Health Care
Stethoscope Blood pressure cuff Thermometer Pen light Prescription pad Pharmacopeia Toe nail clippers Examination gloves Syringes and needles Sharp containing box Scissors Street map or GPS During the home visit,…
Role of Practitioners and the Medical Director
Roles Related functions and tasks Supervise individual resident care • Approve a resident’s admission to the facility, e.g., this may be done by giving and approving orders upon admission •…
PACE
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Pamela A. Fenstemacher and Peter Winn (eds.)Post-Acute and Long-Term MedicineCurrent Clinical Practice10.1007/978-3-319-16979-8_3 PACE Laura Trice1 (1) Physician Hospital Organization, TriHealth, 4750 Wesley Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45206, USA Laura Trice Email:…
Geriatric Telepsychiatry in Academic Settings
Fig. 4.1 Projected numbers of geriatric psychiatrists in the united states. Source (Adapted from [12]) Fig. 4.2 Geriatric psychiatrists/10,000 population ≥age 75. Source (Adapted from [12]) Telepsychiatry, the provision of…
The Economics of Geriatric Telepsychiatry
CY 2016 Medicare Telehealth Services Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS)/CPT code Telehealth consultations, emergency department, or initial inpatient HCPCS codes G0425–G0427 Follow-up inpatient telehealth consultations furnished to beneficiaries in…
Technology Applications in Geriatric Telepsychiatry and Implications for Implementation
Fig. 8.1 Double monitor setup for computer 8.8.3 Software Software will be dependent on the chosen platform and will be provided as part of the service purchase. In some cases,…
Overview of Telepsychiatry in Geriatrics
Fig. 2.1 Graph depicting geriatric population growth by age group. Source: www.census.gov As the population continues to age, more healthcare professionals will be required. Mental illness is prevalent in this…
Scope of Telepsychiatry in Clinical Settings
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Shilpa Srinivasan, Juliet Glover and James G. Bouknight (eds.)Geriatric Telepsychiatry10.1007/978-3-319-51491-8_7 7. Scope of Telepsychiatry in Clinical Settings Meera Narasimhan1 (1) Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of South Carolina School of…
Geriatric Telemental Health in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Shilpa Srinivasan, Juliet Glover and James G. Bouknight (eds.)Geriatric Telepsychiatry10.1007/978-3-319-51491-8_6 6. Geriatric Telemental Health in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Taya Varteresian1 , Alexander Threlfall2 and Paul Kirwin3 (1) Los Angeles County Department…
Introduction to Telepsychiatry
Fig. 1.1 This figure gives a pictorial representation of the relationship between telepsychiatry, telemedicine, and telehealth. Telepsychiatry represents the application of telemedicine to psychiatric care while telemedicine sits under the…
