Assisting Grieving Families to Find Closure While Maintaining Compliance with HIPAA

• By: Elaine M. Edelman, PhD, LCSW, CASAC-Adv
• February 10th, 2025
• buprenorphine, family, harm reduction, HIPAA, overdose, substance use disorder, suicide, support
• 354    2

The most fundamental goals of Harm Reduction and Buprenorphine Programs are to keep people alive and safe. Despite the best efforts of a very dedicated SUD workforce, over 107,000 people died of overdose deaths in 2023. Behind every overdose death is a family or friends in mourning. Often, they are...

Virtual Care Platform Supports Text-Based Mental-Health Research Program for Transgender and Nonbinary Participants

• By: Dr. Keith Dressler Rhinogram
• April 19th, 2022
• anxiety, communication, depression, healthcare, HIPAA, intervention, nonbinary, Spring 2022 Issue, text messaging, transgender, virtual care
• 983    0

Reaching individuals with information designed to help with anxiety and depression can be difficult, especially when they’re in rural areas. Consistent, fast internet is still not available in many of these areas, so text-messaging outreach is highly preferred (about 95% of US residents have a...

Remote Access to Mental Health Care and Treatment During the COVID-19 Crisis

• By: Rachel A. Fernbach, Esq. New York State Psychiatric Association
• May 19th, 2020
• COVID-19, helpline, HIPAA, mental health, services, summer 2020 issue, telehealth, telemedicine, treatment
• 1026    0

New York State has unfortunately become an epicenter of the COVID-19 public health emergency, with more confirmed positive cases than any other State in the nation. During the COVID-19 crisis, the use of telehealth and telemedicine has become an essential tool in ensuring continued access to mental...