Telehealth Innovations & Spotlight

AHRQ :
Videoconferencing Enhances Access to Psychiatric Care for Children and Adults With Mental Illness in Rural Settings 12/4/2013
Psychiatric fellows and residents at the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville provide care via videoconferencing to patients in rural parts of the state who otherwise would likely not have had access to such care. 
 
New Expert Commentary
Academic Telepsychiatry Programs Enhance Access for Rural Populations
by Ana Maria Lopez, MD, MPH, FACP, Medical Director, Arizona Telemedicine Program and Professor of Medicine and Pathology, University of Arizona http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/content.aspx?id=3945&tab=2

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Challenges...
http://jamia.bmj.com/site/icons/amiajnl8946.pdf
  • patient safety should trump all other values; corporate concerns about liability and intellectual property ownership may be valid but should not over-ride all other considerations;
  • transparency and a commitment to patient safety should govern vendor contracts;
  • institutions are duty-bound to provide ethics education to purchasers and users, and should commit publicly to standards of corporate conduct; and
  • vendors, system purchasers, and users should encourage and assist in each others’ efforts to adopt best practices.

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