Medicare Telehealth Pre and Post-COVID-19

Albanese, Sophia; Gupta, Amar; Shah, Ilina; Mitri, Joanna

doi:10.30953/tmt.v6.299

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“…This information is vulnerable to cyberattacks, theft, and data breaches which can lead to unauthorized access, manipulation, or destruction of telehealth systems and data. To mitigate these risks, healthcare providers and technology companies must comply with legal and regulatory requirements such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which may require the implementation of robust security measures including encryption, multi-factor authentication, and security updates (Albanese et al, 2021; Ong et al, 2020).…”

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Privacy, Security, and Usability Tradeoffs of Telehealth from Practitioners’ Perspectives

Tazi,

Nandakumar,

Dykstra

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual

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The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly transformed the healthcare sector, with telehealth services being among the most prominent changes. The adoption of telehealth services, however, has raised new challenges, particularly in the areas of security and privacy. To better comprehend the telehealth needs and concerns of medical professionals, particularly those in private practice, we conducted a study comprised of 20 semi-structured interviews with telehealth practitioners in audiology and speech therapy. Our findings indicate that private telehealth practitioners encounter difficult choices when it comes to balancing security, privacy, usability, and accessibility, particularly while caring for vulnerable populations. Additionally, the study revealed that practitioners face challenges in ensuring HIPAA compliance due to inadequate resources and a lack of technological comprehension. Policymakers and healthcare providers should take proactive measures to address these challenges, including offering resources and training to ensure HIPAA compliance and enhancing technology infrastructure to support secure and accessible telehealth.

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Privacy, Security, and Usability Tradeoffs of Telehealth from Practitioners’ Perspectives

Tazi,

Nandakumar,

Dykstra

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual

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Physical Therapist Impressions of Telehealth and Virtual Reality Needs Amidst a Pandemic

Elor

Conde²,

Powell³

et al. 2022

Front. Virtual Real.

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Most physical therapists would agree that physical rehabilitation is difficult to perform remotely. Consequently, the global COVID-19 pandemic has forced many physical therapists and their clients to adapt to telehealth, especially with video conferencing. In this article, we ask: How has telehealth for physical rehabilitation evolved with the global pandemic and what are the largest technological needs, treatment methodologies, and patient barriers? With the increased widespread use of telehealth for physical therapy, we present a qualitative study towards examining the shortcomings of current physical therapy mediums and how to steer future virtual reality technologies to promote remote patient evaluation and rehabilitation. We interviewed 130 physical rehabilitation professionals across the United States through video conferencing during the COVID19 pandemic from July—August 2020. Interviews lasted 30–45 min using a semi-structured template developed from an initial pilot of 20 interviews to examine potential barriers, facilitators, and technological needs. Our findings suggest that physical therapists utilizing existing telehealth solutions have lost their ability to feel their patients’ injuries, easily assess range of motion and strength, and freely move about to examine their movements when using telehealth. This makes it difficult to fully evaluate a patient and many feel that they are more of a “life coach” giving advice to a patient rather than a traditional in-person rehabilitation session. The most common solutions that emerged during the interviews include: immersive technologies which allow physical therapists and clients 1) to remotely walk around each other in 3D, 2) enable evidence-based measures, 3) automate documentation, and 4) provider clinical practice operation through the cloud. We conclude with a discussion on opportunities for immersive virtual reality towards telehealth for physical rehabilitation.

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Medicare Telehealth Pre and Post-COVID-19

Cited by 2 publications

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Privacy, Security, and Usability Tradeoffs of Telehealth from Practitioners’ Perspectives

Privacy, Security, and Usability Tradeoffs of Telehealth from Practitioners’ Perspectives

Physical Therapist Impressions of Telehealth and Virtual Reality Needs Amidst a Pandemic

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