Videophones for intensive case management of psychiatric outpatients

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
J Edwin NievesTracy Zinanni

Abstract

When visiting patients with serious mental illness at their homes, case managers carried a portable videophone. This was used to access the hospital clinical team via the home telephone line, when an acute clinical need arose in addressing questions related to medication management and treatment planning; travel was therefore avoided. In an acceptability study lasting 12 months, 24 patients received the supplemental videophone mental health service and 19 of them completed a satisfaction survey. Only one patient was not satisfied with the videophone treatment, while 74% of them were very satisfied. Specific areas of satisfaction concerned the savings of time and travel, assistance with medication questions and increased involvement in treatment. No patient reported any difficulty in using the equipment. Staff members were enthusiastic about the decrease in travel time and there were no complaints about the videophone process or encounters. During the study, 135 h of the case manager's time was saved by using the videophone for urgent access visits, equivalent to a saving of $4000 in salary costs. In addition, the patients saved 135 h in travel time. We believe that there are other potential uses of videophones for seriously men...Continue Reading

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