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Veterans Hospital Administration Telehealth Utilization for Recreation and Creative Arts Therapies: A Brief Report
BACKGROUND: A brief query was fielded to Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities across the United States to provide an initial assessment of recreation therapy (RT) and creative arts therapy (CAT) telehealth utilization. METHODS: To develop an understanding of barriers and identify potentia...
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Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9127826/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34432540 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2021.0363 |
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author | Story, Kristin M. Flanagan, Mindy E. Brown, Heather A. Robb, Sheri L. Damush, Teresa M. Otto, David |
author_facet | Story, Kristin M. Flanagan, Mindy E. Brown, Heather A. Robb, Sheri L. Damush, Teresa M. Otto, David |
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description | BACKGROUND: A brief query was fielded to Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities across the United States to provide an initial assessment of recreation therapy (RT) and creative arts therapy (CAT) telehealth utilization. METHODS: To develop an understanding of barriers and identify potential solutions for better delivery of services, a cross-sectional survey was deployed to points of contact at 136 VHA facilities. The survey included questions across five areas: staff, infrastructure, barriers to use, training, and interventions being deployed. Descriptive statistics were calculated, and a thematic analysis of qualitative responses was conducted. RESULTS: The most frequent themes from aggregated responses indicated a need for hands-on training, reliable telehealth equipment, and accessible training and tools for Veteran patients who want to use telehealth services. CONCLUSION: Telehealth delivery of RT/CAT has increased services to Veteran patient populations; however, equipment and training are needed to expand consistent delivery to enhance patient reach across a national health care system. |
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spelling | pubmed-91278262022-05-25 Veterans Hospital Administration Telehealth Utilization for Recreation and Creative Arts Therapies: A Brief Report Story, Kristin M. Flanagan, Mindy E. Brown, Heather A. Robb, Sheri L. Damush, Teresa M. Otto, David Telemed J E Health Brief Communications BACKGROUND: A brief query was fielded to Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities across the United States to provide an initial assessment of recreation therapy (RT) and creative arts therapy (CAT) telehealth utilization. METHODS: To develop an understanding of barriers and identify potential solutions for better delivery of services, a cross-sectional survey was deployed to points of contact at 136 VHA facilities. The survey included questions across five areas: staff, infrastructure, barriers to use, training, and interventions being deployed. Descriptive statistics were calculated, and a thematic analysis of qualitative responses was conducted. RESULTS: The most frequent themes from aggregated responses indicated a need for hands-on training, reliable telehealth equipment, and accessible training and tools for Veteran patients who want to use telehealth services. CONCLUSION: Telehealth delivery of RT/CAT has increased services to Veteran patient populations; however, equipment and training are needed to expand consistent delivery to enhance patient reach across a national health care system. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2022-05-01 2022-05-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9127826/ /pubmed/34432540 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2021.0363 Text en © Kristin M. Story et al. 2022; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This Open Access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License [CC-BY-NC] (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are cited. |
spellingShingle | Brief Communications Story, Kristin M. Flanagan, Mindy E. Brown, Heather A. Robb, Sheri L. Damush, Teresa M. Otto, David Veterans Hospital Administration Telehealth Utilization for Recreation and Creative Arts Therapies: A Brief Report |
title | Veterans Hospital Administration Telehealth Utilization for Recreation and Creative Arts Therapies: A Brief Report |
title_full | Veterans Hospital Administration Telehealth Utilization for Recreation and Creative Arts Therapies: A Brief Report |
title_fullStr | Veterans Hospital Administration Telehealth Utilization for Recreation and Creative Arts Therapies: A Brief Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Veterans Hospital Administration Telehealth Utilization for Recreation and Creative Arts Therapies: A Brief Report |
title_short | Veterans Hospital Administration Telehealth Utilization for Recreation and Creative Arts Therapies: A Brief Report |
title_sort | veterans hospital administration telehealth utilization for recreation and creative arts therapies: a brief report |
topic | Brief Communications |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9127826/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34432540 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2021.0363 |
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