During the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health specialists started using telemedicine much more frequently. Despite many benefits, a new study finds that virtual visits did not make it easier for ...

But simply offering telemedicine will not address the barriers that many rural patients face in obtaining mental health care, ...

Greater telemedicine uptake among mental health specialists is associated with only small increases in the share of visits to patients in rural, low-access-to-c ...

A new paper published in the International Journal of Medical Informatics finds that telemedicine increased both the quality of patient care and physician satisfaction. The researchers pulled data ...

Telemedicine visits may cost less than in-person care without increasing subsequent short-term health care use.

When something innovative comes along, people instinctively compare it to something that already exists. Automobiles in the early 1900s, for instance, were thought of as nothing more than motorized ...

Digital access and care continuity correlated strongly with telemedicine uptake, including patient portal use (OR 1.44) and returning-visit status, while new-patient encounters were markedly less ...

We know that telemedicine is not one-size-fits-all, particularly for mental and behavioral health, where thoughtful triage, follow-up and continuity of care remain important, s ...

While 87% of Americans now have health insurance, overwhelming co-pays, high deductibles and a lack of primary care doctors still stand in the way of healthcare for many. An average GOLD level ...