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The benefits of telehealth within mental health care
Author(s) -
Khwaja Tahir
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32238
Subject(s) - telehealth , mental health , business , health care , mental health care , position (finance) , nursing , telemedicine , value (mathematics) , medicine , public relations , psychiatry , economic growth , finance , political science , economics , machine learning , computer science
Inadequate mental health care creates problems that are at once financial, personal and societal. ER admissions and further complications due to inadequate care not only cost patients, but also paying entities such as health insurance companies, employers and health systems. Within an industry steering toward value‐based, comprehensive and proactive care, mental health care advancement continues to lag. The general failure to support mental health care points to an acute need to address the issue with the best resources available, and the benefits of telehealth position these technologies as a key avenue moving forward.