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AccessHealth uses telemedicine to boost mental health visits by 10% during COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Purchasing devices and platforms due to pricing was a concern, and HIPAA-compliant platforms and cybersecurity [were concerns] for PHI/patient safety." Staff would offer Zoom telehealth capabilities for medical and mental health patients. NextGen and Zoom for Healthcare both were proposed as telemedicine vendors.

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Ten In Ten: Manatt’s Healthcare Priorities to 2031

Health Populi

Innovate long-term care. Accelerate digital health. Secure health data (updating privacy/HIPAA). There’s an 11th imperative I add to the ten called out here, and it’s attending to mental health with grace, public policies, and resource allocation. Help our children achieve their potential.

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The Doctor Will See You Now…At Home? The AMA Launches a Health at Home Framework

Health Populi

Logistics and operations addresses information processing, sharing, analyzing, and management — requiring interoperability and data liquidity, along with “nutritious” AI underpinning the analyses to ensure health equity-by-design.

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United Physicians finds success with telepsychiatry for virtual collaborative care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

United Physicians, based in Bingham Farms, Michigan, is always on the hunt for programs that empower its primary care providers to serve as the medical home for patients. The mission at United Physicians is to advance physician performance to improve patient health outcomes. THE PROBLEM. In fact, they'll worsen.

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Cornell Scott-Hill makes big strides with specialist telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"If we are able to reach the patient by phone, we can, in real time, convert a scheduled in-person visit to a telemedicine visit to avoid prolonged gaps in care." Technology options that allow asynchronous access to specialty services via e-consults and tele-retinal imaging now are a standard part of care.

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What to Do When Your Clients Don’t Attend Sessions

TheraNest

Sometimes, mental and behavioral health professionals help clients with such difficult issues or trauma that it can be difficult for them to take someone who is in the next session as seriously; for example, after helping a victim of child abuse, it might be challenging to show the same care to someone grieving for a grandparent.

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What to Do When Your Clients Don’t Attend Sessions

TheraNest

Sometimes, mental and behavioral health professionals help clients with such difficult issues or trauma that it can be difficult for them to take someone who is in the next session as seriously; for example, after helping a victim of child abuse, it might be challenging to show the same care to someone grieving for a grandparent.