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AUGUST 24, 2020

The two impacts impact most physicians as a result of COVID-19 have been experiencing a reduction in income (55%) and increasing the use of telemedicine in the practice (52%). Counterbalancing the lack of in-person visits, thousands of physicians have pivoted to virtual care and telemedicine platforms. On the payor front, large U.S.

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AUGUST 12, 2020

New York Psychotherapy and Counseling Center, based in Jamaica, New York, operates outpatient mental health clinics in underserved communities in New York City. This required NYPCC to get set up on a telehealth platform and to enable all of its clinicians to work remotely. THE PROBLEM. ” MARKETPLACE. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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JUNE 3, 2020

As we wrestle with just “what” health care will look like “after COVID,” there’s one certainty that we can embrace in our health planning and forecasting efforts: that’s the persistence of telehealth and virtual care into health care work- and life-flows, for clinicians and consumers alike and aligned.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The virtual-first approach to healthcare that some hospitals and health systems are taking is helping to reshape how patients receive care. But many provider organizations have yet to embrace a virtual-first approach, eschewing a telemedicine front door for traditional, in-person care first. This is invaluable for everyone in the U.S.,

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JUNE 6, 2023

Study after study has shown that stressors such as social media, bullying, loneliness and the pandemic are causing and exacerbating a wide array of mental health challenges among high school and college kids. And those mental health statistics are quite important because of the mental health professional shortage in the United States.

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OCTOBER 5, 2022

It should not be news to anyone in the healthcare industry that the nation is suffering a profound shortage of mental health professionals, which was exacerbated by the pandemic. What is news to many is the different ways various telemedicine technologies are being used to help chip away at the mental health-staffing problem.

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MAY 10, 2022

“Telehealth certainly appears to be here to stay,” the AARP forecasts in An Updated Look at Telehealth Use Among U.S. adults over 50 said they or someone in their family had used telehealth. One in three people over 50 in America are most interested in telehealth, with another 30% somewhat interested.

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MAY 5, 2021

A closer look at this activity points to a key trend that will persist post-pandemic: that telehealth and the broader theme of virtual care is re-shaping how health care is delivered. This graphic comes out of my current thinking about telehealth across the continuum of care.

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JULY 23, 2020

the use of telehealth services tripled in the past year, as healthcare providers limited patients from in-person visits for care and patients sought to avoid exposure to the coronavirus in medical settings. What’s new in this fast-pivot to virtual care is the type of telehealth services used, shown in the first chart from the report.

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MAY 13, 2020

A qualitative RAND Corporation study finds that psychiatrists offering telemedicine for the first time during the COVID-19 pandemic have had largely positive perceptions of the transition. Many, however, say they plan to return to in-person care when possible, due to the challenges psychiatric telemedicine entail. WHY IT MATTERS.

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APRIL 14, 2021

felt worry or stress related to the coronavirus that had a negative impact on their mental health. But the mental health impacts of COVID in America aren’t felt evenly or homogeneously across all U.S. health citizens. In the summer of 2020, four months into the pandemic, one-half of people living in the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The Southwest Rural Health Research Center has identified mental health concerns and addiction as the first and second most important priorities for rural health stakeholders, according to a May 2023 policy brief. What is the problem with rural and partially rural areas and so few mental healthcare providers?

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MARCH 31, 2021

As a result, staff members needed to figure out how to maintain their two PROS (personalized recovery-oriented services) serving people with serious and persistent mental illness. Since implementing the telehealth technology, Goodwill NYNJ has been able to increase participation, which has increased revenue. Keeping patients engaged.

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OCTOBER 11, 2022

The Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare of India has formally launched this week its national tele-mental health programme. Called Tele Mental Health Assistance and Networking Across States (Tele-MANAS), it will provide free, round-the-clock teleconsultation service for mental health concerns.

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APRIL 18, 2019

What will telemedicine look like in 2030? imagined Kaveh Safavi, Accenture’s Senior Managing Director and Health of Global Healthcare Practice. This week convened the ATA annual conference where healthcare industry stakeholders met up to deal with the current telehealth environment and imagine what the future prospects would/could be.

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APRIL 29, 2020

A new report from PwC looks at peoples’ changes in health behaviors in the first two months of the pandemic, asking whether these changes will stick “after” the pandemic fades. But feeling isolated was surely the most impacted health risk, as the dotted line in the first chart graphs.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Harbor is a nonprofit mental health and substance use disorder treatment provider based in Toledo, Ohio, that has been addressing community needs for more than 100 years. Lighthouse Telehealth is a subsidiary of Harbor, formed in 2018 to meet the growing demand for telehealth. " Sandy Hall, Lighthouse Telehealth.

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MAY 2, 2024

perceive a dramatic rise in mental health conditions among fellow health citizens growing over the past five years, people note barriers of cost, insufficient supply of providers, and stigma as barriers to getting care in the latest Gallup and West Health poll on the subject. grading mental health a “B.”

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MARCH 9, 2021

Expanding omni-channel, data-driven, cost-effective health care in the community, tailoring that care, and attending to mental health paint the picture of health through the lens of CVS Health. The company published the Health Trends Report 2021 today, calling out ten forces shaping health care this year.

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MAY 31, 2023

WHY IT MATTERS To identify common facilitators and barriers to telehealth implementation, researchers evaluated practice leaders' perspectives on 32 aspects of telemedicine in their practices, according to a new report published in the Annals of Family Medicine.

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JANUARY 23, 2023

This past year may very well have been the year the "new normal" was sealed for healthcare – one that includes a lot more telehealth, remote monitoring and other virtual care than ever before. Technology has became culturally accepted as an integral part of the patient experience as telemedicine gained popularity.

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JUNE 17, 2020

employers worry about workers’ mental health and substance use as employees begin returning to work in the summer of 2020. Larger employers are more likely to deal head-on with behavioral health benefits. Larger employers are more likely to deal head-on with behavioral health benefits. About 4 in 5 U.S.

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OCTOBER 10, 2022

Out of 56 counties in Montana, 55 are designated as Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs), limiting access to both urgent and routine medical visits. The use of telehealth technology can improve healthcare access for Montanans living in rural and tribal communities by providing access to primary care and specialty services.

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MAY 14, 2020

That decline in face-to-face physician visits was supplanted, in part, by hockey-stick growth for telemedicine visits. In the week of April 3, telemedicine visits with physicians comprised 1 in 4 interactions. For more on the telemedicine moment in the C19 era, read this analysis].

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MARCH 12, 2020

Will the coronavirus inspire greater adoption of telehealth in the U.S.? The coronavirus spawned another kind of gift to China and the nation’s health citizens: telemedicine, the essay explains. COVID-19 accelerated telemedicine adoption, the story goes, being accessed mainstream through major regions of China.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Like many rural healthcare organizations, CCRLC has faced the challenge of recruiting mental health providers, due in part to the shortage of professionals in the specialty. This is where telemedicine comes in: It provides CCRLC a gateway for mental health providers to offer these services at the rural campus.

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AUGUST 16, 2021

Telehealth continues to be a priority for the healthcare industry. 72% of survey respondents want to attend healthcare appointments both virtually and in-person post-pandemic, demonstrating the clear need for telehealth as an option for this hybrid approach to healthcare. Will telemedicine remain popular?

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FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Pasadena, California-based Heritage Clinic, a division of the Center for Aging Resources, provides mental health services in Los Angeles County to older adults experiencing substantive and persistent mental health concerns. Telemedicine solved the issue of isolation and risk of exposure of in-person therapy.

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OCTOBER 14, 2024

There are numerous facets on employer-sponsored health care to explore in the KFF report’s 220 pages, but I’m going to focus in on a few issues with which I’m working these days: on prescription drugs, telehealth, and mental health.

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

The green circle diagram from Deloitte’s report documents a growing willingness among patients to use virtual health services, increasing from 80% of consumers willing to use telehealth in 2020, 84% in 2022, and 94% in 2024.

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MAY 16, 2023

The solution Oak Orchard found was telehealth, which it continues to use today. Patients can stay at home while providers work at the health center or other safe location to provide care. Telehealth has helped the health system with medical, dental and behavioral health services. A huge plus."

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MARCH 2, 2021

Rock Health and Stanford commissioned an online survey among 7,980 U.S. adults from early September to early October 2020 to gauge peoples’ interest in and utilization of digital health tools and telehealth. But the big growth areas were for live video telemedicine, wearable tech, and digital health tracking.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

Andrew Cuomo announced legislation this week that would expand access to telehealth throughout the state. "COVID-19 has changed not only the way we live, but the way healthcare providers support their patients, especially in regard to mental health," said Cuomo in a statement. " WHY IT MATTERS.

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AUGUST 3, 2021

A new report from CB Insights found that global telehealth investment rose for the fourth consecutive quarter in Q2 of 2021 – with teletherapy deals representing a substantial share. Retail giants in the United States appear to be betting big on telehealth, even amidst looming uncertainty about its regulatory future.

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MAY 21, 2020

Why it’s telehealth, of course, which has experienced hockey-stick growth in the U.S. Some one in 4 survey respondents used telehealth in the past 3 months (about the first 90 days of the pandemic), with a vast majority of people satisfied with their virtual healthcare visit. and around the globe) over the past three months.

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MARCH 24, 2021

An independent study commissioned by a pediatric virtual care company found that 92% of pediatricians and clinicians believe that telemedicine will remain part of health practices in the future. More than half of patients use a mobile app on their smartphone for telemedicine visits. THE LARGER TREND.

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APRIL 3, 2024

With current pandemic-era flexibilities for telemedicine set to expire at the end of 2024, several telehealth groups and major health systems are calling on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to work faster in crafting a new proposed rule regulating the prescribing of controlled substances via telehealth.

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