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Items Tagged with 'computers_in_psychiatric_practice'

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How to Write an Open Note

June 29, 2021
Tony Thrasher, DO, DFAPA.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Tony Thrasher, DO, DFAPA. President, American Association for Emergency Psychiatry (AAEP). Medical Director of Crisis Services, Milwaukee County Behavioral Health, Milwaukee, WI. Clinical Associate Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI. Dr. Thrasher has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Medical notes may never be the same again. The Open Notes policy allows patients to read their record without delay, and nearly prevents doctors from withholding notes in the interest of safety. Here we share tips on how to use this policy to enhance the therapeutic relationship.
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Smartphone Apps as Adjuncts for Substance Use Treatment

December 10, 2020
Rehan Aziz, MD.
From The Carlat Addiction Treatment Report
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Rehan Aziz, MD. Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dr. Aziz has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Smartphone apps are a useful, patient-centered resource for continued substance use treatment. We’ll explore the two current FDA-cleared SUD treatment apps as well as other popular ones on the market to help you determine the best approach for discussing these apps with your patients.
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Telepsychiatry: From Crisis to Opportunity

May 7, 2020
Peter Yellowlees, MD
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Peter Yellowlees, M. Professor of psychiatry and Chief Wellness Officer at University of California-Davis Health. Past President of the American Telemedicine Association. Dr. Yellowlees has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
“Don’t think of it as telepsychiatry, think of it as a home visit,” says Peter Yellowlees as he teaches us how to create more meaningful interactions through the digital screen. Dr. Yellowlees covers many of the dicey details of this medium: Involuntary hospitalization, interstate regulations, medical notes, billing, and how to set up the equipment on a budget are all inside.
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Using Mental Health Apps

October 3, 2019
John Torous, MD, MBI
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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John Torous, MD, MBIJohn Torous, MD, MBI

Director of the digital psychiatry division, Department of Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA Dr. Torous has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Prescription apps have arrived, but Dr. Torous reminds us that the key ingredient in a mental health app is something we’ve been using all along: the therapeutic relationship.
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Computer Assisted Psychiatry: An Introduction and Road Test

April 1, 2015
Daniel Carlat, MD
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Daniel Carlat, MD Editor-in-Chief, Publisher, The Carlat Report. Dr. Carlat has disclosed that he has no relevant relationships or financial interests in any commercial company pertaining to this educational activity.
There are plenty of ways that we use technology in psychiatric practice these days—including e-prescribing, electronic health records, referring patients to websites for psychoeducation, etc. But when was the last time you referred a patient to their computer for psychotherapy? Well, it may be time to consider it.
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Text Messaging Effective for Appointment Reminders

June 1, 2012
Glen Spielmans, PhD
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Glen Spielmans, PhD Associate professor of psychology, Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN Glen Spielmans, PhD, has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
No one seems to be without a cell phone these days, so it only makes sense that we should start using these devices to carry out tasks that we used to do in a more “old-fashioned” way.
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Can Instant Messaging Enhance Treatment Outcomes?

January 1, 2012
Glen Spielmans, PhD
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Glen Spielmans, PhD Associate professor of psychology, Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN Glen Spielmans, PhD, has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Whether you see your patients quarterly, monthly, or even weekly, you certainly are not with them as much as their cell phones are.
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Which Electronic Health Record Should You Buy? A Review of Three Products

December 1, 2011
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Daniel Carlat, MD
There are a lot of electronic health record (EHR—also called electronic medical record, or EMR) companies vying for your hard earned cash. How do you decide among them?
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Financial Incentives to Adopt an EHR, or How to Claim Your $44,000

December 1, 2011
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Daniel Carlat, MD
Most of you have probably heard about “meaningful use” and federal incentives to get going with an electronic health record. But how applicable is this for psychiatrists? And what in the world is “meaningful use” anyway?
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Pros and Cons of Adopting an Electronic Health Record

December 1, 2011
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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The charge of this committee is to follow developments in electronic health record issues—more related to policy than to technology—and to serve as a resource for members and for other councils and committees of the APA.
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