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Assess consumer and provider satisfaction and compare service delivery efficiency between school-based telepsychiatry and in-person sessions in urban public schools.

May 23, 2019Telemedicine Journal and e-Health

School-Based Telepsychiatry in an Urban Setting: Efficiency and Satisfaction with Care

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AMAshley M. MaywormLoyola University Chicago NLNancy LeverUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore NGNicole GloffUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore

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Comparative survey study reveals high satisfaction and improved provider efficiency with school telepsychiatry in urban students, suggesting telecare can alleviate psychiatric shortages.

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Assess consumer and provider satisfaction and compare service delivery efficiency between school-based telepsychiatry and in-person sessions in urban public schools.
Administered 714 satisfaction surveys to parents, students, school clinicians, and child psychiatrists across 25 urban public schools following initial (26.3%) and follow-up (67.2%) visits.
Evaluated sessions primarily centered on medication management (69.9%) or medication initiation (22%), complemented by provider focus groups exploring care delivery preferences.
Conducted comparative operational analyses to calculate clinician time savings between remote telepsychiatry and on-site visits.
Consumers demonstrated high satisfaction across both care models, showing no statistically significant differences in preference between telepsychiatry and in-person sessions.
Providers rated both modalities as equally effective, though they exhibited a slight preference for in-person care due to technical usability concerns with video equipment.
Telepsychiatry proved more efficient than in-person care by removing travel and on-site setup demands, saving approximately 28 psychiatrist hours per month.

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Mayworm et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1d262728423f2ce504d38c https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2019.0038

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Comparative survey study reveals high satisfaction and improved provider efficiency with school telepsychiatry in urban students, suggesting telecare can alleviate psychiatric shortages.

School-Based Telepsychiatry in an Urban Setting: Efficiency and Satisfaction with Care

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School-Based Telepsychiatry in an Urban Setting: Efficiency and Satisfaction with Care

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