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Check back each month for blog posts from innovaTel Telepsychiatry pertaining to mental health, telepsychiatry, regulations, and company updates.
Ask The Experts with Terica Toliver, innovaTel’s Director of Teletherapy
Historically, tele-behavioral health implementations require thoughtful planning to develop protocols and robust provider training to ensure successful implementations. Due to COVID-19, organizations are rolling out
How Telepsychiatry Can Help During COVID-19
Time and again, we have seen the value that telepsychiatry programs bring to healthcare organizations. Currently, the value of telepsychiatry is even more apparent in
Is Telepsychiatry Effective?
When a mental health care facility is first considering the implementation of a telepsychiatry program, a common concern is whether or not it is effective,
Telepsychiatry for Underserved Populations
One of the characteristics that makes innovaTel unique, is that from day one, our founders have understood the challenges of operating community mental health care
Add Telepsychiatry to Counseling Practice
Adding Telepsychiatry to Your Counseling Practice “I’m Considering Adding Telepsychiatry to my Counceling Practice, what Should I Do?” Over the years of providing telepsychiatry, we
How to Overcome Telepsychiatry Barriers
With the behavioral health workforce at a shortage, community mental health centers across the country are experiencing the challenge of not having enough clinicians to
Excitement Builds for NATCON2020
By: Jonathan Evans, President and CEO Part of our vision is to support the behavioral health community’s objective to improve access to quality psychiatric
2019 Year End Review with innovaTel CEO, Jonathan Evans
After another busy year, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on what innovaTel Telepsychiatry accomplished in its fifth year of business and where
How Telepsychiatry Can Alleviate Clinician Burnout
While the efficacy of telepsychiatry as a method of delivering psychiatric care has been extensively researched and tested, what has not been examined in as
Supplementing Your Practice with Telepsychiatry
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
Telepsychiatry Best Practices
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
Create a Healthy Workplace Culture that Values Mental Health
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
Mental Health Screening & Treatment in Primary Care
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
Mental Health Stigma
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
Working Remotely as a Psychiatrist
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
How to Establish a Successful Telepsychiatry Program
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
Suicide Prevention Awareness Month: Reflection & Increasing Access to Care
September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, a time to share resources and have conversations in an effort to shed light on this stigmatized topic.
How Do Patients Really Feel About Telepsychiatry?
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
National Health Center Week: The Positive Impact innovaTel Partners Have on Their Communities
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
How Telepsychiatry Increases Access to Care
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
Prescribing of Controlled Substances via Telemedicine
A lively discussion took place this morning regarding the anticipated Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Registration Rule for the prescribing of controlled substances via telemedicine.
Not Locum Tenens: How Telepsychiatry is a Long-Term Solution
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
PTSD Awareness Month
National PTSD Awareness Month: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Access to Care The mental health observance for the month of June is post-traumatic stress disorder
Q&A with innovaTel Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
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,
One on One with CEO of innovaTel, Jon Evans
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
Expanding Access to Care Through Telepsychiatry
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.
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