How virtual care can enable a better approach to inpatient psychiatric care: 2 health systems' journeys

Thursday, January 18th, 2024 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT

Health systems are struggling to effectively staff inpatient psychiatry units. As a result, more are exploring virtual care as an avenue to optimize how care is delivered to patients in this setting.

In this live session, clinical leaders at Roanoke, Va.-based Carilion Clinic and Cooperstown, N.Y.-based Bassett Healthcare Network will share their experiences delivering virtual care in inpatient psychiatry units, challenge the idea that inpatient care always needs to be in person, and discuss the benefits, challenges, and possibilities of integrating virtual care into inpatient psychiatry units.

Key learning points:

Assess the benefits of virtual care in this setting – to providers, patients, and health systems
Examine what's possible with a virtual care approach to inpatient psychiatry units, such as virtual rounding and interdisciplinary team leadership
Analyze critical success factors for integrating virtual care and identify the barriers currently standing in the way of effectively leveraging virtual care today

Presenters:

Dr. Tom Milam

Chief Medical Officer at Iris Telehealth

Dr. James Anderson

Co-Chief of the Department of Psychiatry at Bassett Healthcare Network

Laura Taylor, LPC

Program Director of Psychiatry at Carilion Clinic

Dr. Tisa Ayuso

Psychiatrist at Iris Telehealth

Dr. Ghazanfar Khan

Psychiatrist at Iris Telehealth