De Weger, Esther (2011) The introduction and evaluation of telehealth into a mental health service. In: International Journal of Integrated Care. 11 (6). Igitur publishing (doi:10.5334/ijic.725) (KAR id:55934)
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Abstract
Introduction: This two-year project involves the introduction and evaluation of telehealth into a mental health service. Phase 1 of the
project explores stakeholders’ views on how telehealth in the form of video conferencing could be used to link-up inpatient and community
services.
Aims and objectives: Identify issues regarding:
•• Quality of care
•• Length of inpatient stay
•• Access, communication, and relationship between inpatient, CMHT staff, service-users, carers
•• Unproductive staff time, travel time and cost
•• Telehealth for therapeutic work
Methods: These were:
•• Focus groups, interviews with: staff, service-users
•• Literature review
•• Piloting of video conferencing facilities
Results: The main findings were:
•• Focus groups/interviews: (a) isolation of different teams; (b) communication, relationship between teams; (c) staff, service-users’
views on telehealth
•• Literature review: identified relevant articles from 2000 onwards on the effectiveness of telehealth in mental health services and
guidelines on the uses of video conferencing.
•• Utilising the findings of (i) and (ii) to make recommendation.
•• Initial findings from the pilot will be presented
Conclusions: The combined findings from the focus groups and literature review have identified ways of introducing and evaluating
telehealth to the service:
•• Per site: 1 meeting room with 1 large screen for team activities (e.g. ward rounds).
•• Per site: 1 dedicated computer with web-cam for quickly arranged, 1-1 calls (e.g. professional-professional, practice sharing).
Item Type: | Conference or workshop item (Paper) |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.5334/ijic.725 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | video conferencing, telemedicine, mental health, telecare |
Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA790 Mental health |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Centre for Health Services Studies |
Depositing User: | Tony Rees |
Date Deposited: | 14 Jun 2016 14:02 UTC |
Last Modified: | 17 Jan 2024 19:47 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/55934 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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