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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As is the case nationally, psychiatry is in limited supply in the area of River Valley Health and Dental Center in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. That said, as a large primary care office offering integrated behavioral health, it was important to expand mental health services to include specialty care for patients.

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Osmind EHR integrates Zoom for psychiatry telehealth

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With the COVID-19 pandemic – especially thanks to an expansion of Medicare telehealth benefits during the public health emergency – driving increased use of virtual psychiatric care, many behavioral health providers ventured into telemedicine and onboarded digital telehealth platforms. " THE LARGER TREND.

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Epic research shows telehealth efficacy, makes case for more reimbursement 

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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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Telepsychiatry will continue to grow – and become the house call of yesteryear

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She’s board certified in child and adolescent psychiatry as well as adult psychiatry. Telehealth will continue to grow because it fills a void in the mental health space by creating improved access for many individuals who lacked this access previously. Regarding telepsychiatry, she says in 2024: 1. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Leading the AMA Through Three Historic Challenges

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Psychiatry. County public health […]. In her tenure as American Medical Association President, Dr Patrice Harris has faced a unique confluence of challenges – physician burnout, the COVID-19 pandemic, and racial inequality. Her specialty? Her experience?

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Brave Health Secures $40M in Series C Funding to Expand Access to Mental Health Services for Medicaid Populations

Healthcare IT Today

.” Today, access to mental health services for the nation’s most vulnerable populations is a public health crisis. The percentage of psychiatrists that accept Medicaid has fallen to 35 percent, according to previous research reported by JAMA Psychiatry.

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Stony Brook Medicine crafts a telehealth strategic plan that bears fruit

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A strategic relationship was in development with Microsoft prior to the public health emergency and quickly advanced in March 2020. "The current leader in virtual visits is mental health services through our Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.