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Telemedicine (Telehealth) Credentialing: What’s the Process for a Telepsychiatrist?
Telemedicine is a rapidly expanding area of medicine across the country, and psychiatry is an area of practice that is tailor-made for virtual service. Medical boards and organizations nationwide are rapidly responding to the evolution of the medical field, especially as the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to interrupt the normal provision of medical services…. Read More »
How to Implement Telepsychiatry and Be Successful
The benefits of telepsychiatry have been proven in study after study, especially in recent years. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and its continued presence affecting all aspects of society serve as additional illustrations of the importance of telemedicine in modern healthcare. If you are interested in setting up a telepsychiatry practice at your… Read More »
Clinical Quality Management for Telepsychiatry
Quality management systems or programs are an essential element of healthcare practices. Quality management programs are used to evaluate healthcare practices and provide objective evidence of the quality of those programs. Quality management programs utilize evidence-based practices, outcomes tracking, objective milestone measurement, and demand ongoing improvement. Clinical quality management systems help medical practices demonstrate… Read More »
Delivering Hope Through Technology
Original Article: https://businessviewmagazine.com/orbit-health-delivering-hope-technology/ Business View Magazine interviews Dr. Edward Kaftarian, CEO of Orbit Health, for our focus on Innovations in Telehealth Orbit Health is a ground-breaking organization that delivers high quality telepsychiatry services remotely via technology to facilitate mental health care. Their clients include correctional facilities, hospitals, clinics, and residential youth homes and they… Read More »
How Does Telepsychiatry Alleviate Hospital Shortages of Psychiatrists?
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the standing workforce of psychiatrists is short by at least 6.4 percent to meet current needs. By 2025, the shortage could be as high as 12 percent, when comparing the country’s need for psychiatrists to the availability of psychiatrists across the country. Other studies… Read More »
Benefits of Telehealth for Treating Addiction During COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has been difficult for everyone in the country and, indeed, worldwide. As with any major problem, however, certain communities have felt the brunt of the problem more acutely than others. Patients with substance use disorder have found themselves kicked out of group homes, denied access to their counselors and physicians, or… Read More »
Critical Factors to a Successful Telepsychiatry Program
Telepsychiatry is a growing industry, and medical practices around the country can benefit from the care options and financial boons that a working telepsychiatry practice can offer. However, a telepsychiatry practice is only useful if it is implemented and maintained properly. Below, the telepsychiatry experts at Orbit Health discuss several of the most important… Read More »
Using Telepsychiatry for Substance Abuse
Substance abuse disorder is one of the biggest challenges facing the United States in the modern era. In particular, the opioid crisis has reached epidemic levels, affecting over ten million people across the country every year and contributing to close to 50,000 overdose-related deaths annually. Treating substance abuse disorder requires access to proper healthcare,… Read More »
Can Medicare Cover Addiction Treatment/Substance Abuse
Substance abuse is a growing epidemic across the country. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), nearly 20 million American adults struggle with a substance use disorder every year. Almost 38% of adults in 2017 battled an illicit drug use disorder. Drug abuse and addiction cost U.S. society more than… Read More »
How to Manage a Telepsychiatry Practice as a Psychiatrist
If you are a practicing psychiatrist, expanding your practice into telepsychiatry can open up a world of opportunities. Telepsychiatry allows you to help patients in underserved areas, target your practice in specific fields that excite you, and help to alleviate the myriad problems created by the COVID-19 pandemic. If you plan to build out… Read More »