According to recent reports, the behavioral health workforce shortages remain a pressing concern in the United States. As of 2026, more than 122 million Americans now live in designated mental health professional shortage areas (MHPAs). Complicating this, behavioral health visits…
As of recent reports, more than half, 169 million, of the U.S. population lives in a mental health shortage area. The varying structure in behavioral health providers’ scope of practice and increased burnout of physicians have impacted the accessibility of…
Our overall well-being is critically dependent on our mental health. It speaks of our psychological, emotional, and social health and has an effect on our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. A happy and fulfilling life depends on having a healthy mental…
It was abundantly clear in 2018 that there is a new reality in U.S. inpatient care. As I wrote in my year-end blog last month, most hospitals across the country have embraced the value equation telemedicine offers. No longer viewed…
Over the past 10 years, Eagle Telemedicine has seen dramatic change in the way the healthcare industry and the public accept what we do. Once viewed as something out of a sci-fi movie, the concept of telemedicine is as familiar…
Parity for telemedicine reimbursement is a long way off in the United States. The variations in rules by region and state can make your head spin. The good news is that telemedicine and the hospitals that implement it are coming…
If asked to condense our experience at the American Telemedicine Association’s (ATA) International Conference in Orlando last month, and the National Rural Health Association’s (NRHA) Rural Hospital Innovation Summit which followed two weeks later in San Diego, this line would…
TelePsychiatry Companies, like Eagle, offer inpatient and emergency department care. The Neolithic Era’s invention of the wheel was a turning point in world history, but the real excitement came when humans saw what the wheel could do for us—the water…