When there was greater use of telehealth during pandemic, there were more clinician encounters: study
By
Kristen Fischer
May 15, 2024
High telehealth use among Medicare beneficiaries during the pandemic was linked to more clinician encounters and ambulatory care–sensitive hospitalizations, per a JAMA Network Open study.
High telehealth use tied to increased healthcare utilization, cost
May 14, 2024
Areas of high telehealth use also had more ambulatory care-sensitive hospitalizations.
Those with limited English proficiency face barriers to telehealth
May 09, 2024
A 2021 study shows less access to telehealth and worse reported experiences with video visits.
Business briefs, May 9
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 09, 2024
Occupancy, senmargin recovery focus for 2024: Brookdale CEO … Bills to add CNA training flexibility, extend telehealth access advance for House vote … DHC, AlerisLife manager RMR Group reports latest...
House Ways and Means Committee approves Medicare telehealth extension
By
John O'Connor
May 08, 2024
Lawmakers took the first step Wednesday toward extending temporary telehealth rules put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic for two years.
House measures would extend telehealth services beyond year-end deadline
By
John O'Connor
May 06, 2024
Two separate House bills would make several pandemic-era telehealth waivers permanent, aiming to bridge the gap between urban and rural areas.
Walmart to shut down virtual care platform and health centers, as profits sputter
By
Adam Healy
May 03, 2024
Walmart disclosed it will pull the plug on its health and virtual care delivery products as a result of high operational costs.
Nurses have reservations about use of AI on the job: survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 29, 2024
More than half of the nurses responding to a new survey by Cross Country Healthcare said they have reservations about the potential benefits of artificial intelligence in the nursing field.
Assisted living mental health services fell between 2019 and 2020, study finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 25, 2024
Mental health visits for assisted living residents living with dementia dropped as the pandemic set in, a new study finds.
Actions & Transactions, April 24
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 24, 2024
Phorcys Capital Partners acquires Prosper at Wickliffe, Ohio assisted living community … Wartburg memory care center to open April 30 … Cogir Senior Living expands SafelyYou to 36 communities and into...