Thursday, January 29, 2009

Thoughts on telepractice sessions

We've been working to try to help out those of you that live just far enough away to make a more costly program (yes, I'm talking about those of you up in New Port Richey, aka nowhere). Telepractice is a growing method of treatment delivery, so we looked in to it to see what the rules are and found out that there really are no rules. State licensure seems to be the only thing keeping us from coming into homes around the world! I'll settle for Florida..... There's a new tab on the website (http://www.stepstherapy.net/) about the telepractice. With growing technology, which I can't claim to fully understand, I think there are so many more possibilities for treatment delivery than showing up at some hospital for a few hours a week. Remember when there were housecalls? No, I don't, but we can make virtual housecalls! Works for me.

1 comment:

  1. Hello Dr. Bartels-Tobin,

    As as advocate for improving access to services via telepractice, I am happy to see that you are also on board. Increasing awareness about the benefits of telepractice is key to improving everything from bandwidth to rural communities and reimbursment from insurance companies. Cheers to telepractice!

    Marnee

    marnee@tinyeye.com

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