KevinMD January 29, 2025
Muhamad Aly Rifai shares his journey as an early advocate for telepsychiatry, highlighting its role in addressing the U.S. mental health crisis and providing access to care in underserved areas. He delves into the obstacles posed by outdated regulations, the profound impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on telehealth adoption, and the ongoing battles with legal and administrative challenges. This episode unpacks the transformative power of telepsychiatry, its successes, and the urgent need for regulatory change.
Muhamad Aly Rifai is a practicing internist and psychiatrist in the Greater Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. He is the CEO, chief psychiatrist and internist of Blue Mountain Psychiatry.
He discusses the KevinMD article, “The rise and fall of telepsychiatry.”
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