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How often do you require patients seen via telehealth to have in-person visits in outpatient psychiatry?

How do factors such as diagnosis, risk level, or treatment type (e.g., controlled substances, psychotherapy vs medication management only) influence your approach? How do regulatory or institutional policies affect your decision-making? How do you handle situations where patients repeatedly no-show for scheduled in-person visits but are available for telehealth and request to be seen that way instead?
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Psychiatry · Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS)
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Great topic, and I'd love to hear others' experiences.

For stable, low-acuity patients, I've largely moved to telehealth-primary with in-person visits annually or as clinically indicated. I still prefer at least one in-person intake before transitioning - the observational data matters.

Factors push...

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