U.S. Emergency Department Telepsychiatry Use in 2019

• DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2022.0191
• Publication Date: 2022-07-22T14:59:29Z
• Authors: Rain E. Freeman; Cordelia Zhong; Piroz Bahar; Krislyn M. Boggs; Mohammed K. Faridi; Ashley F. Sullivan; Kori S. Zachrison; Carlos A. Camargo
• Keywords: Telepsychiatry; Receipt; Telehealth

Although many emergency departments (EDs) receive telehealth services for psychiatry, or telepsychiatry, to manage acute psychiatric emergencies, national research on the usage of ED telepsychiatry is limited. To investigate in pre-COVID-19 era, we surveyed a sample EDs receiving 2019, as follow-up survey targeted similar 2017.