Telehealth

Telehealth Steps For Patients

  • Call and schedule it with your provider.
  • Ensure you are enabled for our Patient Portal and know your username and password when your appointment is booked.
  • Access the Patient Portal: https://patientportal.advancedmd.com/account/logon?lk=143075
  • Set aside a secure, private location
  • “Arrive early” by logging in to your Patient Portal. If you cannot access the Portal, you can also begin your appointment through the reminder link sent to your email.
  • Click “Join TeleHealth” in your patient dashboard (or email reminder).
  • Fill out any patient questionnaire and provide requested personal information.
  • Click “Proceed” to check your computer’s speed and ability to support a TeleHealth. If your computer does not have a webcam (most do), you will need to attach one. (You may otherwise choose Doxy.me or Facetime video option on your mobile device)
  • Click “Start TeleHealth” to enter the virtual waiting room.
  • Your provider will begin the face-to-face TeleHealth and disconnect when the visit ends

Faqs About Telehealth

Telephone visits are conducted over the telephone. Besides the Telehealth visits through our HIPPA compliant Zoom link, video visits are also offered through Doxy.me, and Facetime during COVID 19, a service that is available on Apple and Android devices. Our office will contact you at the phone number you provided on your health record to complete your “check-in” and provide you a specific timeframe during which your provider will evaluate you via telephone or video visit.

 

If you choose Doxy.me or Facetime, be sure your device is equipped with a camera and microphone (i.e. PC, MAC, Android or Apple device), and connected to Wi-Fi or set up to use your cellular data.

Telephone visits are conducted over the telephone. Besides the Telehealth visits through our HIPPA compliant Zoom link, video visits are also offered through Doxy.me, and Facetime during COVID 19, a service that is available on Apple and Android devices. Our office will contact you at the phone number you provided on your health record to complete your “check-in” and provide you a specific timeframe during which your provider will evaluate you via telephone or video visit.

 

If you choose Doxy.me or Facetime, be sure your device is equipped with a camera and microphone (i.e. PC, MAC, Android or Apple device), and connected to Wi-Fi or set up to use your cellular data.

Telephone visits are conducted over the telephone. Besides the Telehealth visits through our HIPPA compliant Zoom link, video visits are also offered through Doxy.me, and Facetime during COVID 19, a service that is available on Apple and Android devices. Our office will contact you at the phone number you provided on your health record to complete your “check-in” and provide you a specific timeframe during which your provider will evaluate you via telephone or video visit.

If you choose Doxy.me or Facetime, be sure your device is equipped with a camera and microphone (i.e. PC, MAC, Android or Apple device), and connected to Wi-Fi or set up to use your cellular data.

Telephone visits are conducted over the telephone. Besides the Telehealth visits through our HIPPA compliant Zoom link, video visits are also offered through Doxy.me, and Facetime during COVID 19, a service that is available on Apple and Android devices. Our office will contact you at the phone number you provided on your health record to complete your “check-in” and provide you a specific timeframe during which your provider will evaluate you via telephone or video visit.

If you choose Doxy.me or Facetime, be sure your device is equipped with a camera and microphone (i.e. PC, MAC, Android or Apple device), and connected to Wi-Fi or set up to use your cellular data.

Telehealth

Telehealth, sometimes called telemedicine, allows your health care providers to care for you without an in-person office visit. Telehealth is done primarily online with internet access on your computer, tablet, or smartphone.

 

There are several options for telehealth care:

  • Talk to your health care provider live over the phone or video chat.
  • Send and receive messages from your health care provider using secure messaging, email, and secure file exchange.
  • Use remote monitoring so your health care provider can check on you at home. For example, you might use a device to gather vital signs to help your health care provider stay informed on your progress.
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The Role of Telehealth in Mental Health (Telepsychiatry)

The shortage of quality care and access to care across the country and the fear of the social stigma keeps many people from seeking out treatment for their mental health needs. The mental health community is beginning to realize that they need to redefine health care to successfully address the mental health issue on a national level.

 

Advances in technology have made it possible to use telecommunications to provide behavioral health services, including telephone calls, text messages, electronic mail, images transmitted via fax machine, and real-time videoconferencing.

 

Mental health treatment relies on conversation, emotional connection, and validation, making telemedicine a game-changer in the field. There are a few fundamental ways in which telemedicine, or telepsychiatry, is revolutionizing mental health care:

  • It Alleviates the Shortage of Mental Health Care Professionals

As more and more people are beginning to realize the importance of mental health care in their overall wellbeing, we are realizing the shortage of mental health care professionals. This is directly related to geographic location.

  • It Makes Mental Health Care More Accessible and Convenient

With telepsychiatry on the rise, mental health care professionals can now virtually treat patients that live hundreds of miles away, closing the gap between location disadvantages and available treatment.

 

Accessibility involves more than the geographic location. Telemedicine opens the door to treatment for those who are mobile challenged, lack transportation options, and those who are recovering at home. As long as the patient has internet access, they will have access to treatment.

 

Telehealth is a safe and convenient option for getting behavioral health care at home. You may be able to attend appointments without needing transportation, taking time off work, or arranging for childcare. Those factors can be important in a long-term treatment plan.

  • It Helps to Destigmatize Mental Health Treatment

While mental health treatment has become progressively more normalized, there is still a heavy stigma attached to it. Telemedicine has lifted mental health treatment into not only something  that is easily accessible but also destigmatized. Telepsychiatry contributes immensely to the destigmatization of mental health treatment by offering patients the comfortability of seeking treatment from the privacy of their own homes.

  • It is Revolutionizing Addiction Treatment

Opioid addiction is at an all-time high, especially in rural areas with little to no access to mental health treatment. This calls for greater addiction treatment reform, which has been implemented in the form of telepsychiatry to provide the necessary resources to the areas with the greatest need.

At Ohio Psychiatric Services we offer accessible and innovative care. Call us today at 740 201 6021 or book an appointment online for your virtual Telepsychiatry visit with our providers who are waiting to help you achieve the mental health that you deserve.

Telehealth visits with OPS are similarly priced as in-office visits, and they are covered by most insurance carriers!