared to be preferentially used for more severely injured patients. Telemedicine may help abbreviate pre-transfer length of stay.

JAMIA Open: Telemedicine Appointments Are More Likely to be Completed Than In-Person Healthcare Appointments This study found that telemedicine appointments are more likely to be completed than in-person care appointments, regardless of demographics, comorbidity, payment type, or distance. The percentage of completed telemedicine appointments were associated with 64 percent higher odds of completion than [...]

Journal of General Internal Medicine: Unveiling the Adoption and Barriers of Telemedicine in US Hospitals Telemedicine has emerged as a vital healthcare delivery model, especially pronounced during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to investigate the trend in telemedicine adoption across hospitals from 2017 to 2022. The study found that telemedicine encounters saw a [...]