Syllabus
- The essential challenge posed by the telemental health medium
- Telemental health: modality or medium?
- Service delivery media
- Avatar
- Textual: Email, Texting
- Phone
- Telehealth app
- Videoconferencing
- Delivery contexts: Clinic-to-Clinic vs Direct-to-Client
- Originating site
- Emergency contacts vs patient care person
- Local champions
- Authorities and professional associations relevant to telemental health
- Telemental health legal-ethical issues overview
- Identifying the rules and standards under which you practice
- Special informed consent needs
- Licensure and jurisdictional issues
- Cultural and regional competence
- Review of technology and privacy & security concerns
- The HIPAA Security Rule compliance process
- The Business Associate Rule
- State data protection laws