Telemedicine

A study of telemedicine and electronic patient portal use at an urban rheumatology center found significant disparities based on English-language proficiency, age, race and income, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2021.

From innovations in therapy and telehealth to greater recognition of structural barriers to care and the need for community outreach, developments in oncology over the past year will have a lasting impact, experts said.

LAS VEGAS – In this video exclusive, Naresh T. Gunaratnam, MD, from Huron Gastroenterology in Michigan, discussed results from a study that evaluated patients’ perceptions of telemedicine services compared with in-person office visits.

Use of a transitions of care clinic may reduce 30-day stroke readmissions, according to findings presented at the American Neurological Association annual meeting.

Almost 30% of patients did not attend a telehealth visit at a urology clinic within a safety-net hospital in San Francisco during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, a cross-sectional analysis showed.

In this video from the virtual Euretina congress, Tunde Peto, MD, PhD, speaks of how the management of diabetes-related eye disease can be optimized during the pandemic, minimizing in-person visits to ensure safety for patients and staff.

A hybrid model of patient care, combining telemedicine and traditional face-to-face visits, may offer the best of both worlds, minimizing the risk for disease transmission while maximizing practicality and patient safety.

A novel telemedicine approach combining the high speed of 5G wireless networks and navigated retinal laser photocoagulation could allow treatment of diabetic retinopathy at a distance.

A new survey conducted by The Harris Poll for San Diego-based pharmaceutical company Neurocrine Biosciences found that 80% of U.S. patients will “always prefer” in-person physician visits to telemedicine.

A survey of patients scheduled for nephrology telemedicine visits at University of Pennsylvania-affiliated clinics revealed age and racial inequities in the likelihood of completing virtual visits.