Study Results from Ohio State University Update Understanding of COVID-19 (Implementation of Remote Support Services: Pre-covid-19): Coronavirus – COVID-19

2022 APR 14 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Current study results on Coronavirus - COVID-19 have been published. According to news reporting originating in Columbus, Ohio, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “In this national survey of departments of developmental disabilities services across the United States, we attempted to establish the number of the states that made remote support services available as an authorized service in some state Medicaid funded developmental disabilities waiver programs. Remote support services were defined as a service that uses technology to support an individual with developmental disabilities and is provided from a location outside of the person’s home.”

Financial support for this research came from Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Ohio State University, “Remote support services involve the use of technology to provide real-time assistance from a direct support professional from a remote location. We found that 18 of the 49 states (37%) that responded to our telephone survey reported offering some form of remote support services.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “This survey was conducted pre-COVID-19 and the implications of the availability of remote support services are discussed especially in light of COVID-19.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Implementation of Remote Support Services: Pre-covid-19. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities can be contacted at: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA. (Wiley-Blackwell - http://www.wiley.com/; Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1741-1130)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Jordan B. Wagner, Ohio State University, Nisonger Center, Columbus, OH 43210, United States. Additional authors for this research include Marc J. Tasse and Gili Ornan.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1111/jppi.12420. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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