Program Management of Telemental Health Care Services
| Autor: | Adam Darkins |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
Mental Health Services
Telemedicine Service (systems architecture) Process management 020205 medical informatics Program management 02 engineering and technology Computer Communication Networks 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Nursing Health care 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Telemental health business.industry Mental health Health care delivery Psychiatry and Mental health Proof of concept Neurology (clinical) Geriatrics and Gerontology business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology. 14:80-87 |
| ISSN: | 1552-5708 0891-9887 |
| Popis: | Telemedicine is a new adjunct to the delivery of health care services that has been applied to a range of health care specialties, including mental health. When prospective telemedicine programs are planned, telemedicine is often envisaged as simply a question of introducing new technology. The development of a robust, sustainable telemen tal health program involves clinical, technical, and managerial considerations. The major barriers to making this happen are usually how practitioners and patients adapt successfully to the technology and not in the physical installation of telecommunications bandwidth and the associated hardware necessary for teleconsultation. This article outlines the requirements for establishing a viable telemental health service, one that is based on clinical need, practitioner acceptance, technical reliability, and revenue generation. It concludes that the major challenge associated with the implementation of telemental health does not lie in having the idea or in taking the idea to the project stage needed for proof of concept. The major challenge to the widespread adoption of telemental health is paying sufficient attention to the myriad of details needed to integrate models of remote health care delivery into the wider health care system. ( J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 2001; 14:80-87). |
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