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Mashup Score: 7
Telemedicine use remains substantially higher than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic, although it has fallen from pandemic highs. To inform the ongoing debate about whether to continue payment for telemedicine visits, we estimated the association of greater telemedicine use across health systems with utilization, spending, and quality. In 2020, patients receiving care at health systems in the highest quartile of telemedicine use had 2.5 telemedicine visits per person (26.8 percent of visits) compared with 0.7 telemedicine visits per person (9.5 percent of visits) in the lowest quartile of telemedicine use. In 2021–22, relative to those in the lowest quartile, patients of health systems in the highest quartile had an increase of 0.21 total outpatient visits (telemedicine and in-person) per patient per year (2.2 percent relative increase), a decrease of 14.4 annual non-COVID-19 emergency department visits per 1,000 patients per year (2.7 percent relative decrease), a $248 increase in p
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Mashup Score: 7
Telemedicine use remains substantially higher than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic, although it has fallen from pandemic highs. To inform the ongoing debate about whether to continue payment for telemedicine visits, we estimated the association of greater telemedicine use across health systems with utilization, spending, and quality. In 2020, patients receiving care at health systems in the highest quartile of telemedicine use had 2.5 telemedicine visits per person (26.8 percent of visits) compared with 0.7 telemedicine visits per person (9.5 percent of visits) in the lowest quartile of telemedicine use. In 2021–22, relative to those in the lowest quartile, patients of health systems in the highest quartile had an increase of 0.21 total outpatient visits (telemedicine and in-person) per patient per year (2.2 percent relative increase), a decrease of 14.4 annual non-COVID-19 emergency department visits per 1,000 patients per year (2.7 percent relative decrease), a $248 increase in p
Source: www.healthaffairs.orgCategories: General Medicine News, PayerTweet
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Mashup Score: 7
Telemedicine use remains substantially higher than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic, although it has fallen from pandemic highs. To inform the ongoing debate about whether to continue payment for telemedicine visits, we estimated the association of greater telemedicine use across health systems with utilization, spending, and quality. In 2020, patients receiving care at health systems in the highest quartile of telemedicine use had 2.5 telemedicine visits per person (26.8 percent of visits) compared with 0.7 telemedicine visits per person (9.5 percent of visits) in the lowest quartile of telemedicine use. In 2021–22, relative to those in the lowest quartile, patients of health systems in the highest quartile had an increase of 0.21 total outpatient visits (telemedicine and in-person) per patient per year (2.2 percent relative increase), a decrease of 14.4 annual non-COVID-19 emergency department visits per 1,000 patients per year (2.7 percent relative decrease), a $248 increase in p
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Mashup Score: 0Retinal Physician - SUBSPECIALTY NEWS: Ryzumvi approved, positive gene therapy data, Syfovre receives J code, and more. - 5 month(s) ago
■ Ocuphire and Viatris announced that the FDA has approved Ryzumvi (ph entolamine ophthalmic solution) 0.75% for the treatment of pharmacologically induced mydriasis produced by adrenergic agonists or parasympatholytic agents. Ryzumvi is expected to be commercially available in the United States in the first half of 2024. Ryzumvi was evaluated in the comprehensive MIRA clinical trial program involving more than 600 patients, including the MIRA-1 phase 2b trial, MIRA-2 and MIRA-3 phase 3 pivotal trials,
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Mashup Score: 6Telemedicine Offers Solution for No-Show Appointments - 5 month(s) ago
Converting these missed appointments to telemedicine visits resulted in more than 250 additional hours of patient care as well as a moderate reduction in lost revenue.
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Mashup Score: 1The association between telemedicine, advance care planning, and unplanned hospitalizations among high‐risk patients with cancer - 5 month(s) ago
In this study, care delivered by telemedicine, compared to in-person clinic visits, produced comparable rates of advance care planning conversations without increasing hospitalizations, which suggest…
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Mashup Score: 7Telemedicine Shows Increase in Curing Hepatitis C Virus Related to Opioid Use Disorder - 5 month(s) ago
The results suggest that telemedicine could be used to help improve access for other populations that might be stigmatized, beyond hepatitis C virus and opioid use disorder.
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Mashup Score: 0Expiration of Licensure Waivers and Telemedicine Relationships - 5 month(s) ago
This cross-sectional study compares the use of telemedicine in states where COVID-19 pandemic–related licensure waivers expired vs states where waivers continued.
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Mashup Score: 0Telemedicine Versus In-Person Primary Care: Treatment and Follow-up Visits | Annals of Internal Medicine - 6 month(s) ago
Background: Beyond initial COVID-19 pandemic emergency expansions of telemedicine use, it is unclear how well primary care telemedicine addresses patients’ needs. Objective: To compare treatment and follow-up visits (office, emergency department, hospitalization) between primary care video or telephone telemedicine and in-person office visits. Design: Retrospective design based on administrative and electronic health record (EHR) data. Setting: Large, integrated health care delivery system with more than 1300 primary care providers, between April 2021 and December 2021 (including the COVID-19 pandemic Delta wave). Patients: 1 589 014 adult patients; 26.5% were aged 65 years or older, 54.9% were female, 22.2% were Asian, 7.4% were Black, 22.3% were Hispanic, 46.5% were White, 21.5% lived in neighborhoods with lower socioeconomic status, and 31.8% had a chronic health condition. Measurements: Treatment outcomes included medication or antibiotic prescribing and laboratory or imaging order
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Mashup Score: 0Annals of Internal Medicine: Latest - 6 month(s) ago
Can’t sign in? Forgot your password? If the address matches an existing account you will receive an email with instructions to reset your password. Can’t sign in? Forgot your username? Alexis Drutchas, MD, Andrew J. Lawton, MD Joseph D’Orazio, MD, Lewis Nelson, MD, MBA, Jeanmarie Perrone, MD, Rachel Wightman, MD, and Rachel Haroz, MD Arun Thekkekarott Kuruvila, MBBS, MD, and Erin Brender, MD Lien Moreel, MD, Walter Coudyzer, MSc, Lennert Boeckxstaens, MD, Albrecht Betrains, MD, Geert Molenberghs, PhD,
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To help inform long-term policy, a new study seeks to increase understanding of how the growth in #telemedicine during the pandemic affected health care spending and the quality of care patients received. https://t.co/MWtmQP9NSu