Dr. Vernig reviews the history of telehealth services, from its first applications its modern use to deliver mental health services, in this invited article for the Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association. He reviews the literature demonstrating similar clinical outcomes satisfaction on behalf of both the patient and provider, when compared to in-person services.
Following the completion of a project to enable post-discharge text message appointment reminders for Philadelphia’s Medicaid consumers, in collaboration with the county’s Medicaid MCO and multiple community organizations, Dr. Vernig published this paper, with colleague and nurse-executive Dr. R John Repique in the Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.
