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.
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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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.
NPR Health
MAY 10, 2025
Women can use a wand to collect a vaginal sample, then mail it to a lab that will screen for cervical cancer. The device will be available by prescription through a telehealth service. Image credit: Teal Health)
Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians
APRIL 22, 2025
Audio-Only Telehealth This bill to include audio-only telehealth as a reimbursable option was also included in the Senate HHS omnibus bill. As a reminder, because the House is tied 67-67, each budget bill in the House must have bipartisan support to pass out of this final committee stop.
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 ). She conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of 38 palliative care trials, finding that many excluded people with serious illness, and a lack of impact on psychological outcomes.
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. We discuss our favorite articles, parody songs, and memories from AGS meetings past, with a little preview of a song for this years meeting. So this is something. It is a sold out crowd.
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