Assumptions, Perceptions, and Experiences of Behavioral Health Providers Using Telemedicine: Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The urgent and reactive implementation of telemedicine during the pandemic does not represent a long-term, strategic, and proactive approach to optimizing this technology. The assumptions, perceptions, and experiences of the behavioral health providers using telemedicine can inform system-wide and institutional-level strategies to promote longitudinal maintenance of care delivery, which can reduce the use of high-cost care due to new symptom onset and symptom exacerbation related to service interruptions.

Objective

We aim to identify the assumptions, perspectives, and experiences of behavioral health clinicians and providers using telemedicine to inform the development of an optimized, sustainable approach to telemedicine implementation.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Ainslie M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10582816 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature