I think this blog makes it pretty clear that I’m enthusiastic about telepsychiatry. I’ve tried to keep my enthusiasm for it low key with my patients, primarily because I want to accommodate their needs, and not have them feel pressured about whether to use telepsychiatry or not as I work out the best way to [...]
Also tagged blizzard, ER, snow, telephoneIn general, the weather in Baltimore tends to be fairly temperate, but we occasionally have snow. Because we don’t have that much snow, the highway department is generally not prepared, especially right after it starts snowing, so the usual pattern is for travel during the beginning of a snowstorm to be pretty hazardous, especially when [...]
Also tagged weatherIn 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 professionals (physicians, [...]
I’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 of [...]
I rent office space for my practice, and I’m not there some of the time (I usually work in my practice on Wednesdays and Thursdays, and in my other job on the other days). The office just sits there empty five out of seven days of the week, and I’ve often thought about how I [...]
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