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Telehealth, or Telemedicine, is a relatively new way of providing health care from a distance using interactive electronic and telecommunication devices. Since so many people have at least one personal communication device that allows for both audio and visual components, it has become a convenient way of accessing health care. With the shelter-at-home decrees during the recent COVID-19 pandemic in most states, telehealth has become a way of life for many health care providers. Telehealth care makes it possible for our health care workers to stay safer as well as those with compromised health conditions.
Telepsychiatry makes mental health care more convenient. It provides more flexibility for busy patients as well as providing faster services in urgent situations. Telepsychiatry offers a wider range of service options since patients do not need to be in the same location as their healthcare provider. Dr. Soomro’s office is located in Oceanside, Nassau County, New York. However, with telepsychiatry he is able to serve patients in Nassau, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk and Westchester Counties as well as CT counties of Fairfield & Litchfield. Telehealth makes follow up appointments much easier and has increased the follow-up rates.
Telepsychiatry is more than just a phone call with Dr. Soomro. It involves a face to face encounter on a computer screen. A telepsychology appointment can be used for evaluation or diagnosis, medication management, therapy, or patient education.
Satisfaction is high for patients, psychiatrists, and other healthcare providers who have made use of telepsychiatry. The American Psychiatric Association says, “Telepsychiatry is equivalent to in-person care in diagnostic accuracy, treatment effectiveness, quality of care and patient satisfaction. Patient privacy and confidentiality are equivalent to in-person care.” Telepsychiatry appears to be a good fit for people of any age as well. (https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/telepsychiatry/toolkit/history-of-telepsychiatry)
Learn more about the equipment and technology you’ll need to participate in your first Telehealth therapy session with Dr. Soomro.
We also serve patients from Fairfield & Litchfield Counties of CT
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