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Nearly One-Third Of Older Adults Remain Concerned About Efficacy Of Telehealth Compared With In-Person Care, Poll Finds

mHealth Intelligence (12/29, Vaidya) reports “close to a third of older Americans remain concerned about the efficacy of telehealth visits as compared with in-person care, according to a” poll (PDF) “conducted by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and funded by the SCAN Foundation” of “1,000 adults, aged 50 years and older, between Nov. 12 and 15.” Respondents “cited concerns regarding not having a personal relationship with their doctor (29 percent), the security of health information (17 percent) and running into technical issues (16 percent).”

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— “31% of Older Americans Worry Telehealth Not as Effective as In-person Care “Anuja Vaidya, mHealth Intelligence, December 29, 2021

Large Insurers Increasingly Investing In “Telebehavioral” Health Platforms

Modern Healthcare (12/29, Devereaux, Subscription Publication) reports, “Supporting telehealth companies is nothing new for insurers, but a COVID-19 windfall and an explosion in demand for mental healthcare during the pandemic have led payers toward virtual therapy platforms as a way to reduce costs and provide better benefits.” This year, “large insurers’ investing arms contributed to significantly more funding rounds for ‘telebehavioral’ health companies than during previous years.”

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— “Insurers test the waters with ‘telebehavioral’ health platforms “Mari Devereaux, Modern Healthcare, December 29, 2021

School Environments May Play Role In Early Adolescents’ Mental Health, Research Suggests

Healio (12/29, Weldon) reports, “School environments play a role in early adolescents’ mental health,” researchers concluded in the 26,885-student “My Resilience in Adolescence (MYRIAD) study, a collaborative survey between various universities in the United Kingdom.” The study revealed that even though “schools explained only small amounts of variation in mental health, school climate was nonetheless associated with mental health.” Additionally, the study revealed that “children who attended schools with a higher proportion of white pupils had poorer mental health than children in schools with more ethnically diverse student bodies.” The findings were published in the December issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

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— “Schools play role in adolescent mental health, study finds “Rose Weldon, Healio, December 29, 2021

Biden Administration To Allow States To Integrate Behavioral Health Services Into Medicaid Programs

Bloomberg Law (12/28, Reed, Subscription Publication) reports behind a paywall, “States can integrate behavioral health services into their Medicaid programs under a new option meant to help people experiencing mental health or substance use crises,” the Biden Administration announced on Tuesday. Furthermore, the option “will allow states to support mobile crisis intervention services, which connect users to a behavioral health specialist on call.”

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— “Mental Health Support to Get Expansion Under New Medicaid Option “Allie Reed, Bloomberg Law, December 28, 2021

Survey examines association of e-cigarette use and smoking cessation

MedPage Today (12/28, Gever) reports government survey data indicate that “among daily smokers followed for up to 5 years – all reporting at study enrollment that they intended to keep smoking and that they weren’t using e-cigarettes – 28% of those who started daily e-cigarette use then discontinued regular cigarettes…compared with a 5.8% quit rate…for those who never used nicotine vaping products.” According to the findings, published in JAMA Network Open, “a similar pattern was seen for the outcome of stopping daily cigarette smoking…with some 46% of those who took up e-cigarettes becoming intermittent smokers, versus 10% of smokers who avoided e-cigarette use during follow-up.”

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