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How to ID a New Patient or Client Online?
Consumers have forged fake ID cards for decades. Even high school kids know how to use phoney ID cards to gain entrance to clubs with bouncers directly examining those IDs with flashlights. Is it adequate for us as mental health professionals to simply ask a distant client to fax, scan or mail a driver’s license [...]
Full Story6 Easy Ways Learn about SKYPE & Mental Health Delivery
One of the TeleMental Health Institute LINKEDIN group members wrote me privately to ask me to draft an email that he can send to his state association listerv to help his colleagues learn more about Skype. Please let me know if there’s any other information you might need about practicing online. Marlene ~ Here are [...]
Full StorySkype Webinar Audio Recording: 3 Reasons SKYPE Can be RISKY to Your Practice & How to Remedy
This webinar received an unexpected overflow audience! Clearly, mental health professionals are concerned about the use of Skype. For your download of the audio recording, go to this page. To gauge how you are using the risk management procedures she outlined in the webinar, Dr. Maheu is offering a private, 30-minute consultation on any topic [...]
Full StoryDr. Maheu’s Skype Webinar of June 6, 2011
This blog post entry is to accommodate commentary from the community that has listened to the Skype webinar in real time or as an MP3 file. So, what do you think? Please let me know what you liked or didn’t like, what made you agree or disagree, or what other concerns you might have. Was [...]
Full StoryDr. Pat DeLeon Summarizes His Vision for Psychology, which Includes Telepsychology
In a June article for the Hawaii Psychological Association, Dr. Pat DeLeon summarized recent psychology-related events and includes the area of telepsychology. (Reprinted with permission from Dr. DeLeon.) AN EXCITING VISION FOR THE FUTURE Dr. Pat Deleon, former president of the APA, just wrote this article for the Hawaii Psychological Association: –snip– The federal sector [...]
Full StoryWhat Else Can We Do With Video? New Inspiration: Virtual Exercise Partners
New research from Michigan State University reveals working out with a virtual partner improves motivation during exercise. Led by Deborah Feltz, chairperson of MSU’s Department of Kinesiology, this study is the first to investigate the Kohler effect on motivation in health video games; that phenomenon explains why inferior team members perform better in a group [...]
Full StoryWhat’s the Trend? The U.S. Government Is Focused on Telemedicine
Across the board, the U.S. federal government is intensifying its focus on funding and otherwise expanding telemedicine and telehealth as the future of healthcare. Consider these developments: During the President Obama’s 2011 State of the Union address, he mentioned telemedicine as a key player in the broader mobile revolution: “It’s about a firefighter who can [...]
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