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Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

Health Populi

The use of telehealth visits grew from 4% of older people having ever used virtual platforms by May 2019, to 30% of older patients using telehealth in June 2020. Among these visits, 76% were with a primary care provider, 32% with a specialty care provider, and 18% with a mental health provider, the study found.

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Achieving the Vision of Healthcare’s Future

Healthcare IT Today

AdvancedMD is a cloud-based service merging an EHR with a health care management solution, and has recently announced upgrades to its EHR, practice management, and patient engagement functions. So analytics must be based on firm research and be documented to show the ties to research. What can we do to address the gap?

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Telehealth Platforms: Building Blocks for Omnichannel, Networked Healthcare

Health Populi

One of the most compelling telehealth access scenarios in the first months of pandemic will be told by consumers accessing virtual care for teletherapy and counseling. One of the public health hallmarks of the pandemic era has been stress, documented by the American Psychological Association’s Stress in America survey.

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Zealous for Wellness: The Ongoing Quest for Standard Measures

Healthcare IT Today

Schleider, a clinical psychologist who is now associate professor of medical social sciences at Northwestern University, says that simple questionnaires can turn up depression, one of the most common mental health conditions. with significant mental health have no treatment currently.

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The Digital Transformation of Patients – Update from Rock Health and Stanford

Health Populi

The coronavirus pandemic accelerated digital transformation of organizations, including health care providers. Furthermore, nearly one-half of people with a mental health condition also delayed care more than people who did not report mental health issues.

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Where are EHRs headed in 2023?

Healthcare IT Today

We will see continued focus on the social determinants of health by EHR vendors in 2023. We also learned of the importance of mental health. EPIC is focusing on three main areas in 2023: Efficiency improvements for clinicians and administrators so that more time can be spent with patients.

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Telehealth Awareness, Access and Adoption: Updates from J.D. Power, the ATA and FAIR Health

Health Populi

After the most common patient diagnosis, acute upper respiratory infections (historically the most common complaint presenting in retail clinics), the second and third most frequent reasons for telehealth diagnoses were for mood/affective disorders and anxiety and other nonpsychotic mental disorder. That is, mental health issues.