TY - JOUR
KW - Humans
KW - Mental Health Services/organization & administration
KW - Patient-Centered Care/methods
KW - Primary Health Care/methods
KW - Telemedicine/methods
AU - J. K. McWilliams
A1 - 
AB - OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to discuss how telemental healthcare and the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) can be integrated to improve the quality of mental healthcare available. METHODS: This article outlines the components of a PCMH, and how the needs of this type of system of care can benefit from telemental healthcare. RESULTS: The princples of PCMHs are being increasingly promoted in a variety of settings. In order to fulfill these principles, mental heathcare must be a integral part of the care provided to patients within the PCMH. The mental healthcare workforce is inadequate to provide care for patients, particularly in rural and high-poverty areas. Telemental healthcare provides a means to extend mental health services to the PCMHs using a variety of models. CONCLUSIONS: Telemental healthcare offers unique opportunities to bridge the need for mental healthcare integration in the PCMH for all patients.
BT - Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology
C5 - HIT & Telehealth; Medical Home
CP - 3
CY - United States
DO - 10.1089/cap.2015.0044
IS - 3
JF - Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology
N2 - OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to discuss how telemental healthcare and the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) can be integrated to improve the quality of mental healthcare available. METHODS: This article outlines the components of a PCMH, and how the needs of this type of system of care can benefit from telemental healthcare. RESULTS: The princples of PCMHs are being increasingly promoted in a variety of settings. In order to fulfill these principles, mental heathcare must be a integral part of the care provided to patients within the PCMH. The mental healthcare workforce is inadequate to provide care for patients, particularly in rural and high-poverty areas. Telemental healthcare provides a means to extend mental health services to the PCMHs using a variety of models. CONCLUSIONS: Telemental healthcare offers unique opportunities to bridge the need for mental healthcare integration in the PCMH for all patients.
PP - United States
PY - 2016
SN - 1557-8992; 1044-5463
SP - 278
EP - 282
EP - 
T1 - Integrating Telemental Healthcare with the Patient-Centered Medical Home Model
T2 - Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology
TI - Integrating Telemental Healthcare with the Patient-Centered Medical Home Model
U1 - HIT & Telehealth; Medical Home
U2 - 26258461
U3 - 10.1089/cap.2015.0044
VL - 26
VO - 1557-8992; 1044-5463
Y1 - 2016
ER -