Healthcare IT News August 15, 2022
Bill Siwicki

“To keep the number of existing providers, we have to keep them happy and mentally healthy,” an expert from a telepsychiatry practice says.

Physicians are burning out and leaving the front lines of healthcare in big numbers. The pandemic has aggravated this problem. Solutions to this critical problem are needed.

Clinicians and other experts at telehealth technology and services companies across the country are raising their hands, saying they could be at least one part of the solution to physician burnout.

Marlene McDermott is senior director of therapy services at telepsychiatry provider Array Behavioral Care and a licensed therapist. She has been in behavioral health for more than 20 years.

She contends that telehealth could partially be healthcare’s answer to...

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