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Tele-psychiatry helps small provider expand services, treat during pandemic

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As is the case nationally, psychiatry is in limited supply in the area of River Valley Health and Dental Center in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. No question existed in the minds of staff about the value of adding psychiatry to their continuum of care. Using telehealth for psychiatry was an obvious solution, King stated.

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Osmind EHR integrates Zoom for psychiatry telehealth

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"Our team’s ability to use Zoom to stay connected to our patients was vital to continuing to support our mission of providing high-quality, patient-centered healthcare that is accessible, affordable and culturally sensitive," Ann Tucker, CEO of Portland, Maine-based Community Health Center, told Healthcare IT News in 2020.

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Talkiatry Finds Features and Flexibility in eClinicalWorks

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Remote psychiatry is a crucial need, because psychiatrists are extremely unevenly distributed. Watch the short video for more insights about psychiatry, telemedicine, and eClinicalWorks. This market is an especially complex area of health care for many reasons.

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This Week’s Health IT Jobs – April 24, 2024

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Note: These jobs are listed by Healthcare IT Today as a free service to the community. Healthcare IT Today does not endorse or vouch for the company or the job posting. Contact us here with a link to the open position and we’ll be happy to feature it in next week’s article at no charge!

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UpLift Raises $8M in Funding to Integrate Psychiatry Into the Mental Healthcare Delivery Platform

Healthcare IT Today

Behavioral health startup applies new funding to accelerate growth and expand patient offerings to successfully manage a full spectrum of needs Today, UpLift, the first vertically integrated mental healthcare delivery system, announced their expansion into psychiatry as well as the closing of $8M in secondary funding.

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Epic research shows telehealth efficacy, makes case for more reimbursement 

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

And while 15% of mental healthcare and psychiatry telehealth appointments required in-person follow-up in the next three months, that specialty had the largest volume of all studied for telehealth utilization. million mental health and psychiatry telehealth visits did not require in-person follow-up. Of the more than 4.3

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Budget 2024: Private hospitals tapped to provide psychiatric telehealth amid crisis

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A news report recently revealed that one in four psychiatry positions in public health institutions are vacant in some states. APHA CEO Michael Roff further discussed this upcoming telehealth trial with Healthcare IT News. It will be implemented initially over the next two years starting in November.