Introduction to Telehealth Theory & Practice
Faculty: Marlene M. Maheu
Introduction to Telehealth Theory and Practice is a 6-hour digital training, providing a brief, but thorough overview of key telehealth terms and the core concepts.
| √ 100% Online, 24/7 | √ Available On-Demand |
| √ 6-Month Access | √ 6 CME or CE Contact Credit Hour(s) |
Description
This course will guide you through fundamental legal, ethical, clinical, technical, and reimbursement strategies for leveraging your services with the power and reach of 21st Century technology.
This program will also:
- Expose you to the basics of online assessment
- Explain safe and effective ways you can handle telehealth emergencies
- Provide accurate and up-to-date information about practicing across state lines
- Explain HIPAA, and HITECH regulations
- Outline the specific technologies you can and your patients/clients can use
The training is taught by Telehealth.org faculty with a passion for and expertise in telehealth who have been leaders in the field for almost three decades. You will appreciate the in-depth knowledge that only decades of experience can provide.
Learning Objectives
- Intelligently discuss at least 3 primary legal concerns to be addressed in telemental health
- Intelligently discuss at least 3 primary ethical concerns to be addressed in telemental health
- Describe at least 2 issues of relevance to practicing over state lines
- Identify which of the many technologies used today meets HIPAA, HITECH, and PIPEDA requirements
When & How
| CME or CE: | Credit hours 6 |
| Duration: | Approximately 6 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. 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, as well as having educated more than 41,000 clinicians, she is in a unique position to guide you or your organization in finding a maximally profitable niche in this rapidly expanding market. She is the founder of Telehealth.org, formerly Telebehavioral Health Institute, the Coalition for Technology in Behavioral Science, and the Journal for Technology in Behavioral Science. She has assisted in the writing of standards and guidelines for a number of national associations and was the Chair of the Competency Committee that published the first telebehavioral health competency framework. She has been interviewed by dozens of newspapers and magazines, keynoted dozens of conferences, and led hundreds of telehealth-related workshops internationally. Dr. Maheu is a master at getting to the point and answering your questions with clear, actionable, evidence-based suggestions that quickly will 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! |
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Dr. Pulier has been a Board Certified psychiatrist since the early 1970s and has worked as a clinician, researcher, administrator and teacher. He was the Medical Psychiatric Director for a multi-state managed care division of PruCare and co-founded and co-directed a private multidisciplinary mental health clinic tailored for managed care needs. He designed and constructed a novel affordable computer-controlled all-electronic tachistoscope and served as PhD thesis adviser for a Fairleigh Dickenson University graduate student using this instrument to investigate backward masking phenomena in schizophrenia. |
Reviews
 | Telehealth.org provides all of the essential training needed to start practicing telemental health or telepsychiatry. The courses are unsurpassed, unique and contain everything one needs to know in order to start practicing. Upon completing this training, a provider is “ready to go.” Timothy Lacey, MD Former Chief of Telehealth for the US Air Force Surgeon General, CEO of Stonetree Medical Technologies, LLC |
 | 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 |
 | Not only have I learned about the elements of telemental health, your presentation of the subject is also reinforcing principles of quality and ethical service delivery regardless of delivery modality. Your humor is so engaging it is actually enjoyable to listen to the material. Kathleen Judy, MS, LPCC |
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.
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.
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.
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.
— NOTE —
Please verify the appropriateness of Telehealth.org training for your needs by contacting your state/provincial board or your state/provincial professional organization. Some state and provincial regulations are in flux, complex, and can be confusing. Some require additional documentation. Some states restrict the number of CME and CE hours you can complete online. Telehealth.org disavows responsibility for being aware of/meeting your state’s regulatory or licensing requirements.
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All of your training, right here at Telehealth.org!
Pay once for a full year of unlimited multi-modal training, accessible 24/7
√ All OnDemand Training
√ All LIVE, Interactive Webinars
√ Supporting Documents
√ 24-Hour Access
√ 12 LIVE, Interactive Group Tele-Consults
Additional benefits include:
√ Preferred All-Access Pass Telephone & Email Support
Access all training, your BCTP-III Certificate & 12 LIVE, interactive, group Tele-Consults for one year!
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