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Rheuban: Telemedicine Ch. 10: Telepsychiatry-
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Rheuban: Telemedicine Ch. 10: Telepsychiatry-
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DR. RHEUBAN: We haven't really talked about mental health access, substance use disorders, really important in our program. We provide services in the UVA telemedicine program in more than 60, "six-O," different clinical specialties and sub-specialties with more than 100 projects in development. So, clinicians are engaging, and the patients are very much accepting it. But mental health still remains our No. 1 demand and request for services, and so, we have a long way to go to address the workforce shortages and the malalignment of providers who tend to stay in urban areas and not be in rural communities.
DR. RHEUBAN: So, telemedicine is a fabulous application-- just like you mentioned, which I really loved the discussion about pre-diabetic patients are more happy to use telemedicine than perhaps driving across town to be face to face. In many cases, for mental health, it's easier for patients to be able to communicate virtually than be in that space. We have demonstrated fewer missed appointments in mental health services using the telemedicine technologies because it's there locally, and it's a great alternative.
DR. RHEUBAN: We're facing a gigantic prevalence of substance use disorders, and we need to think of creative solutions that will empower patients and providers to be able to access some of these services, and I know that is a priority for this administration as it was for the last, and I'm hopeful that we'll have greater improvements in policies that will enable us to be able to use these technologies for a substance use disorder.
DR. ALI: I think those are two hot topics right now dealing with mental health disorders and opioid addictions and pain addictions. I think that it's a great opportunity for telemedicine and-- to fill that void. I completely agree; it's access, access, access. And individuals don't necessarily want to drive to a physical location. There's a lot of reasons for that, but to be able to do that at the comfort of your home, with very serious conditions that they may not otherwise want to go seek help but may from the comfort of their home and having the easier ability to access to go get that help-- I think should be, and I think is a big focus in the ATA and telemedicine.
DR. ALI: I think we have a great position to fill that gap, and I think that is a great focus in the acute and chronic care buckets that we talked about.