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The Pitfalls of Telehealth — and How to Avoid Them

(2 days ago) WEBTelehealth can improve convenience and access, but also create challenges such as disparities and workload. Learn how …

https://hbr.org/2020/11/the-pitfalls-of-telehealth-and-how-to-avoid-them

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Telehealth Benefits and Barriers - PMC - National Center for

(3 days ago) WEBIncreasingly, telehealth technologies are being adopted and implemented as an efficient and cost-effective means for delivering and accessing quality health care services and outcomes. 1 Telemedicine has the potential to reduce American health care spending by decreasing problems like medication misuse, unnecessary emergency …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7577680/

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Opportunities and Barriers for Telemedicine in the U.S. During the

(9 days ago) This issue brief from KFF explores how telemedicine has expanded rapidly during the pandemic, with changes in policy, coverage and implementation. It also highlights …

https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/issue-brief/opportunities-and-barriers-for-telemedicine-in-the-u-s-during-the-covid-19-emergency-and-beyond/

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The Telehealth Era Is Just Beginning - Harvard Business …

(Just Now) WEBThe Problem. The use of telemedicine soared during the height of the pandemic but has since plunged, owing to regulations, payment regimes, and patients’ and providers’ long-established

https://hbr.org/2022/05/the-telehealth-era-is-just-beginning

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Challenges of Telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic: a …

(3 days ago) WEBThe COVID-19 pandemic has prompted the decrease of in-person visits to reduce the risk of virus transmission. Telemedicine is an efficient communication tool employed between healthcare providers and patients that prevents the risk of exposure to infected persons. However, telemedicine use is not infallible; its users reported multiple …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9351100/

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Telehealth: Technology meets health care - Mayo Clinic

(3 days ago) WEBLearn how telehealth can improve your health care and access services remotely. Find out about virtual visits, web-based services, remote monitoring and other telehealth tools and benefits.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/consumer-health/in-depth/telehealth/art-20044878

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What’s the state of telehealth after COVID-19? - USAFacts

(5 days ago) WEBTelehealth became more widely used throughout the US during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data indicates that about 80% of physicians plan to continue using it.At the beginning of the pandemic, telehealth visits increased from about 5 million to more than 53 million among Medicare recipients alone. Data collected from April 14, 2021, through …

https://usafacts.org/articles/whats-the-state-of-telehealth-after-covid-19/

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Patient Characteristics and Telemedicine Use in the US, 2022

(8 days ago) WEBTelehealth utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic: a preliminary selective review.  Telemed Rep. 2022;3(1):38-47 (19%) reported experiencing technical problems (Figure 3 and eTable 3 in Supplement 1). Patients who only used audio were more likely to be concerned about the privacy of their telemedicine visit than those …

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2816685

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The doctor is in… but what's behind them? Study reveals impacts …

(8 days ago) WEBLead researcher Nathan Houchens, M.D., is an associate professor of internal medicine at U-M and associate chief of medicine at VAAAHS. His past work on how interpersonal communications affects

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-05-doctor-reveals-impacts-telehealth-background.html

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What if I'm having trouble using telehealth? Telehealth.HHS.gov

(8 days ago) WEBHere are some common troubleshooting tips you can use if you have issues with your device during your telehealth appointment: Restart your device. If your device is acting up, simply turning it off and back on can often clear up any issues. Check your power. If your device is not responding, it might be out of battery.

https://telehealth.hhs.gov/patients/what-if-im-having-trouble-using-telehealth

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Solutions for Challenges in Telehealth Privacy and Security

(Just Now) WEBTelehealth, using electronic information and telecommunication technologies to provide care for patient visits, has rapidly grown and plays an important role as a valuable resource during and after the post-COVID-19 pandemic. According to CMS Reports in 2021, 68 million telehealth services were delivered from March to October 2020. This …

https://journal.ahima.org/page/solutions-for-challenges-in-telehealth-privacy-and-security

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Trends and Disparities in Pandemic Telehealth Use among People …

(6 days ago) WEBThis Issue Brief explores telehealth use for people and Medicare beneficiaries with disabilities and examines questions on the use of audio-only telehealth during the second and third years of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The study used data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) COVID-19 2021 …

https://www.aspe.hhs.gov/reports/pandemic-telehealth-use-people-disabilities

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Opportunities and challenges for telehealth within, and beyond, a

(3 days ago) WEBIn envisioning a telehealth-enabled future, one must remember that many clinical conditions require physical examinations or interventions, and that care is a human and relational activity. To date, investment has been insufficient in developing technologies that work for clinicians and patients and adapting health-care systems and lifestyles

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(20)30362-4/fulltext

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Permanently expanding telehealth access will improve public …

(8 days ago) WEBTelehealth continues to provide immense benefits. Congress should act on a long-term fix to enable widespread access to this vital mode of care. While telehealth alone will not solve all our health care problems, its use is critical to the future of medicine. Patients are better served when telehealth practices are blended into physician

https://www.ama-assn.org/about/leadership/permanently-expanding-telehealth-access-will-improve-public-health

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Telehealth: The advantages and disadvantages - Harvard Health

(Just Now) WEBLearn how telehealth can deliver health care services at a distance through technology, and what are its benefits and challenges. Find out what you can do with telehealth, and what are the security and cost issues to consider.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/telehealth-the-advantages-and-disadvantages

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The State of Telehealth Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

(3 days ago) WEBDefinitions of Telemedicine and Telehealth. The definitions of these two terms depend upon whom you ask and what you read, as there are currently more than one hundred different peer-reviewed definitions. 1 A general consensus shared by most is that telemedicine refers to providing clinical services (either in real time or asynchronously) …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9035352/

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Telehealth Expansion and Medicare Beneficiaries’ Care Quality and

(8 days ago) WEBKey Points. Question Was telehealth use associated with quality, access, and cost of care outcomes for fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries during the COVID-19 telehealth expansion?. Findings This cohort study compared 3436 hospital service areas (including approximately 30 million Medicare beneficiaries) with different levels of …

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2818640

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These Four Telehealth Changes Should Stay, Even After the …

(4 days ago) WEBFederal and state regulatory changes have facilitated a rapid rise in telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic, expanding access to care. A recent Harris poll found that 15% of U.S. adults used

https://www.aafp.org/pubs/fpm/issues/2021/0500/p9.html

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Telehealth challenges during COVID-19 as reported by primary …

(3 days ago) WEBAnother problem with telehealth is the inability to conduct direct physical examinations . Finally, issues have been raised regarding the compatibility of certain professional activities with telehealth, as well as issues around interprofessional collaboration (workload, isolation, lack of socialization time) [ 12 ].

https://bmcprimcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12875-021-01543-4

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Telehealth and Patient Safety. PSNet

(9 days ago) WEBPatient Safety Concerns. Diagnostic errors. Several features of telehealth visits can contribute to diagnostic errors: (1) inadequate medical history-taking due to poor communication, (2) very limited physical examinations, omitting key modalities such as auscultation and private or inaccessible areas of the body, (3) reliance on patients and …

https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/telehealth-and-patient-safety

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What Are the Limits of Telehealth? U.S. News - US News Health

(9 days ago) WEBThe COVID-19 pandemic has put telemedicine into overdrive. Doctor's offices and clinics are quickly adopting telehealth visits to treat patients remotely – with fewer restrictions and improved

https://health.usnews.com/conditions/articles/what-are-the-limits-of-telehealth

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7 Telemedicine Concerns and How to Overcome Them

(3 days ago) WEBHere are seven telemedicine concerns to take into account and effective strategies for overcoming them. 1. Reimbursement. Getting reimbursed for telemedicine services can prove problematic for physicians and other healthcare providers. Medicare, for example, offers telemedicine reimbursement coverage, but with limitations.

https://telemedicine.arizona.edu/blog/7-telemedicine-concerns-and-how-overcome-them

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Patients love telehealth—physicians are not so sure McKinsey

(1 days ago) WEBPhysicians also expect telehealth to account for one-third less of their visits a year from now than it does today. These physicians may be underestimating patient demand. Forty percent of patients in May 2021 said they believe they will continue to use telehealth in the pandemic’s aftermath. 5 McKinsey Consumer Health Insights Survey, …

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/healthcare/our-insights/patients-love-telehealth-physicians-are-not-so-sure

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The Influence of Telehealth for Better Health Across Communities

(7 days ago) WEBThe presence of any broadband in households within our 25-county service area ranges from 60% to 82%. The literature on the telehealth divide between rural and urban areas shows that the quality of broadband access affects the use of telehealth (18,19), although some disparities are narrowing (18). Besides connectivity, other factors influence

https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2020/20_0254.htm

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No, Telehealth Isn't Dead—but It Has Some Adjusting to Do

(1 days ago) WEBIn January 2020, telehealth accounted for 0.24 percent of national medical claims; by March of the same year, telehealth visits had shot up 4,347 percent, accounting for 7.52 percent of claims.

https://www.newsweek.com/no-telehealth-isnt-dead-it-has-some-adjusting-do-1901686

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Challenges in Telehealth - The Role of Telehealth in an Evolving …

(5 days ago) WEBA panel of experts discussed the scope, applications, process, structure, and capacity issues faced in telehealth. This included an overview of the common challenges of telehealth, issues in licensure, the FCC Rural Health Care Support Programs, and issues with the misalignment of definitions of rural and how it is …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK207146/

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Telehealth policy changes after the COVID-19 public health …

(2 days ago) WEBTemporary Medicare changes through December 31, 2024. FQHCs and RHCs can serve as a distant site provider for non-behavioral/mental telehealth services. Medicare patients can receive telehealth services in their home. There are no geographic restrictions for originating site for non-behavioral/mental telehealth services.

https://telehealth.hhs.gov/providers/telehealth-policy/policy-changes-after-the-covid-19-public-health-emergency

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2023 Telehealth Report Washington State Department of Health

(5 days ago) WEBPublic health departments can serve a critical role in telehealth and using technology to improve people's health. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) published a report that looks at telehealth practices across Washington, the telehealth policy landscape, and the future of telehealth. The report includes input from more than 50 …

https://doh.wa.gov/public-health-provider-resources/telehealth/2023-telehealth-report

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What's behind doctor during telehealth calls affects patient - UPI

(Just Now) WEBTelehealth has made it possible for doctors to deliver care from anywhere, but a professional-looking background helps patients feel more confident about their care and advice, a new study finds.

https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2024/05/16/telehealth-background-confidence/7441715866084/

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The feasibility, acceptability, and usability of telehealth visits

(4 days ago) WEBHowever, importantly the findings also indicated challenges associated with telehealth. The higher rate of these issues may have been intrinsic to the initial platform. In September 2020, the zoom platform was adopted and throughout the course of this study the platform was continually optimized and refined. The introduction of the technology

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10394377/

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Walmart is ending its telehealth service and closing over 50 - NPR

(7 days ago) WEBWalmart is ending its telehealth service and closing over 50 health clinics NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Forbes senior healthcare contributor Bruce Japsen about why Walmart is closing 51 health

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/05/1249231441/walmart-is-ending-its-telehealth-service-and-closing-over-50-health-clinics

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The digital transformation in pharmacy: embracing online …

(6 days ago) WEBThe adoption of telehealth, including telepharmacy, exemplifies this shift. In the United States, patient adoption of telehealth services surged from 11% in 2019 to 46%, with healthcare providers expanding their telehealth visits . This shift is a reflection of how adaptable the healthcare sector is to digital platforms and how customer

https://jhpn.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41043-024-00550-2

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