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Promising targeted therapy offers new hope to certain patients with advanced pancreatic cancer

A promising new targeted cancer therapy will soon be available to certain patients with advanced pancreatic cancer – from the comfort of their home.

7 Jun 2023

Medicaid telemedicine coverage linked to growth in telemedicine use and improved healthcare access

Medicaid telemedicine coverage between 2013 and 2019 was associated with significant growth in telemedicine use and improved healthcare access, while private policies did not have such an association, according to a study led by the University of California, Irvine.

31 May 2023

AI may be on its way to your doctor’s office, but it’s not ready to see patients

What use could health care have for someone who makes things up, can't keep a secret, doesn't really know anything, and, when speaking, simply fills in the next word based on what's come before? Lots, if that individual is the newest form of artificial intelligence, according to some of the biggest companies out there.

12 May 2023

Study: Telehealth patients feel very positive about medication abortion care

Patients seeking medication abortion care through telehealth services are just as satisfied, if not more so, with the service they received as patients who visited a clinical facility to receive care, according to a study published this month in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

9 May 2023

TTUHSC El Paso’s TCHATT program provides mental health care for rural youth

Most often-rural counties in Texas and across the country do not even have one child and adolescent psychiatrist.

28 Apr 2023

Study assesses trends in buprenorphine initiation and retention in the United States

Treating opioid addiction should be much easier now than it was a few years ago, thanks to pandemic-era rule changes that aim to improve access to buprenorphine, a medicine proven to help in recovery.

25 Apr 2023

The confusing fate of the abortion pill

The abortion pill mifepristone is now ground zero in the abortion debate.

13 Apr 2023

Study reveals substantial decline in alcohol screening rates during the first COVID-19 surge

New research from Boston Medical Center found that alcohol screening rates dropped substantially during the first COVID-19 surge. Published in Preventive Medicine Reports, the study highlights that during the COVID-19 pandemic, there were increases in unhealthy alcohol consumption and alcohol related morbidity and mortality.

10 Apr 2023

Study: Pulse oximeters no better than just asking COVID-19 patients if they are short of breath

Using a pulse oximeter to measure oxygen levels is no better than just regularly asking patients with COVID-19 if they are short of breath, according to new research at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania.

7 Apr 2023

States step in as telehealth and clinic patients get blindsided by hospital fees

When Brittany Tesso's then-3-year-old son, Roman, needed an evaluation for speech therapy in 2021, his pediatrician referred him to Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora.

3 Apr 2023

UT Southwestern awarded $18 million PCORI funding to investigate ways to improve postpartum health

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have been approved for an $18 million funding award from the nonprofit Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to investigate ways to improve postpartum health among primarily low-income Black and Hispanic women.

28 Mar 2023

Truly random drug testing: ADHD patients face uneven urine screens and, sometimes, stigma

Some adults who take prescription medication for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are required to have their urine tested for drugs several times a year. Others never are tested.

28 Mar 2023

Digital disparities could widen the gap in access to health care

Many parts of rural America with less access to health care also have limited broadband internet that could help them take advantage of increasingly popular online health services.

24 Mar 2023

End of covid emergency will usher in changes across the US health system

The Biden administration's decision to end the covid-19 public health emergency in May will institute sweeping changes across the health care system that go far beyond many people having to pay more for covid tests.

22 Mar 2023

New KITHealthTech aims to push digitalization in the healthcare sector

Digitalization does not only affect private life and work, but also influences and changes the entire healthcare sector. Sustainable progress in medical technology to preserve health will require increased collaboration of citizens, physicians, and researchers in future.

21 Mar 2023

Mental health care by video fills gaps in rural nursing homes

Bette Helm was glad to have someone to talk with about her insomnia.

21 Mar 2023

Rapid shift to virtual behavioral health care during the pandemic helped adhere to depression treatment

The rapid transition from in-person to care to telemedicine visits at the start of the COVID‑19 pandemic did not adversely affect the quality of care – and even improved some aspects of care – for patients with major depression in a major integrated health system, according to a new report.

10 Mar 2023

Virtual or in person: Which kind of doctor’s visit is better, and when it matters

When the covid-19 pandemic swept the country in early 2020 and emptied doctors' offices nationwide, telemedicine was suddenly thrust into the spotlight. Patients and their physicians turned to virtual visits by video or phone rather than risk meeting face-to-face.

6 Mar 2023

Study estimates and compares excess mortality due to cardiovascular diseases across multiple pandemic waves in the US

Researchers estimated excess cardiovascular deaths in the USA between March 2020 and March 2022.

3 Mar 2023

Demographic factors linked to low telemedicine literacy

Demographic factors including low income and living in a rural area are linked to low telemedicine literacy – which may limit access to plastic surgeons and other healthcare providers at a time of expanding use of telehealth and video visits, according to a report in the March issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

24 Feb 2023

Telemedicine News and Research

Latest Telemedicine News and Research

Promising targeted therapy offers new hope to certain patients with advanced pancreatic cancer

Medicaid telemedicine coverage linked to growth in telemedicine use and improved healthcare access

AI may be on its way to your doctor’s office, but it’s not ready to see patients

Study: Telehealth patients feel very positive about medication abortion care

TTUHSC El Paso’s TCHATT program provides mental health care for rural youth

Study assesses trends in buprenorphine initiation and retention in the United States

The confusing fate of the abortion pill

Study reveals substantial decline in alcohol screening rates during the first COVID-19 surge

Study: Pulse oximeters no better than just asking COVID-19 patients if they are short of breath

States step in as telehealth and clinic patients get blindsided by hospital fees

UT Southwestern awarded $18 million PCORI funding to investigate ways to improve postpartum health

Truly random drug testing: ADHD patients face uneven urine screens and, sometimes, stigma

Digital disparities could widen the gap in access to health care

End of covid emergency will usher in changes across the US health system

New KITHealthTech aims to push digitalization in the healthcare sector

Mental health care by video fills gaps in rural nursing homes

Rapid shift to virtual behavioral health care during the pandemic helped adhere to depression treatment

Virtual or in person: Which kind of doctor’s visit is better, and when it matters

Study estimates and compares excess mortality due to cardiovascular diseases across multiple pandemic waves in the US

Demographic factors linked to low telemedicine literacy

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

From Puberty to Menopause: Clue’s CEO, Audrey Tsang on the Power of Femtech

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