mental health

Mental health presents unique challenges and opportunities for virtual care. PCHA Managing Director Rob Havasy and Cloudbreak Health CEO Jamey Edwards discuss the perils and potential of virtual care for behavioral health.

Health IT can help combat the growing mental health and substance abuse disorder crisis, says Dr. Nishi Rawat, cofounder of addiction treatment connection service OpenBeds.

This week's top stories include HHS requiring hospitals to report flu data, Americans wanting mental healthcare via telehealth, and Clover Health joining the public market by merging with Social Capital SPAC.

In the debut episode of Telehealth Connection TV, a new series on HIMSS TV, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden speaks to the importance of safeguarding telehealth and what he hopes to see from digital health innovators.

HopeLab President and CEO Margaret Law discusses how omnipresent connectivity is having both a positive and negative impact on younger generations.

Active monitoring can ask questions while a smartphone's sensors can go deeper into mood and anxiety levels, says Rashmi Patel, Fulbright Scholar at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Victoria Betton, mHabitat founder and director and HIMSS UK Advisory Council member, says two benefits of using digital tools to help improve people's mental well-being are anonymity and remote access.

Two of biggest healthcare problems are access and engagement, but digital tools can help connect providers, payers and patients in the mental health field, says Neuroflow's COO Adam Pardes.