Evolution of telepsychiatry to rural sites: changes over time in types of referral and in primary care providers' knowledge, skills and satisfaction

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 367-373

  Hilty, Donald M ^a   Yellowlees, Peter M ^a   Nesbitt, Thomas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Primary care; Rural; Telemedicine; Telepsychiatry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RURAL AREA; TELEPSYCHIATRY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 33749999568     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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