Are There Other Options?: Child and Adolescent Telepsychiatry Services for Rural Population.
This study compared University of Missouri child and adolescent telepsychiatry services patients’ specific zip codes to child and adolescent psychiatrists’ practice locations to learn if telehealth was an appropriate option for this group of patients.In demographically and geographically diverse sta...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Health Management Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 290 - 295 |
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| Formato: | pictorial research Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Jun2016
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=116569965&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 116569965 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09720634 54B jtl: Journal of Health Management issn: 09720634 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2016 vid: 18 iid: 2 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 116569965 116569965 116569965 10.1177/0972063416637729 116569965 ppf: 290 ppct: 5 formats: tig: atl: Are There Other Options?: Child and Adolescent Telepsychiatry Services for Rural Population. aug: au: Becevic, Mirna Green, Timothy Walker, Laine Young Hicks, Lanis Mutrux, Ellen R. affil: Missouri Telehealth Network, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA sug: subj: Adolescent Psychiatry Child Psychiatry Rural Population Telemedicine Utilization Mental Health Services Human Geographic Factors Missouri Data Analysis Software Special Populations Missouri Urban Health Health Informatics Videoconferencing Medicaid Adolescence Young Adult Internet Information Technology Geographic Information Systems Health Services Accessibility Adolescent: 13-18 years ab: This study compared University of Missouri child and adolescent telepsychiatry services patients’ specific zip codes to child and adolescent psychiatrists’ practice locations to learn if telehealth was an appropriate option for this group of patients.In demographically and geographically diverse state such as Missouri, patients in rural areas may have limited or no access to timely, affordable and quality care. Many large urban health-care institutions have turned to telehealth as a means of providing equal access to care for all population, no matter where they choose to live.The management analyst system Cognos/Analyzer was used as a data source. Patient- and provider-specific zip codes were processed using GeoKettle software, and ArcGIS explorer was used for map visualization.While patients utilizing child and adolescent telepsychiatry services come from various parts of the state, providers are mostly clustered in urban locations along the Interstate 70. This greatly limits access to specialty care for rural and other vulnerable populations. Telehealth provides adequate and timely access to child and adolescent psychiatry services for the youth that may otherwise not be able to get needed care.Barriers such as mental health crisis and access to care for rural population have been more or less successfully addressed by telehealth for several decades now. However, the shortage of specialty physicians adds an additional layer of complexity to this issue. Health-care organizations with informatics tools such as telemedicine need to focus their efforts on maximizing usage to allow more access for the underserved population. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: pictorial research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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