Home-Based Telemental Healthcare Safety Planning: What You Need to Know
- 1 October 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Mary Ann Liebert Inc in Telemedicine and e-Health
- Vol. 18 (8), 629-633
- https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2012.0004
Abstract
Telemental health (TMH) care provided directly to the home is an emerging area of care delivery. TMH care involves awareness of safety issues and adequate safety planning, although detailed practical recommendations for home-based TMH safety planning are absent in the literature. With this article we aim to increase awareness of safety issues associated with home-based synchronous TMH treatment and to discuss recommendations for consistent safety planning that can inform the development of standard operating procedures, emergency protocols, and overall good TMH practice. Specific areas discussed include consideration of state and local requirements, appropriateness of TMH care, technology and infrastructure, and emergency management and monitoring procedures. The topic of safety, as it relates to TMH policy, as well as the need for additional TMH research are also discussed.Keywords
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