title: Telepsychiatry: Effective, Evidence-Based, and at a Tipping Point in Health Care Delivery?
abstract: Patient-centered health care questions how to deliver quality, affordable, and timely care in a variety of settings. Telemedicine empowers patients, increases administrative efficiency, and ensures expertise gets to the place it is most needed--the patient. Telepsychiatry or telemental health is effective, well accepted, and comparable to in-person care. E-models of care offer variety, flexibility, and positive outcomes in most settings, and clinicians are increasingly interested in using technology for care, so much so that telepsychiatry is now being widely introduced around the world.
authors: Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Telehealth, USC Care Health System, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 2250 Alcazar Street, CSC Suite 2200, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. Electronic address: hilty@usc.edu.
authors: Donald
authors: D
authors: Hilty
authors: Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Health Informatics Graduate Program, University of California, Davis School of Medicine and Health System, 2450 48th Street, Suite 2800, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.
authors: Peter M
authors: PM
authors: Yellowlees
authors: Telepsychiatry and Health Informatics, University of California, Davis School of Medicine & Health System, 2450 48th Street Suite 2800, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.
authors: Michelle B
authors: MB
authors: Parrish
authors: Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis School of Medicine & Health System, 2150 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.
authors: Steven
authors: S
authors: Chan
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Effectiveness; Integrated and stepped care; Models; Telemedicine; Telepsychiatry