Rewiring Mental Health: Legal and Regulatory Solutions for the Effective Implementation of Telepsychiatry and Telemental Health Care
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2017
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Houston Journal of Health Law & Policy
Abstract
This article examines the policy issues surrounding effective
telepsychiatry adoption and use, with particular care given to issues
discussed at the Broadband Prescriptions for Mental Health: A Policy
Conference, presented by the Federal Communications Commission
Connect2HealthFCC Task Force and the University of Houston Law
Center Health Law & Policy Institute on May 18, 2016. The policy
conference convened a diverse array of experts and stakeholders who
identified emerging issues and opportunities in using the
transformative power of broadband to connect consumers with mental
health services.13 This article begins with a discussion of the critical
need to improve mental health care access with an illustration of gaps
and disparities in the mental health care delivery system in the United
States. Part III confronts the complex legal and regulatory framework
impacting telepsychiatric care at the federal and state levels. We
discuss the impact of recent legal battles, the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) Connect2HealthFCC Task Force’s efforts to use the
transformative power of broadband to connect consumers with mental
health services, and emerging mental health technologies unveiled at
the Broadband Prescriptions for Mental Health: A Policy Conference on mental health care access. Part IV addresses potential legal and
regulatory hurdles impacting effective adoption of telemedicine and
telehealth services for mental health patients with a targeted range of
policy prescriptions to facilitate effective implementation of
telepsychiatry and telemental health care services to improve mental
health care access and outcomes.
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law, policy, treatment, telemental health, implementation
Citation
Winnike, A. N., & Dale III, B. J. (2017). Rewiring Mental Health: Legal and Regulatory Solutions for the Effective Implementation of Telepsychiatry and Telemental Health Care. Houston Journal of Health Law & Policy, 17, 21.