A meeting room is purchased from Secure Telehealth ($300/month).

Secure Telehealth uses cloud computing to make telepsychiatry simple for you. 

A web cam ($57) and a special microphone ($133) and our Windows software are installed on each endpoint computer.  Physicians invite participating clinics to join them in their meeting room by sending a link via email containing the URL and password for the meeting.

The clinic staff person clicks on the link and enters the password.  At this point the two participants can see and hear each other through the computer.  The video link can be left on all day.  There is no per-minute charge.

Typically, physicians schedule clients every 30 minutes.  Fifteen minutes are spent with the client on camera, and fifteen minutes are spent typing patient notes into the EHR software program and ePrescribing.  The physician may stop his/her camera while typing, but typically leaves the audio on so he/she can hear when the next patient has entered the room and is ready to start. The physician may type patient notes while the patient is on camera, but he/she must exercise good judgment by not appearing to be distracted.