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Most primary care telehealth visits don't require in-person follow-up, Epic study shows

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 2, 2023

To explore the efficacy of primary care telehealth, a recent Epic Research study examined the frequency of in-person physician visits that followed 18,636,522 primary care telemedicine appointments. However, 55% of the time, patients did not have an in-person follow-up visit – regardless of coverage.

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Clinician Burnout – Lessons from BDO’s Clinician Experience Survey for Patient Experience and Primary Care

Health Populi

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Two main factors underpin clinicians’ feelings of burnout: turnover and understaffing, and compassion fatigue, shown in the graph among two-thirds of the providers in the study. That is the profound connection between clinicians and patients that contributes to burnout and eroding morale — especially in primary care.

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How virtual primary care can amplify value for providers and patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 15, 2024

Primary care physicians are the heart of healthcare delivery in the United States. Virtual primary care, experts say, can address challenges in traditional care by filling existing care gaps and offering various benefits to healthcare organizations, providers and patients.

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What’s Causing Fewer Primary Care Visits in the US?

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Americans who have commercial health insurance (say, through an employer or union) are rarely thought to face barriers to receiving health care — in particular, primary care, that front line provider and on-ramp to the health care system. So what is primary care, anyway? visits per 100 member-years.

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Study: Audio-only telehealth still common at FQHCs in California

Mobi Health News

APRIL 11, 2023

According to a study published in JAMA, audio-only visits made up one in five primary care visits and two in five behavioral health visits among patients at federally qualified health centers in August 2022.

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Primary care practices identify needed improvements for telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 31, 2023

WHY IT MATTERS To identify common facilitators and barriers to telehealth implementation, researchers evaluated practice leaders' perspectives on 32 aspects of telemedicine in their practices, according to a new report published in the Annals of Family Medicine. They self-identified their point of maturation.

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Zocdoc Learns What Patients Want: Primary Care Access ASAP, and the Role of Women as Chief Health Officers

Health Populi

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The ability to book an doctor’s appointment ASAP, care available in-person and via telehealth, and control over my care — these are key factors Zocdoc explains in the company’s What Patients Want report published this week. The Zocdoc study revealed other important distinctions on the Mars v.

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Study: Video telehealth, in-person diagnoses agree in 87% of cases

Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Specialty care was significantly more likely to result in concordant diagnoses between telehealth and in-person appointments, compared with primary care.

Most primary care telehealth visits don't require in-person follow-up, Epic study shows

Clinician Burnout – Lessons from BDO’s Clinician Experience Survey for Patient Experience and Primary Care

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How virtual primary care can amplify value for providers and patients

What’s Causing Fewer Primary Care Visits in the US?

Study: Audio-only telehealth still common at FQHCs in California

Primary care practices identify needed improvements for telemedicine

Zocdoc Learns What Patients Want: Primary Care Access ASAP, and the Role of Women as Chief Health Officers

Study: Video telehealth, in-person diagnoses agree in 87% of cases

How CrossFit and 23andMe Are Moving from Health to Primary Care

Telehealth can increase nurse workloads, study shows

Why Telehealth is a Lifeline for Primary Care Physicians

Doximity Study Finds Telehealth Is Health for Every Day Care

Patient outcomes point to efficacy of telehealth and virtual care

Primary Care in the U.S. – Still a Weak Backbone for the Health of Health Citizens

Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

CrossFit to launch 'fully digital' primary care service

Healthcare Trends for Telehealth Primary Care

EHR documentation burdens increasing with virtual care expansion, says study

Telehealth is Health: It’s Telehealth Awareness Week

A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

MedStar Health uses $2M AHRQ research grant to enhance telehealth

Toward new telehealth strategies at the HIMSS24 Virtual Care Forum

Telehealth may help reduce medicine's carbon footprint

Three in Five People 50+ in the US Will Likely Use Telehealth In the Future – An Update from AARP

A Telehealth Transformation Can Improve Patient Retention

Study charts recent spike in telehealth usage, particularly within primary care

Female physicians more likely to adopt telehealth early

Telehealth Platforms: Building Blocks for Omnichannel, Networked Healthcare

Telehealth In 2030 – Notes From the Future At #ATA19 with Safavi, Holt, Bathina and Swafford

Telehealth-As-Healthcare Is a Mainstream Expectation Among Consumers, J.D. Power Finds

Growing Evidence for eConsults – the Asynchronous, Clinician-to-Clinician Platform for Telehealth

Thinking About Telehealth Through the Lens of Real Estate – Listening to JLL

Use of Preventive Health Services Declined Among Commercially Insured People – With Big Differences in Telehealth for Non-White People, Castlight Finds

Telehealth Update from the AMA – Setting the Context for ATA 2022

Why telehealth is more than just a pandemic trend

Study: NYC Black, Latino patients less likely than white patients to use telehealth during pandemic

More U.S. Patients Scheduling Doctors? Appointments, Welcoming Telehealth Into Their Visit-Mix

Physicians Practicing in the Age of COVID-19: Lower Incomes, More Telehealth

Telehealth shows promise for fostering better doc-patient relationships

Women are less likely to use video for telehealth care

Physicians Lean In to Digital Health, Especially Telehealth and Remote Monitoring

New bill would codify Medicare reimbursement for telehealth services

How Telehealth Supports Work-Life Balance for Clinicians

Telehealth has staying power, should benefit from lasting regulatory changes

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