A survey of telepsychiatry in the USA.
Active telepsychiatry services in the United States were surveyed. Telepsychiatry was being used in four broad areas: educational, administrative, research, and clinical. Of the five telepsychiatry sites with accurate patient contact data, there was a mean of 1.35 patient contacts per week. The majority of telepsychiatry usage involved direct physician-patient contact. No adverse outcomes to patients were reported.
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Emory Clinic at Wesley Woods, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, USA. SDPFWB@UNIX.CC.EMORY.EDU
D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003625:Data Collection; D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States