Supplementing Your Practice with Telepsychiatry Opportunities to work remotely in the healthcare field are hard to come by; however, with the increase in demand for timely access to psychiatric care across the country, telepsychiatry has quickly become a great way for mental health clinicians to work remotely while helping underserved communities. Working Remotely as a …
Telepsychiatry Best Practices The national average wait time to see a mental health clinician is almost eight weeks and in some communities, it could be several months. innovaTel understands how hard it is to find psychiatric clinicians, especially psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse practitioners. Luckily, telepsychiatry has proven to be an extremely effective solution to this …
At innovaTel, we understand the importance of fostering a work environment that our employees and clinicians can thrive in. Working in the behavioral health field also makes us more aware of the effect that a work environment, good or bad, can have on an individual. With the conversations about mental health becoming less taboo, there …
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October is National Depression and Mental Health Screening Month. This month we reflect on the importance of early intervention and the positive effect it can have on a patient’s long-term well-being. In addition to screening, there are further opportunities to integrate mental health treatment into primary care via collaborative care. While collaborative care is something …
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Mental Illness Awareness Week & World Mental Health Day: Fighting the Stigma Each year, millions of Americans (47.6 million adults in 2018) experience the reality and challenges of living with a mental health condition. Mental illness affects everyone directly or indirectly through family, friends or coworkers. Although mental illness is so prevalent in our country, …
Opportunities to work remotely in the behavioral health field are hard to come by; however, with the increase in demand for timely access to mental health care across the country, telepsychiatry has become a viable solution to this serious gap in care. To address the disparity in underserved communities, innovaTel was established by like-minded mental …
With the behavioral health workforce shortage, community mental health centers often experience the challenge of not having a large enough team to meet the high demand for psychological evaluation and treatment. If this sounds like your organization, you may be wondering how you can successfully set up a telepsychiatry program to meet the needs of …
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How do Patients Really Feel About Telepsychiatry? We are often asked, “how do patients feel about telepsychiatry” and “how does it compare to traditional in-person sessions?” The short answer to this is that we have found an overwhelming majority of patients have had a positive experience with telepsychiatry. However, there are a lot of factors …
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National Health Center Week: The Positive Impact innovaTel Partners Have on Their Communities August 11th-17th is National Health Center Week. The goal of National Health Center Week is to create greater awareness of Health Center programs, the work they do and how they do it. innovaTel partners with community health centers across the country to …
Increasing access to care is the driving force behind what we do at innovaTel. We believe that every patient deserves timely access to mental health care, and we partner with clinicians and mental health clinics in order to make that possible. How exactly is this done? Telepsychiatry increases access to care by optimizing time, removing …
One of the most common assumptions made about telepsychiatry is that it’s a temporary solution for meeting the increasing demand for mental healthcare. This assumption is based on the idea that telepsychiatry sessions are less effective than in-person sessions. However, after partnering with community mental health centers and building a network of clinicians from across …
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Dr. Ashby has been a telepsychiatrist with innovaTel for almost five years. In this interview, he sat down with Lauren Lashbrook, Director of Strategic Partnerships, to discuss his experience as a telepsychiatrist and what the transition looked like for him from running his own private practice to becoming a full-time telepsychiatrist. Just wait until you …
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From working as the CEO of a community mental health center, to launching a telepsychiatry company, Jon Evans the CEO of innovaTel has seen telepsychiatry evolve over the past 15 years. We asked Jon some questions about his career transition, what it’s like to lead a telepsychiatry organization, and his excitement for future innovation. How …
innovaTel had the opportunity to write this guest blog post for the Patrick J. Kennedy website for Mental Health Month. The post on Patrick J. Kennedy’s website can be found here. How Telepsychiatry Can Effectively Address Disparity in Care Amidst the Opioid Epidemic and Increasing Suicide Rate Guest blog post by Jonathan Evans, President and …
If your community mental health center has struggled with the increasing demand for care, chances are you have looked into bringing on a telepsychiatry partner to grow your team of clinicians. When searching for a telepsychiatry partner it is important that your organization takes a multifaceted approach when evaluating them in order to understand whether …
According to the Treatment Advocacy Center, In 44 states, a jail or prison holds more individuals with mental illnesses than the largest remaining state psychiatric hospital. Every inmate has the right to adequate medical and mental health care; however, due to overcrowding, lack of funding and outdated treatment laws, many inmates go without the basic …
Primary care settings have become the first place many individuals seek out or receive behavioral health care. To meet these needs, especially in under served communities, many primary care providers are integrating behavioral health services into their practice. The use of integrated care is a means of improving the overall quality of care while also …
How Our Clinicians Help Patients Heal Despite Modern Day Pressures National Eating Disorders Awareness Week is observed this week February 25th thru March 3rd. At innovaTel Telepsychiatry, our behavioral health clinicians specialize in a variety of subjects including eating disorders and understand just how difficult and nuanced the treatment can be. This month we reflected …
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As time goes on, the implications of the psychiatric shortage predict rising statistics in both substance abuse and suicide. The answer to addressing these alarming rates not only lies with policy and legislation but also with utilizing available technology to reach more people in need. Telepsychiatry has proven to be a viable way of bridging-the-gap …
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Despite legislative ups and downs in 2018, some notable progress was made in 2018 to push Mental Health Care Reform to the forefront, addressing the opioid crisis and efforts to grow the behavioral health workforce. However, starting in January of 2018, healthcare was a major topic for the legislative branch with the executive branch pushing …
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