Advanced Telehealth Regulations & Ethical Issues: Best Practices & Informed Consent
Faculty: Marlene M. Maheu, PhD
If you are unsure of the legal and ethical issues that are fundamental to solid telehealth practice, this on-demand intensive will give you the essentials of practice guidelines published by the leading professional associations, explained with a focus on what-to-do rather than theory that leaves you empty-handed.
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Telehealth Regulations & Ethical Issues
Course Description
This advanced telehealth regulations and ethical issues course will help you implement robust telehealth informed consent to minimize telehealth risk in your telehealth practice.
Telehealth Regulations & Telehealth Informed Consent Topics
- Legal definitions of informed consent across states and countries
- Implications of telehealth consent for telehealth ethics across professional healthcare identities
- How to administer an optimal informed consent process that will protect you in court
- Static vs. dynamic telehealth informed consent processes - when to use which one
- Telehealth regulations surrounding patient settings, patient education, and verbal agreements
- How to include mention of family members or friends to minimize the risks of telehealth
- How to pre-empt problems with the recording of telehealth sessions
- How to manage essential recordkeeping functions
- When and how to obtain verbal attestation of geographic location to meet licensure requirements
- What to do, when, and where to go for answers to advanced questions.
Telehealth Consent Handouts to Minimize Risks of Telehealth
This Master Class on telehealth regulations has been developed with the assistance of telehealth medical attorney specialist Joesph McMenamin, MD, JD. It includes a number of handouts developed for this particular course at no extra fee:
- An annotated telehealth consent & telemedicine consent template
- "Library of 50 Telehealth Legal Clauses" handout to review with your legal counsel
Multimedia Format
We are proud to help you develop your regulatory and ethical competencies with this easy-to-navigate, on-demand training, available 24/7. You will have six months from the registration date to complete the course. A printable PDF file s available if you prefer to print and read this program offline. A login is required for registration, evaluation, post-test, and to print your course completion certificate for your licensing board if needed.
Learning Objectives
- Outline 5 risks to text messaging and how to remedy them
- Name 1 law that is relevant to text messaging
- Identify one way clients and patients may feel betrayed when an unwitting professional uses text messaging for professional interventions
When & How
| CME or CE: | Credit hours 3 |
| Duration: | Approximately 3 hours to complete. |
| Format: | Online Activity. Online readings, illustrative media, automatically graded post-test. All material for Telehealth.org training is provided at no extra cost, and is accessible through your computer or digital device. Available 24/7 as on-demand training (asynchronous). |
| When: | Available 24/7 to review anytime for 6 months from registration date. |
| Where: | 100% Online |
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Audience
This program is for beginning and intermediate-level “telepractitioners” and “telesupervisors” wishing to deliver telemental health services in these disciplines:
- Psychiatrists, Internists, Pediatricians, Gerontologists, Nurses, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners
- Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Therapists, Marriage & Family Therapists
- Speech Pathologists, Dietitians, Occupational Therapists, Behavioral Analysts, Substance Use Professionals
CEOs, COOs, Administrators, Billing & Coding Staff
Faculty
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Dr. Marlene Maheu has been a pioneer in telemental health for almost three decades. With five textbooks, dozens of book chapters, and journal articles to her name and educated more than 50k clinicians from 109 countries, she is in a unique position to guide you or your organization in finding a maximally profitable niche in telehealth. She is the Founder and CEO of Telehealth.org. She is the CEO of the Coalition for Technology in Behavioral Science (CTiBS), and the Founder of the Journal for Technology in Behavioral Science.
She has assisted in writing standards and guidelines for national associations and was the Chair of the CTiBS Competency Committee that published the first telebehavioral health competency framework. She has been interviewed by dozens of leading newspapers and magazines, keynoted, and taught hundreds of telehealth-related workshops internationally. Dr. Maheu is a master at getting to the point and answering your questions with straightforward, actionable, evidence-based suggestions that quickly move you to your goal. She will delight you with her clinical acumen and make you smile at how simple many solutions can be when explained by a professional with decades of passionate telehealth training experience. Bring your notepad — you’ll leave with pages of practical to-do’s! |
Reviews
 | I just took the informed consent training and found it very helpful, thanks so much! Dr. J. Q. Kane, PhD |
 | Dr. Maheu is psychology’s Telehealth visionary, leading our colleagues through professional training in ethics and innovative technologies since the mid-90’s. Pat DeLeon PhD, MPH, JD, Former President, American Psychological Association |
 | You continue to deliver an excellent site! John Runne, Board of Director, Mind Springs Health |
CME & CE Accreditations & Approvals
Telehealth.org has been approved by the leading medical and behavioral accrediting and approval groups.
NJAOPS
NBCC
NAADAC
ASWB
APA
NY SW
NY MHC
NY MFT
NY PSY
Addiction
The Association For Addiction Professionals (NAADAC)
The Association For Addiction Professionals (NAADAC)Telehealth.org is officially on file with NAADAC, The Association For Addiction Professionals (NAADAC) as an approved education provider. Telehealth.org has been approved as a NAADAC approved education provider. NAADAC provider #159459, Telehealth.org is responsible for all aspects of their programming.
Counseling
National Board For Certified Counselors (NBCC)
National Board For Certified Counselors (NBCC)Telehealth.org has been approved by National Board For Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an approved Continuing Education Provider. ACEP No. 6708. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Telehealth.org is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Counseler (NY MHC)
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Counseler (NY MHC)Telehealth.org is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0237.
Medicine
Physicians, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners & Physician’s Assistants
Physicians, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners & Physician’s AssistantsPurpose: NJAOPS is dedicated to reminding and enhancing physicians’ knowledge to manage the changing needs of the healthcare system. These evidence-based educational lectures are structured to augment physician expertise with current guidelines, materials, and recommendations, as well as up-to-date advances in medical treatment on specific topics. Accreditation: New Jersey Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing education for DO Physicians. NJAOPS designates these educational activities for category 1-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.
Physician (AMA) accreditation statement: NJAOPS Is accredited by the Medical Society of New Jersey to provide Continuing Medical Education for physicians. NJAOPS designates live or online activity for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Health Professionals: participants may claim hours to receive a Certificate of Participation for an activity designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Method of Participation: for successful completion of activity and subsequent awarding of credits, individuals are required to participate in the entire activity and complete an attestation form, as well as an activity evaluation form. Send questions: contact@telehealth.org.
Marriage and Family Therapy
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Marriage & Family Therapist (NY MFT)
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Marriage & Family Therapist (NY MFT)Telehealth.org is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0104.
Other States. Many states do not require pre-approval of continuing education offerings for MFTs. Many states also accept courses that are offered by providers who have formally been approved by ACCME (physicians) APA (psychologists), ASWB (social workers) and NBCC (counselors), such as Telehealth.org. Please send the URL to this page to our licensing Board to ask if they will approve our course(s) to meet your requirements. Write to us if you need our help.
Psychology
American Psychological Association (APA)
American Psychological Association (APA)Telehealth.org is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor Continuing Education for psychologists. Telehealth.org maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Licensed Psychologists (NY PSY)
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Licensed Psychologists (NY PSY)Telehealth.org is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0193.
Social Work
Association Of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
Association Of Social Work Boards (ASWB)Telehealth.org, Provider #1328, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Telehealth.org maintains responsibility for the program. ASWB approval period: 11/18/2022 – 11/18/2025. Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval for continuing education credits. Please note that ASWB does not award CE hours for training related to marketing.
Canadian Social Workers
Canadian Social WorkersSocial workers registered in Canadian provinces may accept activities approved by ASWB for ongoing professional development. Please check with your college or Board and send them to this webpage along with the course description of the course(s) you are considering. Ask for a review to determine if our training is acceptable for your registration.
New York State Education Department’s State Board For Social Work (NY SWB)
New York State Education Department’s State Board For Social Work (NY SWB)Telehealth.org, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of Continuing Education for Licensed Social Workers #SW-0752.
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