Monday, June 13, 2022 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
Dear John,
In recognition of the upcoming Juneteenth holiday, Health Affairs is coming together as a community to acknowledge and reflect on the history of racism in US medicine and research.
Join us on Friday, June 17, at 3:00 PM ET/12:00 PM PT for a virtual
watch party of the Telly Award-winning video: “Racism & Health In US Medicine, A Conversation with Harriet A. Washington.”
This featured video was released with Health Affairs’ February 2022 Issue on Racism & Health.
Interstate Telehealth
In their June 2022 article, Juan Andino and coauthors assess trends in interstate telehealth uptake by Medicare beneficiaries between 2017–20 due to COVID-19–related regulatory changes.
The authors find that the volume of interstate telehealth use increased from about 17,000 services in the first quarter of 2020 to almost 100,000 services in the fourth, but remained a relatively small share of all outpatient
and telehealth visits.
The authors also indicate that out-of-state telehealth is primarily used for continuity of care rather than the acquisition of new patients, and that a higher percentage of rural patients used both out-of-state in-person and telehealth services compared with their nonrural counterparts.
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Today in Health Affairs Forefront, Sarita Mohanty
and Terry Fulmer discuss how person-driven outcome measures offer solutions that may help address a multitude of health care’s more pressing issues.
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