Many factors need to be considered when deciding to use email for clinical purposes. Considerations for email privacy and security are best grouped into at least four separate but overlapping categories: legal, ethical, technical and clinical1. The checklist below represents …
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Many of our colleagues are using smart devices for client/patient contact, but are they wise in their wholesale adoption of new technologies? Since some of us started telehealth work in 1994, we at the TeleMental Health Institute have remained conservative. …
Professionals have been discussing the need for secure email for years, and especially since so many mental health professionals use email with clients and patients. A 2009 study by the American Psychological Association showed that 9.8% of psychologists polled reported …
Most online practitioners will operate from a website, but the legalities of website ownership, development and maintenance are not commonly understood. For that reason, our TMH Institute’s Telehealth Summit includes a full hour of discussion with Mike Young, Esq., who …
Email is now an expected part of professional life. How to use it with clients and patients is worthy of discussion. One of the first and most serious issues worthy of consideration is our ethical responsibility to protect privacy and …
It is customary for practitioners to review all of their practice policies and procedures as part of the initial intake process with a new client/patient. With the recent exponential rise in the popularity of social media, it is time to …
When should consumer preference for using communication technology override the traditional prudence of delivering test results discreetly?
Text messaging is the communication of choice for Generation Y, born between the late seventies and the late nineties. Phone conversations and even email are increasingly becoming obsolete and considered by many as unduly time-consuming, old-fashioned modes of communication. Our …
