Telepsychiatry in the Emergency Department: Overview and Case Studies

December 7, 2009 Written by Mike Williams, MPA, Michael Pfeffer, MPH, Juliana Boyle, MBA, The Abaris Group, and Donald M Hilty, MD, University of California, Davis, this report discusses the pros and cons of telemedicine and telepsychiatry. Telemedicine and telepsychiatry have existed in some form since the 1950s, though telepsychiatry was introduced into emergency departments fairly recently. This report examines the extent to which these services have been offered and identifies executive practices for sustainable ED telepsychiatry programs. The survey showed that only two of these programs were financially supported internally, and one program was partially supported internally and thus . . .