Rapid Integration of Home Telehealth Visits Amidst COVID-19: What Do Older Adults Need to Succeed?

Pilot study identifying patient-perceived barriers to integrating home telehealth visits during COVID-19 in a VA renal clinic.

Optimizing telehealth pain care after COVID-19

Commentary proposing comprehensive research, education, and policy agenda for implementing and optimizing telehealth pain management using learnings from COVID-19.

Impact of Social Isolation Due to COVID-19 on Health in Older People: Mental and Physical Effects and Recommendations

Understanding how COVID-19 and other pandemics can impact feelings of social isolation in older adults with recommendations for providers, caregivers, and patients.

Assessment of Disparities in Digital Access Among Medicare Beneficiaries and Implications for Telemedicine

Cross sectional study examining disparities in telehealth access among Medicare beneficiaries stratified by socioeconomic and demographic characteristics.

Home Video Visits: Two-Dimensional View of the Geriatric 5M’s

Physician describes their process of investigating the geriatric 5 M’s (mind, mobility, medications, multicomplexity, what matters most) in home video visits.

Telehealth: Opportunities in geriatric patient care during COVID-19

A report that discusses the history of telehealth, national policy changes during the COVID pandemic, telehealth logistics, limitations, and future implications.

Utilization Barriers and Medical Outcomes Commensurate With the Use of Telehealth Among Older Adults: Systematic Review

Systematic review identifying the effect of telehealth on health outcomes for older adults and barriers to utilization.

Rapid Telehealth-Centered Response to COVID-19 Outbreaks in Postacute and Long-Term Care Facilities

Study informing PA/LTC facilities and neighboring health care partners on how to collaboratively utilize telehealth-centered strategies to improve outcomes in facility outbreaks.

Utilizing Telehealth Technology to Reduce Social Isolation and Depression in Seniors

Implementation of telehealth senior care visits to reduce social isolation by decreasing feelings of loneliness and depression as measured by the UCLA loneliness and PHQ-2, and PHQ-9 screening tools.

The transition from reimagining to recreating health care is now

An article that addresses the impediments to implementing telemedicine programs into healthcare and offers advice on how to do so.

The Keys to Effective Telemedicine for Older Adults

Commentary from Veteran’s Affairs geriatrician with tips on using telemedicine to improve care in the primary care setting for older adults.

Telehealth Provider tool: How to communicate with Your Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or DeafBlind Patient.

Fact sheet informing providers how to communicate with patients who may be Deaf, Hard of Hearing or DeafBlind.