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Telemedicine - Telepsychiatry
1 Telepsychiatry, another aspect of telemedicine, also utilizes
videoconferencing for patients residing in underserved areas to access psychiatric
services. It offers wide range of services to the patients and providers, such as
consultation between the psychiatrists, educational clinical programs, diagnosis and
assessment, medication therapy management, and routine follow-up
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Telemedicine - Telepsychiatry
1 As of 2011, the following are some of the model programs and projects
which are deploying telepsychiatry in rural areas in the United States:
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Telemedicine - Telepsychiatry
1 3. In 2009, the South Carolina Department of Mental Health established a partnership
with the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and the South Carolina Hospital Association to form a statewide
telepsychiatry program that provides access to psychiatrists 16 hours a day, 7
days a week, to treat patients with mental health issues who present at rural
emergency departments in the network.
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Telemedicine - Telepsychiatry
1 There are a growing number of HIPAA compliant technologies for
performing telepsychiatry. There is an independent comparison site of
current technologies
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Telemedicine - Telepsychiatry
1 Links for several sites related to telemedicine, telepsychiatry policy,
guidelines, and networking are available at the website for the
American Psychiatric Association.[http://www.telementalhealthcompari
sons.com]
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Telemedicine - Telepsychiatry
1 The momentum of telemental health and telepsychiatry is growing. In June 2012 the
United States Department of Veterans Affairs|U.S. Veterans Administration announced
expansion of the successful telemental health pilot. Their target was for 200,000 cases in
2012.[http://www.marketwatch.com/story/va-to-increase-mental-health-care-access-
through-200000-telemental-health-consultations-in-2012-2012-06-20 Telemental
Health Consultations in 2012]
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Rural health - Telemedicine and rural health
1 In 2009, the South Carolina Department of Mental Health established a
partnership with the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and the
South Carolina Hospital Association to form a statewide telepsychiatry program that provides access to psychiatrists to treat patients with mental health issues who present at emergency departments
in the network.
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Telepsychiatry
1 'Telepsychiatry', which can also be known as e-psychiatry or telemental
health. Telepsychiatry delivers an Online Psychiatrist through Telemedicine in the field of
Psychiatry via Video Conferencing for
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Telepsychiatry
1 Most commonly, telepsychiatry encounters take place at medical facilities under the supervision of
onsite staff, though at-home models are becoming accepted as long as they are in compliance with HIPAA
standards.
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Telepsychiatry
1 For 2014, the Center for Medicare (United States)|Medicare (CMS)
services does cover telemedicine services, including telepsychiatry in
many areas.
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Telepsychiatry - Sub-specialties
1 Telepsychiatry includes a variety of sub-specialties based on different
contexts of service delivery.
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Telepsychiatry - In-home Telepsychiatry
1 Psychiatric treatment of patients who are at home or in another private setting is called
home-based telepsychiatry, and it can require only a webcam and high-speed
internet service. However, in order to avoid the risk of violating the patient-provider
relationship, issues of security and possible HIPAA violations, providers who wish to practice in-home telepsychiatry are best
served doing so from within a secure, HIPPA compliant online platform.
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Telepsychiatry - In-home Telepsychiatry
1 Led by psychiatrist Dr. Jill Afrin, South Carolina Department of Health Deaf Services Program has used home-
based telepsychiatry as a part of its services since the mid-1990s.
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Telepsychiatry - In-home Telepsychiatry
1 Individual psychiatrists are adopting this method more and more with willing,
interested patients, and it is an especially useful tool for consumers with limited mobility
included the elderly and the disabled. Unfortunately, in-home telepsychiatry is not
typically reimbursed by private payors or Medicaid, though many states are adopting measures into their legislation in the form of
parity laws that would allow for it to be reimbursed in the future.
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Telepsychiatry - Forensic telepsychiatry
1 Forensic telepsychiatry is the use of a remote psychiatrist or nurse practitioner for psychiatry in a prison or correctional facility,
including psychiatric assessment, medication consultation, suicide watch, pre-parole evaluations and more. Telepsychiatry
can deliver significant cost savings to correctional facilities by eliminating the
need for prisoners to be escorted to off-site appointments and psychiatric interventions.
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Telepsychiatry - Crisis telepsychiatry
1 Rather than employ expensive, short-term locum tenens doctors or have
emergency room physicians evaluate the psychiatric stability of their
patients, hospitals can use telepsychiatry to decrease costs and increase patient access to behavioral
health evaluations by psychiatric specialists
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Telepsychiatry - Crisis telepsychiatry
1 Psychiatric boarding is when a mentally ill resident is detained, often in a hospital
emergency department, while waiting for proper psychiatric treatment.title=Alleviate Psychiatric
Boarding in Washington with Telepsychiatry | author=James Varrell, MD| source=Insight
Bulletin http://insightbulletin.com/alleviate-psychiatric-boarding-in-washington-with-
telepsychiatry/ With the increased throughput offered by telepsychiatry, psychiatric consumers
enjoy reduced wait times and faster access to care.
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Telepsychiatry - Routine Telepsychiatry
1 Many facilities that offer behavioral health care are turning to telepsychiatry providers to allow for an increased care capacity. With routine telepsychiatry, a consistent provider or small group of providers serve a regular
caseload of consumers in previously scheduled blocks of time. Remote providers
can be consulted for medication management, treatment team meetings,
supervision, or to offer traditional psychiatric assessment and consultations.
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Telepsychiatry - Routine Telepsychiatry
1 Facilities that use routine telepsychiatry include:
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Telepsychiatry - HIPAA compliance in the United States
1 There are also a growing number of HIPAA-compliant technologies available for
telepsychiatry.
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Telepsychiatry - Telepsychiatry in India
1 India's large population and relatively small number of psychiatrists makes telepsychiatric service a good option for expanding access to mental health care. Telepsychiatry in India is
still a young industry, but it is gradually growing, led by institutes such as the Post
Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh and the Schizophrenia
Research Foundation in Chennai. Private players like Mindcares and Online Psychiatrist
are also increasing telepsychiatry's availability.
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Telehealth - Real-time
1 * Telebehavioral Health—includes
telepsychiatry
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Telehealth - State specific Medicare Reimbursement
1 States have the option/flexibility to determine whether or not to cover telemedicine under the Medicaid
assistance program.http://insighttelepsychiatry.c
om/will-medicaid-cover-my-telehealth/ They may also decide:
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Telemental health
1 'Telemental health' (or 'telebehavioral health',
'Telepsychiatry') is the use of telecommunications technology to provide behavioral health services
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Telemental health - Reimbursement by Private Payor
1 There are usually two types of events that are billed with a telepsychiatry visit: a provider fee and a facility fee to help offset costs. Telepsychiatry providers can panel with up to 2
major commercial payers as well as Medicare and Medicaid, if beneficial
to the program.
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Jill Afrin
1 'Jill Afrin' (born 1962) is a psychiatrist who specializes in
working with deaf populations in South Carolina, and is also credited
as the first telepsychiatry|telepsychiatrist in the state.
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Jill Afrin - Career
1 This method of telemedicine|treating patients using
telecommunication, called telepsychiatry, was therefore
initiated through Afrin's efforts, making her the first telepsychiatrist
in the state.
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