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Psychiatrists 'pleasantly surprised' with transition to telemedicine

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Although research supported the efficacy of video telepsychiatry, the National Institute of Mental Health-funded study notes, only 5% of psychiatrists in the Medicare program had ever provided a telemedicine visit. And some indicated their hesitation to evaluate new patients over the phone or on video rather than in person.

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

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The Australian mental health system has reached a crisis point where psychiatrists and other mental health professionals are leaving the sector in droves due to burnout and inadequate support, leaving patients to wait for long to receive care or delay their treatment and risk further deterioration.

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Lean Digital: How Apps and Services Can Help Control Weight

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Paul T Jaeckel, a private practice dietitian at Paul Jaeckel Nutrition , warns that they tend to become “forever” medications. It comes from a convergence of several trends, according to leading public health and medical investigators. My interviewees came up with the same basic list.

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Why Therapists Should Use HIPAA-Compliant Telehealth Platforms During COVID-19

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You’ll be able to access client notes and files during video conference sessions and share your screen to allow you to complete worksheets and share resources with your clients. Other video conference technologies like Apple FaceTime or Skype will not have these features because they were not intended for therapy. Built for Therapists.

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COVID-19: a technologist’s tale

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Sam Shah COVID-19 has been deadly, it’s infective and has posed the biggest public health risk to society in almost a hundred years. Amongst these tragic circumstances there has also been a lot of attention on technology in healthcare and public health.

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Health IT – 2024 Health IT Predictions

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Hospitals must learn to run like fast-paced private practice ASCs, who benefit from lofty, high-volume facility fees. Ankit Gupta, Founder and CEO at Bicycle Health The opioid epidemic is the most acute and urgent public health crisis in America. lacks a robust public health infrastructure.

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Telemedicine during COVID-19: Benefits, limitations, burdens, adaptation

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As this public health crisis continues to escalate, however, telemedicine is quickly gaining recognition as a critical tool to slow the spread of COVID-19, he added. “Telemedicine hasn’t traditionally been used in response to public health crises, but that is changing with COVID-19,” he said.