An Observational Study of Telemental Care Delivery and the Context for Involuntary Commitment for Mental Health Patients in a Group of Rural Emergency Departments

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Examines telemental healthcare delivery in Critical Access Hospital (CAH) emergency departments (ED) in 4 Indiana counties, with a focus on the context surrounding subsequent psychiatric involuntary commitment (IC) or noninvoluntary commitment (non-IC) of mental health patients who presented to the participating EDs. Provides information on patient demographics, ED wait time and length of stay, ED costs and reimbursement, and telehealth parity laws.

Roseanne Fairchild, Shiaw-Fen Ferng-Kuo, Hicham Rahmouni, Daniel Hardesty

Telemedicine Reports, 1(1), 22-35

11/2020

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Access · Critical Access Hospitals · Emergency department and urgent care services · Mental health · Reimbursement and payment models · Telehealth · Indiana