AUGUST 1997 PRESS RELEASE
Telemedicine Delivery of Mental Health Services
Jacksonville, Oregon (August 20, 1997): In general and psychiatric hospitals and other mental health organizations, telemedicine networks are being expanded to provide support services and telepsychiatry. In rural areas, telemedicine-mediated communication can be especially important when there are serious shortages of psychiatrists and other medical professionals who specialize in mental health.
For individuals who have been hospitalized, geographical barriers can hinder participation of family members in discharge plans. Videoconferencing eliminates long-distance travel and also facilitates coordination between treating physicians and community-based doctors to ensure adequate follow-up for the patient.
An analysis of these and other factors is included in U.S. Mental Health Telemedicine from Feedback Research Services. Literature, interview, and survey sources were used to assess administration, implementation, and ongoing support of mental health telemedicine services. The contents represent 200 hours of research, with this 50-page report.
Other telemedicine titles are also available:
Telephone Triage: Products, Services, and Successful U.S. Systems describes consumer demand, cost savings, returns on investment, and other aspects supporting growth of computerized software and contracted services. This 130 page report was published in May 1997.
New Developments in Telemedicine is a comprehensive overview covering issues related to video-based clinical teleconsults. The report was published in February 1997 and contains 155 pages.
The U.S. Telemedicine Market analyzes barriers and potential benefits as well as growth rates and revenues for telepathology, teleradiology, and videoconferencing systems. It contains 250+ pages. Updates have been added since the original publication date of July 1996.
U.S. Home Care Monitoring and Telemedicine Markets focuses on traditional, transtelephonic, and video-based systems used to supplement in-home and face-to-face visits. This report has 177 pages and was published in March 1997.
The World Market for Telemedicine Products and Services includes issues, trends, growth rates, and revenue forecasts for Asia, Europe, and North America through 2002. The report was published in June 1997, has 256 pages.
Feedback Research Services publishes reports that analyze emergent health care markets. For information about current titles, visit: Market Reports
