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‘Telehealth is here to stay’: AHA launches its first individual telehealth certification

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By Regina Shaffer

The American Heart Association recently launched its first individual certification for telehealth, part of an effort to improve standards of care for a delivery model that grew exponentially — and unevenly — during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Telehealth services have become increasingly popular since many clinicians incorporated some form of virtual care into practice during the pandemic, when in-person visits for routine care were considered risky and discouraged.  Read the full story in Healio.

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Best practices for telehealth center on comfort, aim to empower patients

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By Emma Bascom
SAN DIEGO — A presenter at the 2023 ACP Internal Medicine Meeting shared some best practices to maximize the benefits of telehealth.

“If we ourselves aren’t comfortable on camera taking care of our patients and we ourselves are uncomfortable with technology, patients aren’t going to feel comfortable and they’re not going to have the faith in us to listen to us and what we have to say,” Neel Naik, MD, an assistant professor and director of emergency medicine simulation education at Weill Cornell Medical College, said in his presentation. Read the full story in Healio.

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Telehealth: Terms and Conditions Apply

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— Added convenience comes at a cost

Let’s say with all that’s been going on, you’ve been feeling increasingly depressed and anxious, so you decide to make an appointment with a psychiatrist who you heard was great. The next courageous step is to actually show up for the appointment, and you arrive a few minutes early to fill out the usual paperwork in the waiting room. Finally, you’re shown to her office, and you nervously take a seat on the couch. She smiles warmly and says, “OK, I’m going to begin audio and video recording the appointment now.”
Read more in MedPage Today here.

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Location Shouldn’t Matter in Telemedicine

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At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us pivoted to providing a great deal of care over video visits — telehealth encounters over Zoom and other platforms — where patients could stay safely in their homes and still receive healthcare.

This served an incredible public health purpose, protecting patients from coming in for their routine care while still being able to give them ongoing healthcare through contact with their doctors. Read the full story.

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