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Military Demonstration Project Offers Online Mental Health Services
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As reported in iHealthbeat ... , the Department of Defense's Military Health System launched a demonstration program designed to provide remote, online counseling and other behavioral health care services to military service members and their families ...
... The program specifically is targeting military members and eligible reserves returning from Iraq and Afghanistan...
... The telemedicine program "can overcome limited provider availability, geographic distance, scheduling difficulties and the social stigma that sometimes surrounds seeking psychological health care," according to David McIntyre Jr. -- CEO of TriWest Healthcare Alliance, one of TRICARE's regional contractors...
Read on at: http://www.ihealthbeat.org/Articles/2009/8/3/Military-Demonstration...
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As reported in iHealthbeat ... , the Department of Defense's Military Health System launched a demonstration program designed to provide remote, online counseling and other behavioral health care services to military service members and their families ...
... The program specifically is targeting military members and eligible reserves returning from Iraq and Afghanistan...
... The telemedicine program "can overcome limited provider availability, geographic distance, scheduling difficulties and the social stigma that sometimes surrounds seeking psychological health care," according to David McIntyre Jr. -- CEO of TriWest Healthcare Alliance, one of TRICARE's regional contractors...
Read on at: http://www.ihealthbeat.org/Articles/2009/8/3/Military-Demonstration...
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