Telepsychiatry: Effective, Evidence-Based, and at a Tipping Point in Health Care Delivery?

Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 559-592

  Hilty, Donald ^a   Yellowlees, Peter M ^b   Parrish, Michelle B ^b   Chan, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Integrated and stepped care; Models; Telemedicine; Telepsychiatry

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATIONAL DOWNSIZING; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIAL MEDIA; TELEPSYCHIATRY; VIGNETTE; WEB BROWSER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHIATRY; TELEMEDICINE;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PSYCHIATRY; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84941187057     PISSN: 0193953X     EISSN: 15583147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2015.05.006     Document Type: Review

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