Telehealth has had an explosion of popularity given the necessity of its use throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. It has evolved from an obscure tool seeped in skepticism and only used in a select market to a central and essential aspect of our health care delivery system, and now especially in behavioral health. The current applications of telehealth are many, but can be distilled into two current main uses within the behavioral health world: the member journey as they seek different types of virtual services as needs change, and utilizing tele-behavioral health to address the opioid epidemic or support health equity of historically underserved populations (e.g., LGBQT, rural etc.) What are the anticipated future directions of tele-behavioral health from Beacon’s perspective? Hear from our keynote presenter as he discusses an increased emphasis on behavioral and physical health integration and whole person care, care coordination and collaboration across disparate behavioral health services, model-based clustering and predictive data analytics, and support for network adequacy and access.
From Obscurity Into The Spotlight–Telehealth’s Evolutionary Path In Behavioral Health And How Beacon Continues To Light The Way
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