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.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Screening Telehealth Community 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Background The use of telehealth to mitigate the maternity care crisis is an area of great interest. Telehealth as an alternative to in-person health appointments gained prominence at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, health leaders have cautioned about expanding telehealth into maternal-fetal medicine.

Telehealth 130

Telehealth Consulting Hypertension Mental Health 130

The Direct Doctors Difference

DECEMBER 14, 2021

During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, insurance companies and state & federal regulators really reduced the requirements surrounding telehealth. Many patients push off screening tests and visits because they worry that being out and about increases their risks of being infected with COVID-19.

Telehealth 52

Telehealth Patients Insurance Primary Care Doctor 52

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Analyzing the Health and Retirement Study, she found 60% of older adults screened positive for depression in the last year of life (related study here ). We saw that around 60% of people were screening positive for depression in the last month before death. Or is it that I’m just not screening? That’s a lot.

Mental Health 122

Mental Health Patient-Centered Illness Screening 122

GeriPal

APRIL 3, 2025

We covered: The first parody song I wrote, for AGS 2018 in Orlando , about this article by Nancy Schoenborn on how to discuss stopping cancer screening. This was 2018 in AGS Orlando, and they did a song about when to stop screening for cancer for colon cancer. How to talk to patients about screening colonoscopies. Ken 10:29 Yes.

IT 64

IT Hospital Screening Patients 64

GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

So they were a lot of preoccupied with other tasks, but clinical gestalt. Eric 33:25 What about telehealth? Like an AI robot goes in the room with the screen and that links to the human palliative care provider and is also the companion. You know, they’re trying to give medication to a number of patients. right there.

Nurse Practitioner 78

Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified 78

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

And we had a greater decrease in symptom intensity at day seven versus the usual care group by both a clinically meaningful and a statistically significant difference. And they had requested in their cultural tailing that the physician wore a white coat when he was going to be seen on the screen. Would you do it again? Marie 18:19 Yes.

Consulting 63

Consulting Community Patient-Centered Family 63