Statewide Telepsychiatry Program What We Do Telepsychiatry is defined as “the delivery of acute mental health or substance abuse care, including diagnosis or treatment, by means of two-way real-time interactive audio and video by a consulting provider at a consultant site to an individual patient at a referring site.” Statewide Telepsychiatry Initiative The NC Statewide Telepsychiatry Program (NC-STeP) was developed in response to Session Law 2013-360, directing the Office of Rural Health (ORH) to oversee a statewide telepsychiatry initiative. The program was instituted so that an individual presenting at a hospital emergency department with an acute behavioral health crisis will receive a timely specialized psychiatric assessment via video conferencing technology.Telepsychiatry Program ProfileTelepsychiatry Sites Map Additional Resources For the most recent annual report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services please click here.East Carolina Center for Telepsychiatry and e-Behavioral HealthNorth Carolina Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services Contact North Carolina Telepsychiatry Program Office of Rural Health 2009 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699 Nick Galvez Rural Hospital Program Manager Phone: 919-527-6467Nick.Galvez@dhhs.nc.gov Files SFY2020_Telepsych.pdf PDF • 351.2 KB - June 21, 2021
Statewide Telepsychiatry Program What We Do Telepsychiatry is defined as “the delivery of acute mental health or substance abuse care, including diagnosis or treatment, by means of two-way real-time interactive audio and video by a consulting provider at a consultant site to an individual patient at a referring site.” Statewide Telepsychiatry Initiative The NC Statewide Telepsychiatry Program (NC-STeP) was developed in response to Session Law 2013-360, directing the Office of Rural Health (ORH) to oversee a statewide telepsychiatry initiative. The program was instituted so that an individual presenting at a hospital emergency department with an acute behavioral health crisis will receive a timely specialized psychiatric assessment via video conferencing technology.Telepsychiatry Program ProfileTelepsychiatry Sites Map Additional Resources For the most recent annual report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services please click here.East Carolina Center for Telepsychiatry and e-Behavioral HealthNorth Carolina Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services Contact North Carolina Telepsychiatry Program Office of Rural Health 2009 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699 Nick Galvez Rural Hospital Program Manager Phone: 919-527-6467Nick.Galvez@dhhs.nc.gov Files SFY2020_Telepsych.pdf PDF • 351.2 KB - June 21, 2021
