by NYU Langone Health Researchers believe that using telemedicine for dermatology may also help avoid trips to specialists for lesions that turn out to be benign. Credit: Haley Ricciardi Collecting images of suspicious-looking skin growths and sending them off-site for specialists to analyze is as accurate in identifying skin cancers as having a dermatologist examine them...
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Report shows more than half of mental health care visits conducted via video-based telemedicine
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%...
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Telemedicine visits comparable to in-person visits for addressing most patient clinical concern areas in primary careby American College of Physicians
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...
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New research in finds telemedicine consistently outperforms in-person visits for cancer care when both are available
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...
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Telemedicine diagnoses match those of in-person doctor visits most of the time
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...
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New studies show telemedicine is effective, doesn’t reduce access to care
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...
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MerckManuals.com Offers Takeaways on What We Learned About Telemedicine from The Pandemic
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,...
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Men Prefer Telemedicine; Doctors Should Take Notice: Survey
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,...
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Study dispels two myths about telemedicine
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...
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Study dispels two myths about telemedicine
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...