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Study of 36.5M people reveals huge jump in pandemic telehealth use

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A cohort study of more than 36 million people in the United States found a dramatic increase in telehealth use during the first four months of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the first four months of the pandemic, telehealth visits accounted for 23.6% of contacts in 2019. of all interactions – compared with 0.3%

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CareCloud CEO predicts what's around the corner for telehealth

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By now, it's become a truism that telehealth use saw an enormous jump in 2020 , spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic and enabled by the relaxation of federal regulations. What's less certain, however, is what that utilization will look like in the future, particularly as the end of the public health emergency looms.

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Female physicians more likely to adopt telehealth early

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"Some physicians may have been nimbler than others in making the transition [to telehealth], potentially influencing patients' experience of physician access and availability," wrote the research team. 1, 2019, and Dec. Early adopters (those who adopted telehealth during the week of March 15). WHY IT MATTERS.

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CDC: Telehealth visits more than doubled in March 2020

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Friday found a 154% increase in telehealth visits during the last week of March 2020, compared with the same time period in 2019. Using de-identified patient data from Amwell, Teladoc Health, MDLive and Doctor On Demand, the CDC found that about 1.6 " WHY IT MATTERS.

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Pandemic era telehealth grew most in wealthy and metro areas, RAND study shows

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Telehealth experienced sudden and massive growth starting a year ago, but it didn't happen everywhere. For the report, RAND researchers examined insurance claims from more than six million people with employer-based health insurance in 2019 and 2020. " THE LARGER TREND.

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VA working with Apple to broaden telehealth access for veterans

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Department of Veterans Affairs says it's collaborating with Apple to boost the availability of telehealth services for veterans across the U.S. The program connects qualifying veterans with iPads, helping 50,000 of them more easily take part in telehealth services and access other VA virtual healthcare services.

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Vast majority of specialists increased use of telehealth tech during COVID-19 pandemic

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The report, from data and analytics company GlobalData, found that fewer than half of the cardiology, gastroenterology, pulmonology and respiratory specialists surveyed were using telehealth before the pandemic. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.