by American College of Physicians Credit: Tima Miroshnichenko from PexelsAn analysis of clinical outpatient data found that telemedicine rates remain high following the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than half of mental health care visits being conducted remotely via video conferencing. While rates of telephone-based care have decreased to pre-pandemic levels, video-based visits have maintained a 2,300%...
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA study of more than 1 million adults has found that in primary care, telemedicine visits were comparable to in-person visits for addressing most patient clinical concern areas. Telemedicine visits resulted in lower treatment rates and higher rates of follow-up health care use compared with in-person office visits, but these differences were...
by National Comprehensive Cancer Network Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research in the May 2023 issue of the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network from Moffitt Cancer Center finds that telemedicine consistently outperformed in-person visits for both access to care and provider response, according to a long-term study on patient experience. Researchers analyzed survey responses from 39,268 patients across...
by Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter With online medical visits growing in popularity, a new study offers some reassurance: Diagnoses made via video are usually on the money. Mayo Clinic researchers found that of preliminary diagnoses made during video appointments at their centers, 87% were later confirmed during in-person visits. The caveat is, the accuracy varied...
by Jim Miller, University of Rochester Medical Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Common concerns about telemedicine don’t hold up to scrutiny, a first-of-its-kind study highlighting telemedicine’s remarkable effectiveness concludes. The paper is one of two studies on telemedicine by University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) researchers appearing this week in NEJM Catalyst. The second study demonstrates...
First Ever Telehealth Awareness Week Is September 19 through 25 Merck Manuals, a comprehensive online medical reference, has updated its section on “Making the Most of a Healthcare Visit” with a timely discussion about using telemedicine in advance of the first annual Telehealth Awareness Week. A recurring point made in the expanded essay is that with all healthcare visits,...
Twenty-six percent of men of color and 20% of White men said they visit their primary care physician less than once a year or never, according to a national survey from the Cleveland Clinic. Additionally, only 35% of Latino men and 31% of Asian men see their primary care physician more than once a year,...
Health care innovation has never been speedy business — and for a long time, telemedicine was no exception, hampered in part by concerns over higher costs and lower-quality care. But COVID-19 transformed health care delivery almost overnight. In the United States, stay-at-home orders combined with the removal of certain legal, reimbursement, and regulatory barriers spurred...
Health care innovation has never been speedy business — and for a long time, telemedicine was no exception, hampered in part by concerns over higher costs and lower-quality care. But COVID-19 transformed health care delivery almost overnight. In the United States, stay-at-home orders combined with the removal of certain legal, reimbursement, and regulatory barriers spurred...
Tara Haelle June 09, 2021 Patients overwhelmingly found telemedicine care for headache a satisfactory and beneficial experience during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study presented at the American Headache Society’s 2021 annual meeting. Most patients who used telemedicine said they would like to continue using it after the pandemic, though the study also revealed barriers to care...
