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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. No question existed in the minds of staff about the value of adding psychiatry to their continuum of care. Using telehealth for psychiatry was an obvious solution, King stated.

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Geisinger's journey to greatly expanded telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Raichura, director of the center for telehealth at Geisinger. "Surveys show that rural Pennsylvanians are not taking care of themselves as well as their urban counterparts," she continued. Geisinger now is able to offer telehealth appointments to patients for primary care, urgent care and more than 70 specialties.

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States Reimburse Many Aspects of Medicaid Telehealth without Federal Approval

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Medicaid telehealth is positioned to provide solutions. Before looking at Medicaid for telehealth, reviewing these data from a new KFF study may be helpful. To clarify the workforce issue, KFF surveyed state Medicaid officials about their strategies to address the behavioral health workforce shortages for FY 2022 and FY 2023.

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A Hawaii health system meets island community and COVID-19 needs with telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

For the last decade, Queen's Health Systems has been building telehealth services to meet these patient needs, beginning with hospital-based telemedicine and building out to direct-to-patient telehealth services. "Over the last five years, we built out clinic-to-clinic telemedicine and scheduled direct-to-patient telehealth.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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.

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Guest Blog: Growing Rural Health Access with Telehealth – by Ryan Kelly, Mississippi Telehealth Association

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

One of several possible measures includes the use of telehealth services. Tele-psychiatry services help to connect patients with psychiatrists for treatment of all types of behavioral health needs. However, there may be an additional benefit to providing telehealth beyond just receiving a technology fee.

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The Future of Healthcare: Telehealth. Here’s Why You Need to Consider Telemedicine in 2019

Continue Education Journal

Telehealth and Telemedicine Definition. We often hear telehealth and telemedicine used interchangeably, so let’s set the record straight – telehealth is the umbrella term that refers to medical services that healthcare practitioners provide to patients from a distance. Telehealth in 2019.