Digitally Driven Integrated Primary Care and Behavioral Health: How Technology Can Expand Access to Effective Treatment

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2017, Pages

  Raney, Lori ^a   Bergman, David ^b   Torous, John ^c   Hasselberg, Michael ^d  

^a Health Management Associates   (United States)

^b Health Management Associates   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital health; eConsult; Integrated care; mHealth; Project ECHO; Telepsychiatry

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERSECTORAL COLLABORATION; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT GUIDANCE; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; SELF CARE; TELECONSULTATION; TELEPSYCHIATRY; VIRTUAL REALITY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHIATRY; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRY; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85030154016     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-017-0838-y     Document Type: Review

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