Best Practices in Tele-Teaming: Managing Virtual Teams in the Delivery of Care in Telepsychiatry

Purpose of the Review To review and organize best practices around management of virtual teams for psychiatrists working in team-based telepsychiatry services. Recent Findings An early but evolving literature in telepsychiatric team-based care is beginning to examine the importance of team function....

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Published in:Current psychiatry reports 2019-08, Vol.21 (8), p.77-8, Article 77
Main Author: Shore, Jay H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration
Humans
Leadership
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Psychiatry
Psychiatry - organization & administration
Psychiatry in the Digital Age (J Shore
Section Editor
Telemedicine
Telemedicine - organization & administration
Topical Collection on Psychiatry in the Digital Age
Virtual teams
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Summary:Purpose of the Review To review and organize best practices around management of virtual teams for psychiatrists working in team-based telepsychiatry services. Recent Findings An early but evolving literature in telepsychiatric team-based care is beginning to examine the importance of team function. Psychiatrists will increasingly have opportunities to engage in team-based telepsychiatry in evolving models that improve outcomes, enhance quality, and expand access to behavioral health treatments. While the literature is limited in psychiatry and medicine on virtual teams, there is a growing literature from applied psychology and business. This article synthesizes these findings along with lessons learned from the field to provide recommendations for psychiatrists involved in team-based telepsychiatry. Summary Providing this type of care involves mastering the management of virtual teams. Psychiatrists are well positioned to play a distinctive and central leadership role for team-based telepsychiatry.
ISSN:1523-3812
1535-1645
DOI:10.1007/s11920-019-1052-x