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- Nathaniel P Morris and Matthew E Hirschtritt.
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (Morris, Hirschtritt); Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, and The Permanente Medical Group, Oakland (Hirschtritt). Dror Ben-Zeev, Ph.D., is the editor of this column.
- Psychiatr Serv. 2020 Dec 1; 71 (12): 1309-1312.
AbstractCalls for social distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic have renewed attention on the utility of telepsychiatry. Although considerable evidence supports use of telepsychiatry in outpatient settings, telepsychiatry in hospitals is less studied and less developed. The COVID-19 pandemic may lead to rapid adoption of telepsychiatry by hospitals, and this column explores opportunities hospital-based telepsychiatry offers for staffing, patient and staff safety, social connection, and real-time responsiveness. Because hospital-based telepsychiatry brings unique challenges compared with outpatient telepsychiatry, this column also proposes a research agenda for studying and supporting adoption of these technologies in hospital settings.
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