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How have you gone about implementing TMS in your practice or institution?
Logistical barriers in implementing TMS can include equipment acquisition, funding, staffing, training, reimbursement, or institutional approval. What challenges did you encounter, and how did you address them?
Answer from: at Community Practice
For me, the hardest issues with TMS are getting insurance to approve it and the time it takes from a patient’s perspective to see a benefit.When I first invested in the TMS machine, I calculated it could take up to 3 years to pay off the equipment cost. In actuality, I was able to recoup the i...
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Answer from: at Community Practice
Our hospital obtained a Neurostar TMS device very early on, thanks to my colleague Scott Aaronson, who focuses on research for treatment-resistant depression. Back in 2009, there were Neurostar and Brainsway devices, and that was about it (in the US at least). Now, there are many manufacturers out t...
Answer from: at Academic Institution
I was an early adopter of TMS therapy after seeing how one patient had to travel hundreds of miles to get TMS treatment and the very positive results.
Some of my initial TMS patients were my existing patients, and some had read about it before it was available. They were actively seeking psychiatri...
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at Private Practice
If you get a machine capable of doing theta burst,...
If you get a machine capable of doing theta burst,...
at Thapar Renu K Office
It’s now Medicare-approved and very availabl...
It’s now Medicare-approved and very availabl...