2022
Legislation Increased Medicare Telestroke Billing, But Underbilling And Erroneous Billing Remain Common
Wilcock A, Schwamm L, Zubizarreta J, Zachrison K, Uscher-Pines L, Majersik J, Richard J, Mehrotra A. Legislation Increased Medicare Telestroke Billing, But Underbilling And Erroneous Billing Remain Common. Health Affairs 2022, 41: 350-359. PMID: 35254931, PMCID: PMC9188431, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2021.00791.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAddressing virtual care disparities for patients with limited English proficiency.
Tan-McGrory A, Schwamm L, Kirwan C, Betancourt J, Barreto E. Addressing virtual care disparities for patients with limited English proficiency. The American Journal Of Managed Care 2022, 28: 36-40. PMID: 35049259, DOI: 10.37765/ajmc.2022.88814.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVirtual platformPrivacy concernsSoftware interfacePrivacy regulationsVirtual visitsMultiple languagesThird partyPlatformPatient portalsUse of tabletsVirtual careVideoconferencing platformTechnologyInterpretersComputerAccessPhonesPortalScriptsLanguageHealth care organizationsPortal enrollmentInterfaceRolloutApplications
2021
Changes in Virtual and In-Person Health Care Utilization in a Large Health System During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Zachrison K, Yan Z, Schwamm L. Changes in Virtual and In-Person Health Care Utilization in a Large Health System During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2129973. PMID: 34705016, PMCID: PMC8552053, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.29973.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRising to the challenges of the pandemic: Telehealth innovations in U.S. emergency departments
Uscher-Pines L, Sousa J, Mehrotra A, Schwamm L, Zachrison K. Rising to the challenges of the pandemic: Telehealth innovations in U.S. emergency departments. Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association 2021, 28: 1910-1918. PMID: 34022045, PMCID: PMC8194856, DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocab092.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency departmentTelehealth programED leadersU.S. emergency departmentsCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicDisease 2019 pandemicPersonal protective equipmentTelehealth applicationsPostdischarge assessmentsAcute careVirus exposureVisit volumeOngoing COVID-19Telehealth implementationTele-triageMaximum variation samplingProtective equipmentTelehealth innovationCOVID-19Tele-consultationCOVID-19 pandemicImplementation supportCarePandemicLiterature reviewReport of National Brain Tumor Society roundtable workshop on innovating brain tumor clinical trials: building on lessons learned from COVID-19 experience
Lee E, Selig W, Meehan C, Bacha J, Barone A, Bloomquist E, Chang S, de Groot J, Galanis E, Hassan I, Kalidas C, Khasraw M, Kvedar J, Lassman A, Puduvalli V, Sahebjam S, Schwamm L, Tamir S, Welch M, Yung W, Zadeh G, Arons D, Wen P. Report of National Brain Tumor Society roundtable workshop on innovating brain tumor clinical trials: building on lessons learned from COVID-19 experience. Neuro-Oncology 2021, 23: 1252-1260. PMID: 33822177, PMCID: PMC8083574, DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noab082.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTumor clinical trialsBrain tumor clinical trialsClinical trialsNational Brain Tumor SocietyCOVID-19 experienceClinical trial designUse of telemedicineNational Cancer InstituteCommunity cliniciansBrain tumor communityNeuro-oncologyTrial designCancer InstituteUS FoodDrug AdministrationPatient advocatesClinical research organizationsTrialsCOVID-19Potential long-term impactLong-term impactReportPatientsCliniciansAdministration
2020
Advances in Stroke
Silva G, Schwamm L. Advances in Stroke. Stroke 2020, 52: 351-355. PMID: 33349024, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.120.033239.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVirtual care: new models of caring for our patients and workforce
Schwamm L, Estrada J, Erskine A, Licurse A. Virtual care: new models of caring for our patients and workforce. The Lancet Digital Health 2020, 2: e282-e285. PMID: 32382724, PMCID: PMC7202848, DOI: 10.1016/s2589-7500(20)30104-7.Peer-Reviewed Original Research