Tag: telemedicine

Telehealth care, MOUD during COVID-19 reduced risk for fatal drug overdoses

Editor's Note This study led by researchers from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that federal actions taken to expand telehealth use for Medicare patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) and to facilitate provision of medications for OUD (MOUD) were associated…

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By: Judy Mathias
March 30, 2023
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Use of telemedicine to preoperatively evaluate bariatric surgery patients

Editor's Note This study from the University of Pittsburgh finds that telemedicine can be used safely and effectively for bariatric surgical patients’ preoperative care. A total of 1,182 patients (telemedicine visit group, 257 vs in-person visit controls, 925) were included in the analysis. The telemedicine group was found to be…

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By: Judy Mathias
February 15, 2023
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No difference in quality between preop telemedicine, in-person visits

Editor's Note This study from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, finds no difference in quality of shared decision making in surgical patients having preoperative in-person vs telemedicine visits. Of 387 patients who were scheduled for surgery between May 2021 and June 2022, 301 had in-person visits and 86 had…

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By: Judy Mathias
January 24, 2023
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