The Ehealth, Telehealth and Telemedicine Blog

The Psychotechnologies: Developers Convene at the American Telemedicine Association’s Conference, May 16-18, 2010

As for the development of the psychotechnologies needed for expanding promote telemental health care, the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) has been bringing together vendors, researchers and clinicians from all medical disciplines from around the world since 1993.

Email or Chat Room and Skype-based Counseling and Psychotherapy: The Professional Standard of Care

Our legal standard of care has not yet been expanded to include email, chat room or exclusive Skype-based counseling or psychotherapy. Until it is, practitioners using these telecommunication tools could find it difficult to defend themselves if something goes wrong.

What the New American Telemedicine Association’s Telemental Health Practice Guidelines Mean to Me

As many of you know, I’ve been working toward developing such guidelines since 1995, largely through repeated efforts  at the American Psychological Association.  We now have a sound set of “Best Practice Guidelines” as issued by the American Telemedicine Association (ATA). This indeed is a momentous time, because regardless from whence they come, they finally [...]

New Practice Guidelines for the Use of Videoconferencing in the Delivery of Mental Health Services

Guidelines Approved for Delivery of Remote Mental Health Services

The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) announced the availability
of formal practice guidelines for the use of videoconferencing for the
delivery of mental health services.

These guidelines are designed to form the standard of care for such
services and will be the basis for the development and practice of
uniform, effective, safe and sustainable telemental health practices.

The American Telemedicine Association and YOU

The American Telemedicine Association has been pivotal since the election of President Obama in educating members of Congress and Senate of the facts and figures related to the substantial savings documented for decades by research using a wide variety of healthcare technologies. The facts are undeniable and the benefits are creating a sea change of thinking in our legislators. This professional association is instrumental in helping our government officials understand that telemedicine is the future of medicine.