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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. [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2025-04-06T19:11:16-04:00July 21st, 2024|

JAMIA Open: Telemedicine Appointments Are More Likely to be Completed Than In-Person Healthcare Appointments

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 [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2025-04-06T18:35:45-04:00July 13th, 2024|

Journal of General Internal Medicine: Unveiling the Adoption and Barriers of Telemedicine in US Hospitals

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 [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2025-04-06T18:46:16-04:00July 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 [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2025-04-06T18:48:07-04:00July 9th, 2024|

JU Open Plus: Telehealth in Urology Beyond COVID-19

JU Open Plus: Telehealth in Urology Beyond COVID-19 Implementation of telehealth accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we move toward the post-COVID-19 era, clinical practice has demonstrated a need for updated policies and quality improvement to solidify the role of telehealth in the urology care setting. The American Urological Association (AUA) Workforce Workgroup and [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2025-04-06T18:26:39-04:00June 1st, 2024|

Cureus: The Impact of Telemedicine and Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) on Health Care Delivery: A Comprehensive Evaluation

Cureus: The Impact of Telemedicine and Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) on Health Care Delivery: A Comprehensive Evaluation This study aimed to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the impact of these technologies on healthcare delivery, focusing on patient outcomes, economic parameters, and overall satisfaction. The study found savings in health care costs, improved accessibility to [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2024-09-05T15:31:42-04:00March 4th, 2024|

MedPAC: June 2023 Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC): June 2023 Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System MedPAC released its June 2023 report to Congress, which includes 10 chapters, including the mandated report to Congress on telehealth in Medicare. As mandated by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, the Commission presents data on the use of [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2023-11-27T16:23:47-04:00June 15th, 2023|

Overall and Telehealth Addiction Treatment Utilization by Age, Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status in California After COVID-19 Policy Changes

JAMA Health Forum: Overall and Telehealth Addiction Treatment Utilization by Age, Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status in California After COVID-19 Policy Changes This cohort study found that disparities in addiction treatment utilization were not exacerbated following expansion of telehealth during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers examined whether there were differences [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2023-06-05T15:53:42-04:00May 19th, 2023|

Telemedicine Use by Age in Louisiana Medicaid During COVID-19

Journal of Medical Internet Research: Telemedicine Use by Age in Louisiana Medicaid During COVID-19 This claims-based longitudinal analysis found that Medicaid beneficiaries between the ages of 50 and 64 had higher telehealth claims during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to those aged 18 to 34. In April 2020, the 50 to 64 age group [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2023-06-05T15:29:50-04:00May 15th, 2023|

A Report on Patient Experience of Care

Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network: A Report on Patient Experience of Care In this retrospective study, researchers found that cancer patients who use telemedicine report better experiences than cancer patients treated in person. Researchers evaluated patients with solid tumors or hematologic malignancies who were treated at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa. [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2023-06-05T15:27:50-04:00May 15th, 2023|

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