One of the TeleMental Health Institute LINKEDIN group members wrote me privately to ask me to draft an email that he can send to his state association listerv to help his colleagues learn more about Skype. Please let me know …
In a recent New York Times article, Dr. Carolyn Turvey suggested the need for collecting identifying information from patients. The author of that same article then quoted the opposing view of a spokeswoman for an online therapy company. The spokeswoman …
Therapy by Computer — Or Psycho-education on Steroids? Please click on these links if you want to read Part I or Part II of this series. Technology is here and evolving more rapidly than we might imagine. It is time …
You may want to read Part I of this series as well as Part II below. What Can an “App” Do Better Than a Mental Health Professional? A clinician working in-person is likely to reach a few hundred patients, at …
Does your client want to continue therapy after moving to another state or country? Does your patient spend the summer in another state? Are you moving to another state and want to continue treating your original clients? In all these …
The Center for Telehealth and e-Health Law is important resource for U.S.-based healthcare practitioners. It offers information about law, ehealth, telemedicine and telehealth. Some of their publications are available for free online. Other publications limited to paid members. Member costs are …
Telehealth advocates were recently successful in getting a new rule published by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to ease restrictions in the process for credentialing and privileging of telehealth practitioners in small and critical access hospitals. This …
Even if you think you know what the future will bring, the TED video we are about to recommend will inspire you. Seeing examples of innovative medical technology can help us glimpse and perhaps shape the future of mental health. …
Across the board, the U.S. federal government is intensifying its focus on funding and otherwise expanding telemedicine and telehealth as the future of healthcare. Consider these developments: During the President Obama’s 2011 State of the Union address, he mentioned telemedicine …
