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Telepsychiatry for the MilitaryHaving worked with military soldiers, their families, and their children via telepsychiatry InSight is proud of its commitment to support our military by addressing the behavioral health needs that often accompany deployments.InSight’s telepsychiatry services can be provided to active duty soldiers and their families for both scheduled and emergent psychiatric care. In these trying times, it has never been more important to provide our military and their families with access to behavioral healthcare, and InSight has developed a mechanism to do just that. This noteworthy accomplishment has enabled troops and their families to receive treatment for PTSD, where previously many had gone for years without treatment. Suicide risk has also become a major concern among active duty troops and veterans. Telepsychiatry offers a confidential means to access care and provide crisis intervention if necessary. As many soldiers prepare to come home and assimilate back into society after years multiple deployments, InSight will strive to do its part in continuing to support our troops and their families through this process by ensuring that psychiatric resources are available through telepsychiatry. Telepsychiatry for VA Hospitals and Clinics
The stresses of military duty combined with challenges reintegrating within civilian life have created significant behavioral health issues within our veteran population. Like most areas of behavioral health, there is a tremendous need for mental health services for veterans across the country in the midst of a national shortage of providers. Telepsychiatry offers solutions by increasing access to care by more efficiently distributing scare psychiatric resource to the areas where they are needed most. The VA has embraced telemedicine and telepsychiatry and has been a leader the field for years as they have developed a significant national network. This has not excluded the VA system from the same shortages of qualified providers that many other providers face. InSight Telepsychiatry offers additional psychiatric resources that augment the cadre of onsite and remote clinicians that the VA has within its internal system. VA Hospitals and Outpatient Centers are faced with the challenge of having access to psychiatric specialist to provide consultations and crisis intervention to consumers. VA Hospitals may find it difficult to staff these positions based on varying demand and tighter budgets. Communities often lack local psychiatric resources, and even utilizing available resources is challenging. This often causes VA hospitals to look into alternative solutions such as staffing agencies, resulting in varying quality of service and a lack of continuity of care. InSight Telepsychiatry is able to offer a cost effective solution which increases quality of care and access to psychiatric specialists via telepsychiatry. Telepsychiatry is a great way to augment local resources thereby allowing veterans faster access to quality psychiatric care. With high concerns around suicide risk for veterans and active duty soldiers, telepsychiatry can be a valuable tool to both urban and rural areas by offering a secure and confidential means to access care and provide crisis intervention if necessary. CLICK HERE for resources and documentation |
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