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What We Will Be Doing in mHealth by 2015 or Before!
Did you know that as of Q3, 18% of U.S. residents under 18 had a smartphone? Or that the iPhone operating system for smartphones (OS) had 28% market share and Android had 43%? Ready for a glimpse into the future?Read a few sample predictions from a recent blog post by Arthur C. Clarke: By 2015, [...]
Full StoryReimbursement: Recent Legal and Marketplace Changes
Increasingly, the Technical Marketplace Changes Standard Therapy Models. FREE 1-hour Training Webinar (LIVE) Wrap up this year with an essential discussion of current events to predict next year’s focus on telemental health and online therapy. This month’s guest will be Tania S. Malik, J.D., Founder and President of COPEtoday. As Dr. Maheu’s guest, she will [...]
Full StoryFREE Webinar November 17: How to Develop A Thriving Telemental Health Practice from Your Home
Legal and Ethical Strategies FREE 1-hour Training Webinar (LIVE) November 17, 2011 2 PM Eastern, 11 AM Pacific Interested in starting a telemental health practice but not quite sure how to get started? Familiarize yourself with a successful online practice model that is HIPAA compliant and reimbursed by third-party payors. Identify resources to increase the [...]
Full StoryAmerican Telemedicine Association Survey – Please Complete
Dear Colleagues: Broad deployment of telemedicine requires common approaches and uniform practices. For over ten years ATA has been developing practice guidelines for the delivery of safe and effective healthcare via telemedicine. These guidelines are developed in cooperation with leading practitioners, researchers, societies and vendors. Nine such guidelines have been formally approved by the ATA [...]
Full StoryTexting and HIPAA
Two years ago, we at the TeleMental Health Institute published an article about safeguards to use while texting: http://telehealth.net/texting Some of our colleagues scoffed at our “paranoia,” including a malpractice carrier. Now that several more companies have developed text-encryption and other security/privacy services, and HIPAA violations are being punished, we see more responsible attention to [...]
Full StoryCanadian Psychological Association Code of Ethics as Applied to Online Therapy
Have you been told that we don’t yet have guidelines for legal or ethical practice online? Nothing could be further from the truth. If you are yearning for solid research looking at ethics in telemental health or online therapy, I strongly encourage you to read the recently published article in a special issue of “Canadian [...]
Full StoryAnonymity — Questionable Online Therapy Practice?
In a recent New York Times article, Dr. Carolyn Turvey suggested the need for collecting identifying information from patients. The author of that same article then quoted the opposing view of a spokeswoman for an online therapy company. The spokeswoman explained that 90% of therapists using their platform don’t collect identifying information, because “Patients with [...]
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