President Joe Biden's plans to address the growing mental health crisis in America include expanding virtual mental healthcare options.
In his first State of the Union address, Biden detailed the...
As providers take steps to figure out the applicability of telepsychiatry and telepsychology, a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine found that patients experience benefits from...
As policymakers consider the numerous telehealth bills placed before them, a new advocacy organization has entered the scene: ATA Action.
Launched by the American Telemedicine Association, the new...
Though telehealth usage has both dipped and grown at various points over the last year, it is expected to remain a key part of care delivery well beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. But its future depends on several factors, not least of which...
National telehealth use declined by nearly 7 percent in October 2021, but mental health conditions remained in the top spot for the most common telehealth diagnoses in every region, according to FAIR...
Telehealth could help treat and diagnose patients who experience hallucinations and delusions as a result of neurodegenerative diseases, according to a report published in the International Journal of...
The transition to using telehealth for perinatal mental health services for mothers and infants helped improve access to care during the pandemic and led to similar outcomes as in-person services, a...
It has been nearly two years since telehealth's meteoric rise in popularity. Though it is clear that telehealth is here to stay, its role in care delivery will continue to evolve beyond being a tool to address the social distancing...
Digital interventions accessed through a computer or smartphone were effective at reducing symptoms of depression, according to a meta-analysis published by the American Psychological Association.
The...
Using telehealth to treat patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) produced similar, positive outcomes as in-person treatment, according to a study from the Rhode Island Methods to Improve...
Telehealth utilization rose between July and August 2021 in the northeastern, western, and southern states, with the South seeing the highest increase, according to FAIR Health’s Monthly...
The American Psychiatric Association is tapping the brakes a little bit on the use of telehealth for addiction treatment, saying the potential is there but more proof is needed that virtual care...
A Minnesota-based provider of mental health services is shutting down most of its physical locations and shifting all services to telehealth.
Southwestern Mental Health, which operates five clinics...
Health systems struggling to address a surge in mental health cases are using telehealth to connect patients to care providers. That’s especially true in emergency departments, where patients...
Several organizations are making an extra effort to lobby for expanded telehealth coverage for rural healthcare providers beyond the pandemic.
While telehealth advocates have been lobbying the Centers...
An mHealth project launched in 2020 to track depression on Apple devices is expanding to measure mental health status, including cognitive decline.
The University of California at Los Angeles...
Healthcare providers who focus on substance abuse and addiction recovery services are learning to use telehealth to improve access to care during a pandemic. Many are finding advantages to virtual care...
A federal review has found that no state Medicaid programs are analyzing how telehealth affects the quality of behavioral health services even though many are offering virtual care coverage during the...
Federal authorities are awarding $15 million in rescue plan funding to 20 states to help expand mobile health intervention services for Medicaid patients in crisis.
The planning grants, administered...
With only about 10 percent of the nation’s federally qualified health centers having psychiatrists or licensed clinical psychologists on staff, a telehealth platform could improve access for...
