Hilty D, Yellowlees PM, Parrish MB, Chan S. Telepsychiatry: Effective, Evidence-Based, and at a Tipping Point in Health Care Delivery?
Psychiatr Clin North Am 2015;
38:559-92. [PMID:
26300039 DOI:
10.1016/j.psc.2015.05.006]
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Abstract
Patient-centered health care questions how to deliver quality, affordable, and timely care in a variety of settings. Telemedicine empowers patients, increases administrative efficiency, and ensures expertise gets to the place it is most needed--the patient. Telepsychiatry or telemental health is effective, well accepted, and comparable to in-person care. E-models of care offer variety, flexibility, and positive outcomes in most settings, and clinicians are increasingly interested in using technology for care, so much so that telepsychiatry is now being widely introduced around the world.
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