Telepsychiatry in the Heartland: if we build it, will they come?

The quality of care provided by telemedicine and its acceptability to persons who live in rural areas is largely undetermined. In this study, service satisfaction and functional status in persons using telemedicine was compared to those receiving face-to-face services at two rural sites over a 2-yea...

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Published in:Community mental health journal 2001-10, Vol.37 (5), p.449-459
Main Author: ROHLAND, Barbara M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of Daily Living
Adult
Anxiety disorders
Biological and medical sciences
Bipolar disorder
Comparative analysis
Consent
Drug abuse
Emergency medical care
Female
Health care access
Health services
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mental health care
Mental Health Services - organization & administration
Middle Aged
Midwestern United States
Organization of mental health. Health systems
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Panic attacks
Patient Acceptance of Health Care - psychology
Patient satisfaction
Patient Satisfaction - statistics & numerical data
Personality disorders
Primary care
Psychiatrists
Psychiatry
Psychiatry - methods
Psychiatry - standards
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotherapy
Rural areas
Rural Health Services - organization & administration
Schizophrenia
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Substance abuse treatment
Suicides & suicide attempts
Telemedicine
Telemedicine - methods
Telemedicine - standards
Telemedicine - utilization
Telepsychiatry
USA
Validity
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Summary:The quality of care provided by telemedicine and its acceptability to persons who live in rural areas is largely undetermined. In this study, service satisfaction and functional status in persons using telemedicine was compared to those receiving face-to-face services at two rural sites over a 2-year study period. Similar ratings of satisfaction and clinical status were observed in twelve patients who received services under both modalities. Although there are many obstacles to successful program implementation, telepsychiatry appears to offer an acceptable and adequate alternative mode of service delivery to persons who live in rural areas.
ISSN:0010-3853
1573-2789
DOI:10.1023/A:1017536230944