I am trying to convince a Clinical Director to consider hiring psychotherapists in other states to provide intergrative care or collaborative care via telehealth.
Theory: Contracting with an off-site telemedicine-based collaborative care team can yield better outcomes than implementing practice-based collaborative care with locally available staff.
Remote Collaborative Care With Off-Site Behavioral Health Care Managers: A Systematic Review of Clinical Trials
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2667296021001373
A Remote Collaborative Care Program for Patients with Depression Living in Rural Areas: Open-Label Trial
Link: https://www.jmir.org/2018/4/e158/
Practice-Based Versus Telemedicine-Based Collaborative Care for Depression in Rural Federally Qualified Health Centers: A Pragmatic Randomized Comparative Effectiveness Trial
Link: https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.12050696
Telemental Health Collaborative Care Medication Management: Implementation and Outcomes
Link: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/tmj.2021.0401