By Anuja Vaidya
January 25, 2024 – A group of bipartisan senators have reintroduced a bill to expand access to virtual mental healthcare services for Medicare beneficiaries.
The Telemental Health Care Access Act aims to remove the…
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January 23, 2024 – Gaps in internet use rates appear to be narrowing among Medicare beneficiaries, but disparities across demographic groups persist, impacting telehealth access, according to a study published in the Journal…
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January 19, 2024 – A team providing palliative care via audio-only telehealth helped improve the quality of life for adults with chronic conditions like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart failure, and interstitial…
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January 09, 2024 – New research indicates that expanding access to telehealth services and high-speed internet may not close gaps in primary care utilization, as higher telehealth uptake was linked to groups with…
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January 04, 2024 – Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed an ingestible capsule that vibrates within the stomach to create a sense of fullness, potentially helping treat obesity.
Obesity is…
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January 03, 2024 – Advance ordering of abortion medications via telehealth peaked after the leak of the Supreme Court ruling against the constitutional right to abortion, new research shows.
Published in JAMA Internal Medicine,…
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December 28, 2023 – It is unclear if digital health interventions for stroke prevention and care are effective among historically underrepresented groups like the Black and Latinx populations, according to new research.
Published in…
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December 19, 2023 – An analysis of claims data shows that audio-only telehealth services are most commonly used to address behavioral healthcare needs.
In a new study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers examined…
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December 07, 2023 – A sweeping review of research on telehealth shows that live video telehealth is as effective as in-person care in treating certain conditions, like mental health conditions, but there is…
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December 04, 2023 – While mHealth application-based interventions are effective in treating moderate and severe depression, certain factors impact their efficacy, like in-app notifications and the length of treatment delivery, recent research shows.
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