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Mental Health in the Black Community: Ways to Increase Care and Access

Iris Telehealth

When thinking about mental health in the Black community, it’s important to put into perspective how their experiences are impacted by culture and history. Organizations can work to address these inequalities by helping create better access to mental health support and providing more culturally competent care.

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American Telemedicine Association Leaps Into Privacy and AI Policies

Healthcare IT Today

The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) recently released two sets of principles that highlights its concerns in two prominent computing issues: privacy and AI. Progress on telemedicine proceeded at a snails pace for most of this time. The ATA has addressed telemedicine on many levels and in many forums during its existence.

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The Rising Use of Telehealth for the Delivery of Outpatient Mental Health Services

Healthcare IT Today

Partner at Berger Singerman LLP Telehealth has revolutionized the delivery of outpatient mental health services, and there has been exponential growth in the acceptance and delivery of remote care. Many states also required at least one in-person meeting before allowing virtual visits. The sofa at home will work just fine.

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Cornell Scott-Hill makes big strides with specialist telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center in New Haven, Connecticut, as a community health center, always had faced a range of treatment barriers that made it difficult, if not impossible, for patients to attend in-person appointments pre-COVID – and for which telemedicine would have been a viable alternative. THE PROBLEM.

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From Dr. Fauci to Peloton, Healthcare and Wellness Baked Into Ad Age’s Top 20 Brands for 2020

Health Populi

.; Headspace, the fast-growing mobile health app focused on mental health, which I’ve described as the pandemic that will last long after “the” pandemic; and, Peloton, the connected fitness cycle. Now, with infections surging and more than 125,000 dead, the warnings of scientists take on new weight. In the U.S.,

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AI, licensing and remote prescribing among key issues facing telepsychiatry

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This, among other policy shifts, has a direct impact on healthcare provider organizations and telemedicine companies delivering care virtually. On another front, telepsychiatry keeps gaining ground in the post-public health emergency landscape. And that is certainly true and a significant issue.

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St. Luke's University Health proves telehealth is as good as in-person care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"We also needed to make sure the solution could accommodate language preferences to meet the needs of our diverse patient population," she added. Luke's studied 12 different platforms and was impressed with how SilverCloud could meet its needs. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. " MARKETPLACE. ADVICE FOR OTHERS.