Telepsychiatry May Be Convenient Alternative for Older Vets in Rural Areas
Veterans in rural areas shared their satisfaction with geriatric psychiatry care delivered via video telehealth.
Telemedicine
Patients Comfortable With Postoperative Telehealth Visits
Vast majority of plastic surgery patients said they would use telehealth visits again
Non-Hospital-Based Provider-to-Patient Telehealth Use Growing
2014 to 2018 saw increase of 1393% from 0.007 to 0.104% of all medical claim lines.
Online Symptom Self-Management, Telehealth Aids Pain, Mood
Collaborative care led by a nurse-physician team with web-based self-management better than self-management alone.
IDSA Issues Updated Statement on Use of Telemedicine and Telehealth Technologies
The Infectious Disease Society of America issued an updated statement supporting the appropriate use of telemedicine and telehealth technologies in clinical care, research, and education.
ACP: Half of Practices Implement Telehealth Technology
Roughly half of internal medicine physicians report working in a practice that has telehealth technology.
American College of Physicians Releases 7th Edition of Ethics Manual
Manual focuses on patient-physician relationship in different scenarios, including telemedicine.
Growth in Use of Telemedicine Seen From 2005 to 2017
Significantly faster increase in use of telemental health services seen in counties with no psychiatrists.
Patients report satisfaction with telehealth primary care visits
All patients reported overall satisfaction with video visits and most reported being interested in continuing use of video visits as an alternative to in-person visits.
E-consultations between PCPs, specialists can increase care access
Electronic consultation between PCPs and specialists can resolve cases faster than if a patient followed up with a specialist themselves.
