Telemedicine visits in skilled nursing facilities
About The Study: Telemedicine was rapidly adopted in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in early 2020 but subsequently stabilized at a low ...
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Navigating telemedicine implementation: exploring experiences of primary care clinicians early in the COVID-19 pandemic
Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University and Case Western Reserve University conducted weekly and monthly surveys of primary care clinicians to ...
Telemedicine visits cut health system employee care costs by nearly 25%
Visits with a 24/7, co-payment-free telemedicine program established by Penn Medicine for its employees were 23 percent less expensive than ...
UC Irvine-led study finds Medicaid telemedicine coverage boosted use, healthcare access
Irvine, Calif., May 31, 2023 – Medicaid telemedicine coverage between 2013 and 2019 was associated with significant growth in telemedicine ...
Primary care clinicians report benefits and challenges in using telemedicine during COVID-19 pandemic
Researchers interviewed primary care clinicians to identify trends, facilitators and barriers in implementing and using telemedicine technologies in response to ...
New research in JNCCN finds telemedicine consistently outperforms in-person visits for cancer care when both are available
PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA — New research in the May 2023 issue of JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network from ...
Pandemic shift to telemedicine helped maintain quality of care for depression
March 10, 2023 – The rapid transition from in-person to care to telemedicine visits at the start of the COVID‑19 ...
Low income, race, and rural residence among risk factors for low telemedicine literacy
February 24, 2023 – Demographic factors including low income and living in a rural area are linked to low telemedicine literacy – ...
Telemedicine reduces hospital transfers for very ill kids at rural, community emergency departments
Many rural and community emergency departments lack access to pediatric specialty care physicians. So, when an acutely ill child is ...
Estimated carbon emissions savings with shifts from in-person visits to telemedicine for patients with cancer
About The Study: Implementation of telemedicine was estimated to result in substantial savings in carbon emissions due to driving in ...
Telemedicine use and quality of opioid use disorder treatment during pandemic
About The Study: The results of this study indicated that clinical outcomes were similar among patients with opioid use disorder ...
For shared decision-making, telemedicine may be as effective as in-person appointments
Key takeaways Credit: American College of Surgeons Key takeaways Shared decision-making: Large observational study found no difference in level of ...
Ochsner Health Telemedicine leader joins National Advisory Group
New Orleans, LA – Ochsner Health is proud to announce that Dr. David Houghton, System Chair for Telemedicine and Chief ...
Telemedicine arrived in Brazil during the pandemic and came to stay, study shows
A survey of 1,183 physicians in the Brazilian states of São Paulo and Maranhão shows that the various uses of ...
Telemedicine reduces odds of no-show clinic visits by more than two-thirds for surgical patients
Key takeaways Credit: American College of Surgeons Key takeaways Telemedicine significantly lowers likelihood of no-show clinic visits among surgical patients ...
New study addresses barriers to telemedicine use among veterans experiencing homelessness
An interdisciplinary team of primary care providers implemented a quality improvement project to reduce barriers and increase the use and ...
Myths busted: New studies show telemedicine is effective, doesn’t reduce access to care
Common concerns about telemedicine don’t hold up to scrutiny, a first-of-its-kind study highlighting telemedicine’s remarkable effectiveness concludes. Credit: University of ...
Out-of-state telemedicine visits among Medicare patients during pandemic
About The Study: In this study of telemedicine visits in the first half of 2021 among patients with Medicare, 422,000 ...
CHOP study explores the use of telemedicine in child neurology in largest study to date
Philadelphia, September 16, 2022 – Researchers from the Epilepsy Neurogenetics Initiative (ENGIN) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that ...
Comparing diagnoses from video telemedicine with in-person visits
About The Study: In this study of nearly 2,400 patients who underwent a video telemedicine consultation followed by an in-person ...
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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Important additional driver of insect decline identified: Weather explains the decline and rise of insect biomass over 34 years
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Fish reveal cause of altered human facial development
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New study definitively confirms gulf stream weakening, understanding the changes could help predict future trends in extreme events
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New findings on hair loss in men
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UCLA-led team develops key improvement to Nobel Prize-winning technology