Telemedicine

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Project

Apr 9, 2025

The applicability of existing Union legislation to telemedicine services

ICF and RAND Europe are conducting a study examining the multifaceted dimensions of telemedicine, focusing on its legal foundation in the EU and across EU member states and EEA countries.
Commentary

Mar 27, 2025

Telelactation Could Reduce Disparities in Breastfeeding

The causes of breastfeeding disparities are complex; no one intervention will solve this problem. But telelactation can help. The next big challenge is how to implement state and federal telelactation policies that realize this promise.
Tool

Mar 25, 2025

eINSPIRE Facilitator Guide: A Telehealth Group for Family Members and Close Friends Affected by a Loved One’s Opioid Use Disorder

This facilitator guide is designed for clinicians who want to deliver eINSPIRE, a ten-week telehealth intervention of hourlong sessions, which provides support to those with loved ones receiving buprenorphine treatment for an opioid use disorder.
Research

Mar 20, 2025

"Telehealth Allows for Flexibility and More Equity": Provider Perspectives on Telehealth for Outpatient Palliative Care for Underserved Patients

The objective of this paper is to examine current perspectives from interdisciplinary providers on the use of telehealth and in-person care for outpatient palliative care among underserved patients.
Research

Mar 10, 2025

The Role and Reach of Alcohol Reduction Apps

In 2024, we conducted an exploratory sequential mixed-methods study that coupled in-depth interviews with 22 app users and a nationally representative survey of 2002 adults. We explored experiences with and perceptions of alcohol reduction apps.
Research

Mar 5, 2025

Race and Ethnicity and Diffusion of Telemedicine in Medicaid for Schizophrenia Care After Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Post-COVID-19 pandemic onset, diffusion of telemental health care for Medicaid beneficiaries with schizophrenia was only associated with agency type; however, time to first telemental health care visit was slower for minorities relative to Whites.
Research

Feb 14, 2025

Disparities in Substance Use Disorder Telehealth Services

This study analyzes nationwide claims data during the COVID-19 public health emergency to investigate how telehealth is associated with changes in disparities in substance use disorder treatment utilization across different payers and rural areas.
Research

Feb 7, 2025

Surgeons' Views of Peer Comparison and Guideline-Based Feedback on Postsurgery Opioid Prescriptions: A Qualitative Investigation

Interviews of 36 surgeons in a randomized controlled trial of social norm-based feedback to reduce postsurgery opioid prescribing elucidated surgeons' reactions and responses to the feedback as well as contextual factors affecting its impact.
Research

Feb 3, 2025

Changes in Specialty Crisis Services Offered Before and After the Launch of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

This study of mental health treatment facilities found that the launch of 988 was associated with an increase in peer support services, and decreases in psychiatric walk-in services, mobile crisis response and suicide prevention services.
Research

Jan 29, 2025

Telephone Follow-Up on Medicare Patient Surveys Remains Critical

Telephone follow-up improves response rates in many health care settings. Our objective was to describe response rates to the 2022 MCAHPS surveys and the completion mode (mail or telephone), overall and by person-level characteristics.
Research

Dec 19, 2024

Telehealth Visits in Health Centers Serving Low-Income Patients in California: Final Results from the Connected Care Accelerator Initiative (2022–2024)

In this report, the authors summarize data on the use of in-person, audio-only, and video health visits during September 2022 to August 2024, a period that included the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency in May 2023 and beyond.
Research Summary

Dec 5, 2024

Key Findings from RAND Health Care Research on Telehealth Policy

RAND Health Care researchers used public and private data, such as data from health care claims, to understand telehealth's effect on health care delivery and how telehealth affects care quality, access, and equity.

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Virtual Support May Expand Breastfeeding

How Does Telehealth Affect Health Care Quality, Access, Equity, and Costs?

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The applicability of existing Union legislation to telemedicine services

Telelactation Could Reduce Disparities in Breastfeeding

eINSPIRE Facilitator Guide: A Telehealth Group for Family Members and Close Friends Affected by a Loved One’s Opioid Use Disorder

"Telehealth Allows for Flexibility and More Equity": Provider Perspectives on Telehealth for Outpatient Palliative Care for Underserved Patients

The Role and Reach of Alcohol Reduction Apps

Race and Ethnicity and Diffusion of Telemedicine in Medicaid for Schizophrenia Care After Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Disparities in Substance Use Disorder Telehealth Services

Surgeons' Views of Peer Comparison and Guideline-Based Feedback on Postsurgery Opioid Prescriptions: A Qualitative Investigation

Changes in Specialty Crisis Services Offered Before and After the Launch of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

Telephone Follow-Up on Medicare Patient Surveys Remains Critical

Telehealth Visits in Health Centers Serving Low-Income Patients in California: Final Results from the Connected Care Accelerator Initiative (2022–2024)

Key Findings from RAND Health Care Research on Telehealth Policy

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Telemedicine

Virtual Support May Expand Breastfeeding

How Does Telehealth Affect Health Care Quality, Access, Equity, and Costs?

Explore RAND’s Work on this Topic

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The applicability of existing Union legislation to telemedicine services

Telelactation Could Reduce Disparities in Breastfeeding

eINSPIRE Facilitator Guide: A Telehealth Group for Family Members and Close Friends Affected by a Loved One’s Opioid Use Disorder

"Telehealth Allows for Flexibility and More Equity": Provider Perspectives on Telehealth for Outpatient Palliative Care for Underserved Patients

The Role and Reach of Alcohol Reduction Apps

Race and Ethnicity and Diffusion of Telemedicine in Medicaid for Schizophrenia Care After Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Disparities in Substance Use Disorder Telehealth Services

Surgeons' Views of Peer Comparison and Guideline-Based Feedback on Postsurgery Opioid Prescriptions: A Qualitative Investigation

Changes in Specialty Crisis Services Offered Before and After the Launch of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

Telephone Follow-Up on Medicare Patient Surveys Remains Critical

Telehealth Visits in Health Centers Serving Low-Income Patients in California: Final Results from the Connected Care Accelerator Initiative (2022–2024)

Key Findings from RAND Health Care Research on Telehealth Policy

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