The Walmart Health Virtual Care Diabetes Program was developed for employers and payors to help their employees and members close gaps in diabetes management among employees and their families through early intervention, which could lead to better health outcomes.
One way to optimize telemedicine—and to better care for patients, streamline efficiencies and reduce professional burnout—is by using a team-based care model similar to the ones in place for face-to-face visits.
Creating telehealth policies that ensure equity will require a more comprehensive, cautious approach that acknowledges the unknowns about how to implement telemedicine to improve health, addresses the multilevel barriers to equity, and reconsiders the purpose and value of telemedicine.
Despite forming a major cornerstone of US life and the economy, farmworkers do not have equal access to the resources and services that non-farmworkers do to maintain their overall health and well-being.
Below is the executive summary, which outlines federal developments from the past two weeks, new state-level developments, and older federal developments.
Telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic was perceived to be a good alternative to in-person healthcare appointments among people with Parkinson's disease, according to an anonymous survey.