Lori Uscher-Pines

Oct 24, 2024 | rand.org | Ateev Mehrotra |Lori Uscher-Pines

Topics Publisher: JAMA NetworkAvailability: Non-RAND Year: 2024 Pages: 2 Document Number: EP-70705 This publication is part of the RAND external publication series. Many RAND studies are published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals, as chapters in commercial books, or as documents published by other organizations. RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis.

Aug 21, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Lori Uscher-Pines

Telehealth faces an uncertain future. Without congressional action, broad reimbursement for telehealth in Medicare will expire at the end of 2024. Physicians and health systems have asked Congress to craft permanent policy. They argue that without a signal that telehealth will be available permanently, clinicians will not make the necessary investments to optimize these services. In other words, telehealth cannot deliver on its promise to improve access and quality if Congress does not commit.

Aug 16, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Lori Uscher-Pines |Kevin Lin

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is the most common substance use disorder in the US, affecting 11% of adults.1 Efficacious medications to treat AUD, such as naltrexone and acamprosate, exist but are seldom prescribed; in fact, only 2.1% of adults with AUD receive medication treatment in a given year.1 Key barriers to prescribing AUD medications in primary care include lack of physician knowledge, concerns about efficacy, and treatment philosophy and stigma.2 Many clinicians are uncomfortable...

Jun 14, 2024 | rand.org | Ateev Mehrotra |Jill R. Demirci |Kristin N. Ray |Lori Uscher-Pines

BackgroundWe conducted a national, cross-sectional survey among new parents to explore use and acceptability of telelactation. MethodsRecruitment occurred between October 2021 and January 2022 on Ovia's parenting mobile phone application. Poststratification survey weights were used, and logistic and linear regression models estimated associations between demographics and telelactation use. Results: Among 1,617 respondents, 33.8% had at least one telelactation visit.

Apr 25, 2024 | benton.org | David Cutler |Nancy D. Beaulieu |Lori Uscher-Pines

Telemedicine use remains substantially higher than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic, although it has fallen from pandemic highs. To inform the ongoing debate about whether to continue payment for telemedicine visits, this report estimated the association of greater telemedicine use across health systems with utilization, spending, and quality.