Social Worker
Telehealth: Ethical and Legal Practice
Credits
8 CE credit hours training
Cost
$48.00
Source
Robert A. Yourell
Target audience and instructional level of this course: foundational
There is no known conflict of interest or commercial support related to this CE program.
TRAINING
This course is designed for social workers, psychologists, therapists, nurses and other health care professionals at the bachelors, masters and PhD level of education.
This very readable and thought-provoking course is the result of extensive research into expert opinion, government documentation, current studies, and current practices by practicing therapists on the cutting edge of telehealth. The rapid expansion and innovation of telehealth in the mental health field reflects the pervasiveness of computer and telecommunications technology in our lives. This is creating important opportunities for improved services and access. At the same time, telehealth practices and technologies pose substantial legal and ethical challenges.
This course provides a solid understanding of current telehealth media. It also familiarizes the participant with media their clients may be using. The course covers all ethical and legal areas being affected by telehealth, including safety, privacy, working across state lines, government access to records, encryption, contraindications, benefits and motives for telehealth practices, and much more. The participant will have practical, defensible guidelines for ethical and legal telehealth practice. The participant will be linked to an extensive, categorized, annotated list of resources that is maintained by the author.
The course includes a sample form: Private Practice Policies for Tele-Mental Health in a generic fill-in-the-blank format plus suggestions for customizing it to your practice.
There is no known conflict of interest or commercial support related to this CE program.
TRAINING
This course is designed for social workers, psychologists, therapists, nurses and other health care professionals at the bachelors, masters and PhD level of education.
This very readable and thought-provoking course is the result of extensive research into expert opinion, government documentation, current studies, and current practices by practicing therapists on the cutting edge of telehealth. The rapid expansion and innovation of telehealth in the mental health field reflects the pervasiveness of computer and telecommunications technology in our lives. This is creating important opportunities for improved services and access. At the same time, telehealth practices and technologies pose substantial legal and ethical challenges.
This course provides a solid understanding of current telehealth media. It also familiarizes the participant with media their clients may be using. The course covers all ethical and legal areas being affected by telehealth, including safety, privacy, working across state lines, government access to records, encryption, contraindications, benefits and motives for telehealth practices, and much more. The participant will have practical, defensible guidelines for ethical and legal telehealth practice. The participant will be linked to an extensive, categorized, annotated list of resources that is maintained by the author.
The course includes a sample form: Private Practice Policies for Tele-Mental Health in a generic fill-in-the-blank format plus suggestions for customizing it to your practice.
The views, opinions, and content of this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, or policies of the continuing education unit provider or the licensing board.
Table of Contents
Foreword: Sources and Approach to this Course
Introduction
1. Is Telehealth Effective? Who is it For?
2. Increasing Pressure to Adopt
3. Defining Telehealth and E-Therapy
4. Electronic Communications Services and their Security Issues
5. Additional Risk Factors: Human and Automated
6. Categories of Electronic Communications
7. The Functions of Tele-Mental Health
8. Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues
9. Special Focus: Administrative Issues
Appendix 1. Ethical Framework for the Use of Technology in Mental Health (Online Therapy Institute)
Appendix 2. Generic Private Practice Policies for Tele-Mental Health
Appendix 3. HHS Material on Cultural Competence<
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Foreword: Sources and Approach to this Course
Introduction
1. Is Telehealth Effective? Who is it For?
2. Increasing Pressure to Adopt
3. Defining Telehealth and E-Therapy
4. Electronic Communications Services and their Security Issues
5. Additional Risk Factors: Human and Automated
6. Categories of Electronic Communications
7. The Functions of Tele-Mental Health
8. Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues
9. Special Focus: Administrative Issues
Appendix 1. Ethical Framework for the Use of Technology in Mental Health (Online Therapy Institute)
Appendix 2. Generic Private Practice Policies for Tele-Mental Health
Appendix 3. HHS Material on Cultural Competence<
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