Top 10 Myths about Telepsychiatry

This ongoing column is dedicated to providing information to our readers on managing legal risks associated with medical practice. We invite questions from our readers. The answers are provided by PRMS, Inc. (www.prms.com), a manager of medical professional liability insurance programs with services that include risk management consultation, education and onsite risk management audits, and other resources to healthcare providers to help improve patient outcomes and reduce professional liability risk. The answers published in this column represent those of only one risk management consulting company. Other risk management consulting companies or insurance carriers may provide different advice, and readers should take this into consideration. The information in this column does not constitute legal advice. For legal advice, contact your personal attorney. Note: The information and recommendations in this article are applicable to physicians and other healthcare professionals so “clinician” is used to indicate all treatment team members. by Donna Vanderpool, JD Ms. Vanderpool is Vice President, Risk Management, at PRMS, Inc. The technology for remote treatment is advancing rapidly. The regulatory environment in which psychiatrists practice telepsychiatry is also evolving but at a much slower pace than the technology. As introduced in this journal years ago by my colleague Charles D. Cash in his article, “Telepsychiatry and Risk Management,”1 there is still a lack of uni...
Source: Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience - Category: Neuroscience Authors: Tags: Current Issue Risk Management telepsychiatry Source Type: research