Medscape (4/13, Davenport, Subscription Publication) reports, “The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) has released new global telemedicine guidelines” that emphasize the “need for international collaboration in psychiatry.” These guidelines, “which also address concerns over data security and device intercompatibility, were presented at the virtual European Psychiatric Association 2021 Congress.” Medscape adds that the “guidelines are available in the United States, Canada, Australia, and India, including the 2018 Best Practices in Videoconferencing-Based Telemental Health, released by the American Psychiatric Association and the American Telemedicine Association.”
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