It’s surprising how few technical difficulties my patients have had with Skype, but there have been a few. With one exception, all the technical troubles any of my patients have encountered have been the very first time that they’ve set up Skype. Although I tell everyone to test it out before they try it for [...]
Tagged skype, technical problems, webcamA recent post on the Skype site is pretty interesting: With the right gear, you’ll soon be able to make Skype video calls in 720p HD. The latest beta version of Skype for Windows now supports HD-quality video (1280 x 720 resolution at up to 30 frames per second), giving you an even smoother and [...]
Tagged HD webcam, HDTV, skypeOne of the characteristics of any part of medicine that I’m aware of is that the work tends to be “bursty,” meaning there is seldom a steady flow of work. Instead, work is often crazy busy for a while, and then not-so busy, then crazy busy again, and so on. Throughout my medical life, I’ve [...]
Tagged ER, overflow, queuing theoryI’ve been playing with Google Wave for a few days now, and I’m really intrigued with the future possibilities for using it in conjunction with telepsychiatry. It’s hard to explain exactly what Google Wave is, but I like Google’s description that it’s “what email might look like if we invented it today.” To me, it’s [...]
Tagged google, google wave, medical records, wave serverA friend sent me a link to an article in the New York times titled “Are doctors ready for virtual visits?” The article talks about the results of a study done at the University of Texas Medical School looking at the impact of telemedicine on patients in intensive care units. There were two really interesting [...]
Tagged doctor's attitudesI had an interesting experience a couple of weeks ago. A prospective patient wanted to come see me, but there was a potential problem because of the location for my office. I have my office in a professional building occupied by attorneys, accountants, therapists, doctors and businesses like staffing agencies and consumer research groups. By [...]
Tagged privacy, stigmaIn my last post, I talked about the informed consent form for my practice, and mentioned that part of the consent form says that emergency care might be more difficult via telepsychiatry. I wrote that section because I doubted that there was any case law on emergency petitions and telepsychiatry. In Maryland, certain mental health [...]
Tagged emergencies, emergency petition, face-to-face, forensicI’m not exactly sure when the State of Maryland is going to enact regulations for telepsychiatry, but I’ve finally put together a basic informed consent form for telepsychiatry for my practice. I tried to write it in fairly plain English, unlike my HIPAA form , which is so complicated that I don’t really understand half [...]
Tagged emergencies, face-to-face, HIPAA, informed consent, recording, skype
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