Study: Telehealth use linked to lower cancer care costs
Mobi Health News
JANUARY 20, 2023
A study published in JAMA Network Open found that oncology care via telehealth was associated with time, travel and cost savings among cancer patients.
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Mobi Health News
JANUARY 20, 2023
A study published in JAMA Network Open found that oncology care via telehealth was associated with time, travel and cost savings among cancer patients.
Digital Health Global
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
A recent study conducted by California Home Abortion by Telehealth (CHAT) sheds light on the effectiveness and safety of telehealth medication abortion in the United States. Key findings Findings from the study revealed that among the 6,034 abortions analyzed, an overwhelming 97.7% Moreover, an impressive 99.8%
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Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Receiving opioid use disorder-related telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with lower odds of overdose and better retention using medications like buprenorphine, according to a study published in JAMA Psychiatry.
Mobi Health News
OCTOBER 28, 2022
According to a study published in JAMA Network Open, telehealth follow-up was associated with 28.3 more repeat ED visits per 1,000 patients compared with in-person care.
Mobi Health News
JULY 28, 2022
A study published in JAMA Network Open found low health literacy and a higher area deprivation index were associated with more audio-only telehealth visits.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
DECEMBER 29, 2022
Recently, the Journal of Medical Internet Research published some significant data highlighting the efficacy of psychiatric care delivered through telehealth: Those in the treatment group were 4.3 We spoke with Winsberg to get an in-depth look at this study and what the results mean for the future of telehealth and mental healthcare.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 9, 2023
A study in JAMA Network Open tracking telemedicine visits pre- and post-pandemic across the VA reveals increasing inequities between rural and urban communities.
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.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MAY 3, 2021
A study published in the Western Journal of Nursing Research found that patients using at-home monitoring systems for blood glucose and blood pressure levels received almost twice as many "nursing activities" as patients who received usual care. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
There’s more evidence that doctors and patients, both, want to use telehealth after the COVID-19 pandemic fades. One direct quote from a physician illustrates the upside of telehealth and trust: “Building trust requires a human connection and genuine empathy/compassion.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 25, 2021
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 all interactions – compared with 0.3% of contacts in 2019.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 23, 2022
A University of Iowa study published this month in the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare found that an at-home telemonitoring program was an effective and sustainable way to manage COVID-19 for patients. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND. But the potential for RPM goes beyond acute conditions. ON THE RECORD.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network compared patient messaging among ambulatory physicians before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, finding they were mostly documenting visits and not messaging patients. hours in September 2021, according to the study. before the pandemic to 8.18
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. "We found that patients covered by Medicaid and Medicare had the highest in-person follow-up rates," they said.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
A Health Affairs study found that telemedicine use during the COVID-19 pandemic was lower in communities with higher rates of poverty – suggesting that the industry must address the digital divide in order to ensure widespread access to virtual care. During the COVID-19 period of the study, researchers found that 30.1%
Mobi Health News
MARCH 30, 2023
Medicare beneficiaries who received telehealth services for opioid use disorder during the pandemic had a 33% lower risk of fatal overdose.
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
By March 2020, telehealth channels were replacing visits to doctors and emergency departments as shown in the first chart from the CDC’s report on the early pandemic period. Welcome to Telehealth Awareness Week , a campaign mounted by the ATA to remind us that #TelehealthIsHealth. 34% used telehealth for preventive care.
Mobi Health News
JANUARY 30, 2023
The research, published in JAMA Network Open, found no difference in visit frequency, initiation of medication use or adverse outcomes between patients who were treated by clinicians with either high or low levels of telehealth use.
Electronic Health Reporter
JANUARY 6, 2022
A new report from Reason Foundation, Cicero Institute and Pioneer Institute rates every state’s telehealth policy for patient access and ease of providing virtual care. Millions of Americans tried telehealth for the first time last year […].
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.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 29, 2022
A study of 40.7 million commercially insured adults in the United States who sought care via telehealth found contrasting patterns of follow-up care between those with chronic conditions and those with acute clinical conditions. WHY IT MATTERS.
Telebehavioral Health Institute
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
While telehealth expansion efforts during COVID have significantly improved access in many groups ; research associated with access to care for low-income mental health populations has been limited. A November 2022 study published in JAMA Network Open has shown how telehealth expansion in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs).
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 16, 2021
Telehealth experienced sudden and massive growth starting a year ago, but it didn't happen everywhere. In its findings, RAND points to a twentyfold increase in telehealth visits starting in March 2020. "Few national studies have examined changes in telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic."
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 19, 2022
Researchers found physicians who provided more care through telemedicine also increased their time spent on after-hours EHR-based clinical and administrative work.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MAY 16, 2022
A recent study published in the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare found that telehealth can be safe and effective when it comes to managing high-risk pregnancies. "One of these innovative approaches is telehealth, which is being increasingly employed in recent years." WHY IT MATTERS.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 2, 2022
A recent University of California study of telehealth implementation at community health centers found that although phone visits were beneficial to historically marginalized patients, continued virtual care use depends on increased technological resources. THE LARGER TREND. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.
Mobi Health News
OCTOBER 5, 2020
Researchers from Kantar Health suggest that as telehealth services continue to be used, inequalities in access and usage should be monitored to find ways to close healthcare gaps.
FierceHealthIT
JULY 12, 2023
While payers should cover telehealth, where these services are the most valuable still requires investigation, according to a stu | Telehealth can reduce utilization when used for mental health, skin problems, metabolic conditions, and musculoskeletal diseases, but doesn’t help cut costs for circulatory, respiratory, and infectious diseases, according (..)
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
OCTOBER 4, 2021
A telehealth satisfaction study released this past week from the data analytics and consumer intelligence company J.D. Power found that even as telehealth adoption has spiked, pain points exist – especially among patients with higher-risk profiles. The study noted that usage is consistent across all generational groups.
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
Power study indicates telehealth is the preferred method among consumers for receiving certain types of medical care.
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
A recent study found out-of-state telemedicine visits were most common with those who lived near a state border, and were largely for primary and mental healthcare.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 25, 2021
The small study found nearly all patients had a complete abortion without the need for intervention.
Health Populi
AUGUST 25, 2020
In the August 2020 National Poll on Heathy Aging , the University of Michigan research team found a 26% increase in telehealth visits from 2019 to 2020, March to June 2020 year-over-year. In May 2019, 14% of older patients’ health care providers offered telehealth visits, growing to 62% in June 2020 during the pandemic.
Health Populi
MAY 10, 2022
“Telehealth certainly appears to be here to stay,” the AARP forecasts in An Updated Look at Telehealth Use Among U.S. adults over 50 said they or someone in their family had used telehealth. The study polled U.S. By gender, more older women are interested in using telehealth compared with men.
Mobi Health News
JULY 1, 2022
The study found that greater use of telehealth among patients with severe mental illness did not affect medication adherence.
Health Populi
JULY 23, 2020
the use of telehealth services tripled in the past year, as healthcare providers limited patients from in-person visits for care and patients sought to avoid exposure to the coronavirus in medical settings. What’s new in this fast-pivot to virtual care is the type of telehealth services used, shown in the first chart from the report.
eVisit
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
A recent article in healthcareitnews.com struck a major chord with us at The Virtual Care Blog with the headline “Most clinician can’t access telehealth directly from EHRs,” a story summarizing and citing results from the COVID-19 Telehealth Impact Study conducted (and still underway) by the COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition Telehealth Workgroup *.
Telebehavioral Health Institute
JULY 11, 2023
The following case study will address the application of healthcare translation services to the communication and language assistance needs of people who are limited English proficient (LEP). The article is written to illustrate the practical identification and utilization of LEP services in telehealth.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
OCTOBER 24, 2023
The emergence of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting surge in the adoption of telemedicine are helping address patients’ needs without major signs of safety concerns, according to a study by Kaiser Permanente. WHY IT MATTERS The study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, analyzed more than 1.5
Health Populi
OCTOBER 5, 2020
In the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth was a “bright spot in the ‘new normal,’” according to a report from J.D. Power, Telehealth Patient Satisfaction Surges During Pandemic but Barriers to Access Persist. Power has studied including health insurance, insurance and financial services. In the study, J.D.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 18, 2020
More than 70 percent of respondents polled by cybersecurity firm CynergisTek say they'll keep using telehealth services, even once the pandemic subsides. But they also say privacy and data security are big concerns – and that breaches involving virtual care technologies could cause them to stop using telehealth or switch physicians.
Health Populi
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Telehealth has increased access to mental health services, I’ve highlighted this Mental Illness Awareness Week here in Health Populi. But telehealth has also emerged as a preferred channel for routine health care services, we learn from J.D. Power’s 2022 Telehealth Satisfaction Study.
Health Populi
MARCH 9, 2022
If you made your living in commercial real estate — and especially, working with hospitals’ and health systems’ office space — would the concept of telehealth be freaking you out right now? The firm asserts that, and I quote from the report, “telehealth is not replacing the physical office by any means.”
Telebehavioral Health Institute
MARCH 27, 2023
Authors of a recent study published in Telemedicine and e-Health evaluated telehealth services supported healthcare access for transgender and gender-diverse (TDG) youth within Seattle Children’s Gender Clinic (SCGC) during the COVID-19 pandemic. More patients in the post-telehealth period used “they” pronouns.
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