Telehealth in Mental Healthcare: How Effective is it?- 06/2020 Position Paper
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Telehealth Position Paper Summary:
In March 2020, health agencies coordinated with government officials throughout the U.S. to offer telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic. For mental health providers such as OhioGuidestone, this offers an opportunity to evaluate our services and continue to build client-centered approaches to care.
While telecommunication can offer greater accessibility, even after emergency lockdown orders expire, we need to demonstrate the efficacy of services delivered via telecommunication, compare modes of delivery, and ensure clients and clinicians have necessary technological tools.
Behavioral health experts can help guide researchers and policymakers toward evidence, evaluation, and implementation of expanded telehealth service delivery for mental health clients.
This position paper offers our preliminary experiences with expanded telehealth service, driving questions for research, and paths forward for future directions.
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Who Should Read This Position Paper?
At the Institute, our Position Papers are accessible and free to anyone looking to learn! However, we encourage the following groups to use this paper and the contents immediately to better improve behavioral healthcare for our communities:
- Behavioral & mental health providers
- Managed care organizations & health insurance providers
- Clinicians and mental health workers
- Researchers in health-related fields
- Policymakers & program directors
- Behavioral health clients and client advocates
What’s Inside?
- Takeaways & Action Items.
- Demonstration of telehealth effectiveness for mental healthcare research questions.
- Learn about the client-clinician relationship, therapy and technological limitations.
- Learn more about what we have already learned, and what we still need to know.
- Learn how and why we measure and monitor client outcomes.
- Determining the Path Forward.
- Resource example: Ohio Gov. Executive Order 2020-05S
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