Clinical/Healthcare Provider

Clinical/Healthcare Provider

Telebehavioral Health is a mode of providing mental and behavioral health services with high efficacy and satisfaction rates. It is not a separate service in and of itself. This mode of service requires specific training, preparation and protocols to provide safe, effective, ethical and legal services.

We recommend starting with the Overview section and the overview training to get a high-level perspective of telebehavioral health. Most of the work in starting a telebehavioral health service is in the initial education, technology selection and policies and procedures. Clinical providers who are new to telebehavioral health will find that after an initial adjustment period, much of their work will be similar to the same in-person services. The type of HIPAA-secure software and hardware vendors, and the policies and procedures needed will depend upon the setting of both the provider and the client/patient.

Information relevant to Clinical Healthcare Providers

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Suicide Risk Management During Clinical Telepractice
Best Practice Guide: Telehealth for Behavioral Health Care
How to Do Psychological Testing via Telehealth
Guidance on Psychological Tele-Assessment During the COVID-19 Crisis
Telepractice and the WISC-V
Telepsychiatry Toolkit
Child & Adolescent Telepsychiatry Toolkit
Connecting with Children and Adolescents via Telehealth during COVID-19
How to Provide Telehealth in Nursing Homes
How to Do Group Therapy Using Telehealth
Evidence Based Neuropsychological Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Practice Guidelines for Telemental Health with Children and Adolescents
Best Practices in Videoconferencing-Based Telemental Health (April 2018)
Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment (SBIRT & Telehealth)
HRSA Strategic Plan 2019 – 2022
Telehealth and the Opioid Epidemic: Protecting Safety and Promoting Health 2018
ATA Children & Adolescents Guidelines-2017
Telebehavioral Health Implementation checklist – Indian TBHCE
Provision of Mental Health Care Services to Deaf Individuals Using Telehealth 2014
ATA Operating Procedures for Pediatric Telehealth 2017
NETRC NWS Essentials in Telebehavioral Health 2017
Integration with Primary: Specialty Medical Care Opportunities and Challenges for Behavioral Health 2017
BPHC Telebehavioral Health Town Hall 2017
Safety of Telemental Healthcare Delivered to Clinically Unsupervised Settings: A Systematic Review
IHS Telehealth An Introduction VA
Legal Regulatory and Risk Management Issues in the Use of Technology to Deliver Mental Health Care 2015
Therapeutic Boundaries in Telepsychology: Unique Issues and Best Practice Recommendations 2014
Telemental Health Resources 2012