Patient Perspectives on Telepsychiatry on the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Hospitals have eliminated many in-person interactions and established new protocols to stem the spread of COVID-19. Inpatient psychiatric units face unique challenges, as patients cannot be isolated in their rooms and are at times unable to practice social distancing measures. Many institutions have...
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| author | Reuben Heyman-Kantor MD Nathan Hardy MD Amy R Corcoran MD |
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| description | Hospitals have eliminated many in-person interactions and established new protocols to stem the spread of COVID-19. Inpatient psychiatric units face unique challenges, as patients cannot be isolated in their rooms and are at times unable to practice social distancing measures. Many institutions have experimented with providing some psychiatric services remotely to reduce the number of people physically present on the wards and decrease the risk of disease transmission. This case report presents 2 patient perspectives on receiving psychiatric care via videoconferencing while on the inpatient unit of a large academic tertiary care hospital. One patient identified some benefits to virtual treatment while the second found the experience impersonal; both were satisfied with the overall quality of care they received and were stable 2 weeks after discharge. These cases demonstrate that effective care can be provided remotely even to severely ill psychiatric patients who require hospitalization. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9ddb7ec929dc43238f7f5d11540f51912022-12-22T02:30:52ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Patient Experience2374-37352374-37432020-10-01710.1177/2374373520958519Patient Perspectives on Telepsychiatry on the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit During the COVID-19 PandemicReuben Heyman-Kantor MD0Nathan Hardy MD1Amy R Corcoran MD2 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, , Chicago, IL, USA Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, , Chicago, IL, USA Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, , Chicago, IL, USAHospitals have eliminated many in-person interactions and established new protocols to stem the spread of COVID-19. Inpatient psychiatric units face unique challenges, as patients cannot be isolated in their rooms and are at times unable to practice social distancing measures. Many institutions have experimented with providing some psychiatric services remotely to reduce the number of people physically present on the wards and decrease the risk of disease transmission. This case report presents 2 patient perspectives on receiving psychiatric care via videoconferencing while on the inpatient unit of a large academic tertiary care hospital. One patient identified some benefits to virtual treatment while the second found the experience impersonal; both were satisfied with the overall quality of care they received and were stable 2 weeks after discharge. These cases demonstrate that effective care can be provided remotely even to severely ill psychiatric patients who require hospitalization.https://doi.org/10.1177/2374373520958519 |
| spellingShingle | Reuben Heyman-Kantor MD Nathan Hardy MD Amy R Corcoran MD Patient Perspectives on Telepsychiatry on the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit During the COVID-19 Pandemic Journal of Patient Experience |
| title | Patient Perspectives on Telepsychiatry on the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full | Patient Perspectives on Telepsychiatry on the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Patient Perspectives on Telepsychiatry on the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Patient Perspectives on Telepsychiatry on the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_short | Patient Perspectives on Telepsychiatry on the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_sort | patient perspectives on telepsychiatry on the inpatient psychiatric unit during the covid 19 pandemic |
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