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

Physician's Weekly

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.,

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Insights from an Operational Survey within the NNE CO-OP PCBRN [Research capacity building]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Design and Analysis: The structured questionnaire covered various aspects of primary care practice, including the scope of clinical learners, specialties offered, onsite services, telehealth, EMR data querying, patient advisory groups, and IRB affiliation. Intervention/Instrument: N/A.

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Disaster preparedness, What we have learned from COVID 19 pandemic [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Population: Thirty-six residents from UTSW, Parkland, Children's Hospital, and Texas Health Resources were surveyed. During the pandemic, 62% (n=21) used telehealth tools, including 50% (n=17) by telephone, 50% (n=17) via live video, and 24% (n=8) through text messaging.

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Staying psychologically safe as a doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic

BMJ

Reference: Benson J , Sexton R , Dowrick C , et al, Staying psychologically safe as a doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic As we face the ongoing global pandemic of COVID-19, doctors, and particularly general practitioners and family doctors (GPs), answer the call to serve in time-pressured, unfamiliar, chaotic, and often-traumatic environments.

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2025 Doctor Job Outlook: Why Go Locum Tenens?

Barton Associates

These crucial healthcare providers can be found in almost every healthcare setting, including, but not limited to: Hospitals Private Practices Urgent Cares Higher Education Corporate Clinics Telehealth Services Insurance Companies Correctional Facilities Indian Health Service (IHS) Facilities Why is the physician shortage growing?

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Telehealth vs In-Person Palliative Care: A Podcast with Joseph Greer, Lynn Flint, Simone Rinaldi, and Vicki Jackson

GeriPal

In one corner, weighing in at decades of experience, well known for heavy hits of bedside assessments, strong patient-family relationships, and a knockout punch of interdisciplinary collaboration, we have in-person palliative care consults. Eric 01:08 On the other, we have the young upstart telehealth delivered palliative care.

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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

GeriPal

Kate: It was done in 10 hospitals, 17 ICUs in Atrium Health down in North Carolina. Asking clinicians to document prognosis did not change the primary outcome of hospital length of stay or really any of the secondary outcomes, which I’ll get into. Also the same hospital system? That’s when they got enrolled.