JAMIA recently published their study on the US Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) initiative to bring telehealth to Veterans in serious need of healthcare and with barriers to accessible care. Eighty-six VA facilities provided tablets with telehealth capabilities to 6,745 patients.
One Million Telehealth Visits in 2018! The VA continues to expand its utilization of telehealth. 2018’s numbers are 19% higher than last years.
This number is bound to greatly increase. The new Authority of Health Care Providers to Practice Telehealth rule, published in the Federal Register on October 2nd, 2017, allows for the VA to provide telehealth services directly to veterans’ homes across the country. In addition, the VA launched its new mobile VA Video Connect application, making video sessions easier for veterans. I suspect these recent developments have only begun to show a footprint. Only 105,300 of the million + video visits were conducted using the new mobile application.
The military and VA use telehealth more than any organization I know of. They also have conducted research which shows that it reduces no-show rates and hospital readmissions and provides access to many clients who normally would not have received care.
Both, working with the military and providing telebehavioral health services require specific awareness and skills. Our interview with Mercia Cummings provides you a view of what it is truly like to provide the services.
Helpful and inviting information to get started. Feel empowered to get this going and eager to start!
Well presented, easy to access and understand.
This was very informative.
I believe this is a good course to take because this is the new wave of society. As a therapist I would like to be able to offer clients the best tools available.
Thank you for the introduction to telemental health.
Very good.
Really excellent training full of valuable information and resources - surpassed my expectations!
Great information with step by step instructions
What a superb introduction to telemental health, well organized and packed with useful tips. I so appreciate this. Thank you.
Awesome job! This is a very insightful presentation.
An excellent course, but needs more legal information regarding where the patient needs to reside.
Course provided several case scenarios regarding Interstate counseling and resource websites for further research.
Very Informative
Awesome
Great course, very informative!
Love the course, worth every penny!!! Definitely helped jump start my Tele-mental health services!
This gave me and my staff some important insights and information regarding telehealth..
This course was easy and user friendly
I learned a great deal from this program and look forward to implementing telemental health in my therapy practice.
It was fantastic! Just the forms he provides are worth the cost of the course!
This was an excellent class and worth my time. Ray provided great information and is clearly an expert in TMH!
I found these courses informative and helpful. They make establishing best practices policies and procedures for telemental health services and supervising those who provide them. so much easier. I highly recommend his courses.
Ray's workshop was one of the most informative I have taken in years. He brought clarity to took a topic which has been intimidating and I left feeling empowered!
