Rural Behavioral Health: Telehealth Challenges and Opportunities
Learn the essentials of telehealth, its challenges, and how it bridges healthcare gaps in rural areas.
About this course
Telehealth has transformed access to behavioral healthcare in rural communities, offering innovative solutions to long-standing barriers such as provider shortages, geographic isolation, and limited healthcare infrastructure. However, implementing telehealth effectively in these settings presents unique challenges, including technological limitations, regulatory complexities, and patient engagement concerns. Mental health providers must develop the skills to navigate these obstacles while leveraging telehealth to expand care delivery, improve patient outcomes, and enhance service efficiency. This course provides a comprehensive examination of the opportunities and challenges associated with rural behavioral telehealth, equipping providers with practical strategies to optimize virtual care, ensure compliance with evolving policies, and address the distinct needs of rural populations. Through evidence-based approaches and case-driven learning, participants will gain the knowledge necessary to integrate telehealth into their practice, fostering greater accessibility and quality in behavioral health services for underserved communities.
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Instructors
Patricia Dunn DNP, APRN, FNP-BC is a Nurse Practitioner with over 20 years of experience as an Advanced Practice Nurse and 20 years as a Registered Nurse. She has served as an APRN for Florida Pain Institute, Heart Rhythm Associates of Brevard, House Calls of Central Florida. She earned her Doctorate of Nursing Practice from Walden University, Minneapolis.
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