Telemedicine for Child Collaborative or Integrated Care.

Telemedicine with child psychiatry specialists is a useful tool for collaborative and integrated care systems. This article reviews the workforce and care process rationale for using child psychiatric telemedicine for collaborative care, and discusses practical ways to address the technical challenges that arise when using telemedicine. Different systems of using telemedicine discussed include child psychiatry access programs, collaborative and integrated care use of telephone consultations, televideo consultations, and televideo care delivery. Telemedicine can also be used for collaboratively conducted but care review requested by third-party consultations with treatment providers or care teams.