Mental Health Providers' Challenges and Solutions in Prescribing Over Telemedicine: Content Analysis of Semistructured Interviews.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States extended regulatory flexibilities to make telemedicine more accessible to providers and patients. Some of these flexibilities allowed providers to intake patients over telemedicine and prescribe certain scheduled medications without an in-person visit.

Objective

We aim to understand providers' parameters for their comfort in prescribing over telemedicine and report on solutions providers have adopted in response to potential barriers and challenges in prescribing via telemedicine.

Methods

As part of a larger mixed methods study between February and April 2024, we conducted 16 semistructured interviews with mental health providers who prescribe via telemedicine within the United States. We used the resu

SUBMITTER: Ivanova J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11969126 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature