Enhancing Access to Behavioral Health Care
A HRSA Webcast Series on Tele-Behavioral Health
This free Webcast Series is designed for provider organizations who would like to develop or expand tele-behavioral health services for underserved populations. The Tele-behavioral health archives include:
- An Introduction to Tele-behavioral Health: What’s New and Why it Makes Sense
- The Finger Lakes Community Health Center Model of Tele-Behavioral Health
- Implementing Technology Assisted Care into Behavioral Health Settings: A Framework for Change
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Intended Audience | Health Center Staff |
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An Introduction to Tele-Behavioral Health: What’s New and Why it Makes SenseThis webcast is designed to help you begin exploring how telemedicine may help increase access to behavioral health services for your patients. Key issues and growth opportunities in the telemental health industry will be covered. A brief historical context will be provided as background for the current state of technology, reimbursed services, security , HIPAA compliance, laws, ethics, risk management, credentialing and training requirements. Opportunities for increased access and implementati
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Finger Lakes Community Health Center Tele-behavioral Health ModelThis webcast is designed to demonstrate a leading practice for providing comprehensive tele-behavioral health services in a rural area. Finger Lakes Community Health is federally qualified health center providing comprehensive primary care and behavioral health services in central and northern New York State. The presentation will demonstrate practical implementation methods and strategies that were outlined by Jay Ostrowski during the first webcast of this Series.
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Implementing Technology Assisted Care in Behavioral Health Settings: A Framework for Change (ITAC)One of the biggest barriers to individuals receiving substance use disorder treatment is access – especially in frontier/rural communities. With growing trends towards using technology-based interventions to deliver behavioral health treatment and recovery services, there is a need for administrators to know how to assess organizational readiness and individual propensity to adopt technology and a framework for implementing change. This webcast will highlight current technology-assisted care int