Telehealth

What is Telehealth?

Telehealth is a service that uses online, interactivce, two-way audio and video conference software to provide healthcare from a distance. Telehealth is conducted over a secure platform to ensure maximum privacy, confidentiality, and convenience for your psychiatric care. 

What are the benefits of using Telehealth services?

• Increased privacy and confidentiality

• Decreased geographical limitations

• Increased access to subspecialized psychiatric care

• Decreased exposure to potential pathogens, including COVID-19, influenza, and common colds

• Decrease in travel time and expense

• Ability to meet during inclement weather or when sick

• Decreased stress with finding time to attend appointments around work, travel, childcare, or other obligations

• Ability to participate in treatment from your own home, or another environment where you feel safe, secure, and comfortable

What are some of the potential risks of using Telehealth services?

• Technological failures such as unclear video, loss of sound, poor internet connection, or loss of internet connection.

• Possible data security risks that come with transmitting information and documents over the internet.

Am I eligible to use Telehealth services for my psychiatric care?

We are currently only able to provide telehealth services to patients located in Virginia and Indiana where Dr. Tanious is licensed by the state. Patients must be in the state that the physician is licensed in during the telehealth encounter. Telehealth may not be the most effective form of treatment for all individuals. It will be up to the physician and patient to decide if telehealth is an appropriate form of treatment.