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.
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.
Telehealth Provider tool: How to talk on the phone to a caller who is Hard of Hearing
Fact sheet listing how to talk directly on the phone with someone who is Hard of Hearing
Best Practices in Videoconferencing-Based Telemental Health April 2018
Collaboration between the APA and the ATA consolidating best practices for clinical videoconferencing in behavioral health services.
Effects of Integrated Telehealth-Delivered Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Depression and Insomnia in Rural Older Adults
Study observing the effect of integrated CBT videoconferencing in rural older adults to increase access to mental health care.
Designing Telemedicine Systems for Geriatric Patients: A Review of the Usability Studies
Systematic review of literature from 2000-2016 on telemedicine usability for older adults.
Dementia Care Comes Home: Patient and Caregiver Assessment via Telemedicine
Evaluation of feasibility and reliability of commonly used dementia assessments in the videoconferencing context.
Assessing Cognitive Function in Older Adults Using a Videoconference Approach
Pilot study validating use of videoconference tools (Skype, etc.) to assess cognitive function in older adults.
The Effectiveness of Telemental Health: A 2013 Review
Synthesized review aggregating information from relevant literature surrounding effective use cases for telemental health.
Practice-Based Versus Telemedicine-Based Collaborative Care for Depression in Rural Federally Qualified Health Centers: A Pragmatic Randomized Comparative Effectiveness Trial
Comparative effectiveness trial regarding the outcomes of patients assigned to practice-based and telemedicine-based collaborative care.
An article that addresses the impediments to implementing telemedicine programs into healthcare and offers advice on how to do so.