mHealth Intelligence October 7, 2021
At Florida’s Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital, access to mental health specialists via telehealth has not only helped the busy emergency department speed up care, but improve the quality of care those patients receive.
Health systems struggling to address a surge in mental health cases are using telehealth to connect patients to care providers. That’s especially true in emergency departments, where patients needing mental health treatment may wait hours – if not longer- for access to care.
Nowadays, hospitals like Cleveland Clinic Indian River have a virtual link to behavioral health specialists to help anyone coming through the ED. This has helped the hospital reduce turn-around times for psych consults from 24 hours to less than 40 minutes, while also...
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