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International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and Human Resilience | ISSN: 1522-4821 | Volume: 20
July 25-26, 2018 | Vancouver, Canada
Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing
14
th
World Congress on
Mental Health and Wellbeing
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th
World Congress on
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Implementing telepsychiatry in New York State prisons: The nursing perspectives
Berthide Dufrene
Hudson River Healthcare, USA
A
growing body of evidence demonstrates telepsychiatry to be an effective treatment modality in various psychiatric conditions
with high patient satisfaction and acceptability; however, there is little research to guide the implementation and integration of
telepsychiatry into routine care delivery. This presentation instructs on the strides made in the delivery of telepsychiatric services
in the New York State prisons and the experiences of nurses working in these prisons. Nurses have been called to lead healthcare
transformation andwhile still finding their way, psychiatricmental health nurses aremaking an impact in the delivery of telepsychiatric
care in terms of patient advocacy, medication treatment, assessment of risks and quality of service, evaluating user satisfaction and
possible negative experience with the use of video conferencing. The presentation will focus on the practical experiences of providers
of prison-based telepsychiatry care.
hanafounder@yahoo.comIJEMHHR 2018, Volume: 20
DOI: 10.4172/1522-4821-C3-018