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Where telehealth can help curb the mental health staffing shortage

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It should not be news to anyone in the healthcare industry that the nation is suffering a profound shortage of mental health professionals, which was exacerbated by the pandemic. What is news to many is the different ways various telemedicine technologies are being used to help chip away at the mental health-staffing problem.

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Brightside Health Raises Strategic Series C, Welcomes Trip Hofer to Board of Directors

Healthcare IT Today

With Over $100M in Total Funding, the Telemental Health Company is Poised for its Next Phase of Growth Telemental health company Brightside Health today announced a strategic Series C raise led by S32, as well as the appointment of industry titan Trip Hofer to the Board of Directors to advise on go-to-market strategy and execution.

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Lawmakers push to extend flexible telehealth guidelines beyond the stay-at-home period

Clocktree

A bi-partisan coalition of 32 US House members are asking in a May 21 letter to Congressional leadership that ongoing emergency efforts to relax telehealth regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic be continued for an additional period of time.

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A Health Consumer Bill of Rights: Assuring Affordability, Access, Autonomy, and Equity

Health Populi

In addition to highlighting the Patient’s Bill of Rights, NABIP’s keynotes and general sessions will speak to similar topics being brainstormed at VIVE this week — including mental health, maternal health, pharmacy and prescription drugs (pricing, PBMs), population health, and Medicare and Medicaid innovations.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

One of the great use cases for telemedicine has proven to be mental health. Rarely does mental health require in-person tests. 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.

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Behavioral health clinic uses telehealth to expand its reach to vulnerable patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"The placement of FCC equipment in medical clinics specializing in seniors and other Medicare recipients will allow that clinic to offer depression screening for Medicare patients to prevent suicide." " David Robeck, Bridge Counseling Associates. Each also was a licensed alcohol and drug counselor.

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Bonus Features – December 17, 2023 – 97% of hospitals now capable of enabling electronic access to patient records, 70% of hospitals face hidden business continuity challenge, plus 31 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

Nearly 3 in 4 (73%) of mental health practitioners have seen an increase since the start of the pandemic , and 45% said they’ve had to turn patients away, according to research from Wiley. New York City HIE entity Healthix chose CLEAR identity verification technology for its My Health Record NY portal.

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