09/06/2021 | News release | Distributed by Public on 09/06/2021 05:55
Telehealth for mental healthcare makes a lot of sense since mental health care is generally harder to access than other health services, due to a shortage of qualified mental health providers and coverage limits.
A report released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) titled 'Increasing access to behavioural health care through technology' suggests that to be able to reach a larger amount of people, organisations should consider the use of telehealth for mental healthcare.
Teleahealth for mental healthcare
The report mentions that broadly speaking, telehealth for mental health can take two forms:
The value telehealth for mental healthcare, was identified by HRSA safety net providers in terms of potential cost savings, efficiency, and expanded access to services. In general the HRSA report mentions the five main benefits of using telehealth tools for mental healthcare:
Improved care delivery
Expanded staff capacity
Enhanced training opportunities
Cost savings
Patient acceptance and engagement
The Monsenso mHealth solution
The Monsenso mHealth solution for mental healthcare supports the use of telehealth technology in the remote treatment of patients suffering from mental illness. Moreover, the report released by the HRSA mentions five main benefits that the use of telehealth brings to mental health care, and the Monsenso mHealth offers all these benefits.
Improved care delivery
With help of the patient's smartphone, the Monsenso mHealth platform utilizes advanced technology to collect and analyze data on a patient's behavior. This collection and analysis of data gives the clinician a deep insight into the relationships between the patient's behavior and the illness.
Expanded staff capacity
The Monsenso mHealth solution enables clinicians to focus on patients who need immediate attention by notifying clinicians automatically if there are any patients who present any triggers or early warning signs.
Enhanced training opportunities
The information on the clinical web portal can be accessed and shared by multiple clinicians even if they are not based in the same geographical location.
Cost savings
The smartphone application enables patients to fill out self-assessments on a daily basis letting the clinicians know how they feel. This information as well as the information collected through the smartphone's sensors can help clinicians intervene at an early stage, before the patient needs hospitalization.
Patient acceptance and engagement
The patient-oriented clinical evaluations by Monsenso have shown that the compliance rate is very high (87% to 93%), the solution is very useful and extremely usable by patients and clinicians, it helps patients to manage their illness better, and it helps clinicians offer a better treatment
Reference:
[1] Increasing access to behavioral health care through technology. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (2013, February).http://www.hrsa.gov/publichealth/guidelines/behavioralhealth/behavioralhealthcareaccess.pdf