Telemedicine does not reduce access to care

Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) have conducted two studies of telemedicine (link in Spanish) that demonstrate the success of URMC’s hybrid model of providing mental health services to nursing homes. Telemedicine also shows remarkable effectiveness in a second study, by NEJM Catalyst. It looked at looked at a program that URMC physicians developed to provide psychiatric and psychotherapeutic resources to nursing home patients through a combination of telehealth, on-site visits, and staff education. The researchers concluded that the program improved access to care and reduced the number of residents requiring antipsychotic medications.

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