ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2021
Beam Me Out: Review of Emergency Department Telepsychiatry and Lessons Learned During COVID-19.
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11 citing papers in PubMed.
- On Call or On Demand? Trends in Continuous Service Availability in California Emergency Departments, 2004-2024.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Pragmatic Evaluation of an Urban-Based Emergency Telepsychiatry Program in Winnipeg, Canada: Évaluation pragmatique d'un programme urbain de télépsychiatrie d'urgence à Winnipeg, au Canada.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2026Article
- Examination of Patient and Provider Satisfaction, Benefits, and Challenges with Psychiatric Outpatient and Hospital-Based Telehealth Treatment during the COVID-19 Pandemic.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2025Article
- Impact of telemental health on suicide prevention care in U.S. emergency departments.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2025Article
- Telepsychiatry in the emergency department: a pilot study on remote psychiatric assessment in the Netherlands.International journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Patient and Health Care Provider Experiences With Suicide-Related Tele-Mental Health Evaluations in the Emergency Department: Multiphase Qualitative Study.JMIR mental health · 2025Article
- Suicide Prevention and Telehealth in Children's Hospital Emergency Departments.Pediatric emergency care · 2025Article
- Enhancing Emergency Room Mental Health Crisis Response: A Systematic Review of Integrated Models.Cureus · 2024Review
- A Review of Telepsychiatry for Pediatric Patients in the Emergency Setting.Current psychiatry reports · 2023Review
- Identifying unique barriers to implementing rural emergency department-based peer services for opioid use disorder through qualitative comparison with urban sites.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2022Article
- Virtual Specialist Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Multimethod Patient Experience Study.JMIR medical informatics · 2022Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThe aim of this review is to critically evaluate recent literature on the use of telepsychiatry in emergency departments (EDTP) and synthesize the evidence on telepsychiatry during public health emergencies. We also report on experiences and success stories from a state-wide EDTP program in South Carolina during the COVID-19 pandemic. RECENT
findingsWe identified 12 peer-reviewed articles published between January 2019 and February 2021 that evaluated EDTP interventions and their impact on patient outcomes. The recent evidence on EDTP shows a significant association between EDTP implementation or use and decreased patients' wait time in emergency department (ED), shorter length of stay in certain settings, reduced ED revisit rates, improved ED patient disposition (e.g., more discharge to home, less observational stays, and decreased inpatient admissions), and reduced follow-up encounters involving self-harm diagnosis. The EDTP virtual delivery model can help healthcare systems reduce burden of public health emergencies on providers, staff, and patients alike. While a disruption of magnitude seen by COVID-19 may be infrequent, strategies used during the pandemic may be implemented to enhance care in rural settings, and/or enhance preparedness of communities and healthcare systems during more commonly occurring natural disasters.
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