Mental Health Providers’ Challenges and Solutions in Prescribing Over Telemedicine: Content Analysis of Semistructured Interviews
By applying content analysis to the semistructured provider interviews, we found that physicians are comfortable prescribing via telemedicine when they feel they are practicing within their personal parameters for safety. While many providers experience frustrations such as miscommunication with pharmacies, these barriers appear to not prevent them from telemedicine prescribing. With expected changes in 2024 and 2025 to the US laws and regulations for telemedicine prescribing, we may see changes in provider comfort in prescribing.
Authors
- Hiral Soni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2054-3737)
- Brian E. Bunnell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4964-0688)
- Mollie Cummins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7078-8479)
- Brandon M. Welch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2214-9282)
- Julia Ivanova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5852-200X)
- Triton Ong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2512-2026)
- Elena Gonzalez Lopez
Institutions
- Medical University of South Carolina (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- University of South Florida (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Human Factors
- Published
- 2024-12-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/65419
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.09