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Prescribing ADHD Meds by Telehealth Does Not Alter Risk for Substance Use Disorder Overall

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Receipt of a stimulant prescription for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) via telehealth is not associated with an increased risk for substance use disorder (SUD), according to a study published online June 11 in The American Journal of Psychiatry. Vinod Rao, M.D., Vinod Rao, M.D.,

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Predicting Likelihood of Missed Appointments in Primary Care [Health care informatics]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied Adult patients scheduled for in-person or telehealth visits between 01/2019-06/2023. Study Design and Analysis Retrospective, longitudinal study using electronic health records. Setting Family medicine clinics in an academic medical center in southcentral Pennsylvania.

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Tobacco Use Screening In Community-Based Primary Care Clinics By Visit Modality During The Covid-19 Pandemic [Smoking cessation]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Primary care delivery was significantly impacted by COVID-19, with rapid deployment of telehealth after the United States’ national public health emergency (PHE) declaration in March 2020. In the years following the PHE, rates of screening for tobacco use decreased, particularly during telehealth visits.

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Primary Care Screening Telehealth Community

MAFP Launches Interpreter Access Task Force

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MAY 6, 2025

Resolution 2023-04 : Coverage for live, in-person interpreter services under Minnesota Medical Assistance. Resolution 2021-09 : Support for high-quality interpreter services, along with research, patient rights awareness, advocacy, expanded access, interpreter protections and telehealth strategies.

Family Physician

Family Physician Primary Care Telehealth Community

2025 Doctor Job Outlook: Why Go Locum Tenens?

Barton Associates

MAY 29, 2025

Despite projected shortages, the overall job outlook for a doctor in the United States is positive— according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) , overall employment of physicians is projected to grow 4% between 2023 and 2033, which is as fast as the average for all occupations, healthcare or otherwise.

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Green Practice News: April 2025

My Green Doctor

APRIL 4, 2025

According to the 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown, mortality caused by extreme heat events increased by 53.7% Offer telehealth services to cut patient travel emissions while improving accessibility. We will be sharing different insights and learnings from this breakthrough and peer-reviewed study in the coming weeks.

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Telemedicine and the Prescribing of Controlled Substances After the End of The Covid-19 Pandemic Emergency: DEA Announces Two Significant Proposed Rules: Read the Summary Below, But Learn All the Details and More at HPM’s Webinar on March 23, 2023 (Details Forthcoming….)

FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

That emergency declaration is set to expire on May 11, 2023. The rule would permit a practitioner using a telemedicine encounter to prescribe controlled substances without an in-person visit under various situations involving both an audio-visual telehealth evaluation, or an in-person evaluation performed by a “referring” provider.

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The “End of the COVID-19 Emergency and the Ryan Haight Act: Telemedicine and Next Steps” – Availability of HPM’s Presentation Deck and Recording of the Presentation

FDA Law Blog

MARCH 27, 2023

Thank you to those who registered for and attended Hyman, Phelps & McNamara’s March 23, 2023 lunchtime webinar addressing the “End of the COVID-19 Emergency and the Ryan Haight Act: Telemedicine and Next Steps.” As promised during the 90-minute program, we provide our slides here, and a recording of the program, here (passcode.

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Clinical Trials Join the Remote Work Revolution: FDA’s New Draft Guidance on Decentralized Clinical Trials

FDA Law Blog

MAY 4, 2023

Section 3606(a) of the Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act (FDORA) directed FDA to “issue or revise draft guidance that includes recommendations to clarify and advance the use of decentralized clinical studies to support the development of drugs and devices,” not later than December 29, 2023. DHTs include monitoring instruments (e.g.,

Clinic

Clinic Telehealth Provider Electronics

As the Calendar Turns, Cybersecurity Remains Key Focus of Digital Health Enforcement

FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

Claud — As we turn into the New Year, we offer a few items of interest in digital and telehealth regulation, enforcement, and compliance that may provide some helpful guideposts for stakeholders. More updates will follow here as trends develop in 2023. By John W.M.

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CDRH Seeks Public Comment on How to Increase Patient Access to At-Home Use Medical Technologies

FDA Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

telemedicine and telehealth solutions (e.g., For those who are interested in learning more about the decentralized clinical trial draft guidance, please check out the FDA’s webinar on June 20, 2023. For those who are interested, comments should be submitted to the docket ( FDA-2023-N-1956 ) by August 30, 2023.

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When to Go to Urgent Care for a Sore Throat: How Can Urgent Care Help?

Doctor On Demand

APRIL 28, 2025

Learn more about which symptoms mean you should go to urgent care or the ER, as well as when to use telehealth or see a primary care doctor. When to use telehealth for a sore throat Telehealth offers a convenient way to treat a sore throat and also provides guidance when you’re unsure if you need in-person care.

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Under FDORA, FDA to Require Most Drug and Device Trials to Submit Diversity Action Plans

FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 23, 2023

For example, it is unclear if the use of telehealth services and remote monitoring increased access to clinical trials for the elderly and disadvantaged. by the end of 2023). The COVID-19 pandemic temporarily halted many clinical trials and left an indelible mark on clinical trial recruitment.

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Anti-Asian Hate: Russell Jeung, Lingsheng Li, & Jessica Eng

GeriPal

AUGUST 15, 2024

Really, across the board, there was a spike, and it seemed to have, seems to have come down from 2022 to 2023. Jessica 38:40 Yeah, I’m thinking about just, you know, in the mental health provider space, you know, telehealth, it’s become huge. As far as the numbers, pretty significantly.

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Telemedicine in a Post-Pandemic World: Joe Rotella, Brooke Calton, Carly Zapata

GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

This DEA is taking 6-months to consider how to move forward vis a vis restrictions and requirements for telehealth in a post-pandemic world. See the AAHPM Legislative Action Center [link] Write to the DEA, with guidance from AAHPM’s comments to the DEA March 2023. Brooke: So I think of telehealth as the umbrella. Eric: Yeah.

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Senator Durbin Has Questions About FDA’s “Operational Capacity” to Oversee DTC Prescription Drug Advertising Amid Workforce Reductions – Don’t We All?

FDA Law Blog

JUNE 1, 2025

Senator Durbins letter references a January 2023 study from the Journal of the American Medical Association, which found that more than two-thirds of drugs advertised on television were considered to have low therapeutic value.

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Prescribing ADHD Meds by Telehealth Does Not Alter Risk for Substance Use Disorder Overall

Predicting Likelihood of Missed Appointments in Primary Care [Health care informatics]

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Tobacco Use Screening In Community-Based Primary Care Clinics By Visit Modality During The Covid-19 Pandemic [Smoking cessation]

MAFP Launches Interpreter Access Task Force

2025 Doctor Job Outlook: Why Go Locum Tenens?

Green Practice News: April 2025

Telemedicine and the Prescribing of Controlled Substances After the End of The Covid-19 Pandemic Emergency: DEA Announces Two Significant Proposed Rules: Read the Summary Below, But Learn All the Details and More at HPM’s Webinar on March 23, 2023 (Details Forthcoming….)

The “End of the COVID-19 Emergency and the Ryan Haight Act: Telemedicine and Next Steps” – Availability of HPM’s Presentation Deck and Recording of the Presentation

Clinical Trials Join the Remote Work Revolution: FDA’s New Draft Guidance on Decentralized Clinical Trials

As the Calendar Turns, Cybersecurity Remains Key Focus of Digital Health Enforcement

CDRH Seeks Public Comment on How to Increase Patient Access to At-Home Use Medical Technologies

When to Go to Urgent Care for a Sore Throat: How Can Urgent Care Help?

Under FDORA, FDA to Require Most Drug and Device Trials to Submit Diversity Action Plans

Anti-Asian Hate: Russell Jeung, Lingsheng Li, & Jessica Eng

Telemedicine in a Post-Pandemic World: Joe Rotella, Brooke Calton, Carly Zapata

Senator Durbin Has Questions About FDA’s “Operational Capacity” to Oversee DTC Prescription Drug Advertising Amid Workforce Reductions – Don’t We All?

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