Including an interview with Encounter Telehealth’s President and CEO, Jen Amis. “Omaha-based Encounter Telehealth provides behavioral healthcare services to underserved...
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Mental Health Crises
At Encounter Telehealth, we believe it is vital to have immediate access for mental health crises. Our friends at Happy...
Telehealth Serves America: Part 1
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Self-Care for Caregivers: Tips for Staying Healthy and Avoiding Burnout
Image from Pixabay.com If you’re providing care for a loved one, you’ve probably been raised to be unselfish, to put...
Encounter Featured in “2019 Best Tech Startups in Omaha”
Encounter Telehealth was featured for the second year in a row in the Tech Tribune’s “Best Tech Startups in Omaha,” based...
Covering Out-of-Pocket Costs Associated with Alzheimer’s Care
Photo by rawpixel.com from Pexels Nearly 44 million American seniors currently suffer from Alzheimer’s disease. Treatment and care for...
The Costs of Unnecessary Emergency Department Visits
With increasing focus from Medicare on reducing rehospitalizations and shorter stays, eliminating unnecessary emergency department visits (such as visits that...
Telehealth Changes Could Help Rural Seniors Age in Place
“Telemedicine providers can’t catch senior citizens when they fall. But health services delivered over broadband can make it possible for...
Challenges, Risks and Solutions for Critical Access Hospitals
Over 7% of care offered at critical access hospitals (CAHs) is uncompensated, compared to 5% at urban hospitals. In fact,...
Chatanooga Catches the Telehealth Bug
“Chattanooga, Tenn.’s investment in community broadband allows the city to bring more than just fast Internet browsing to citizens.” ...
Collaboration With Encounter Helps Maintain Compliance and Quality Improvement
Unnecessary Medications (survey tag F329) is a top ten regulatory citation in skilled nursing facilities. With antipsychotic use still high,...
Retain Staff and Reduce Turnover: How Encounter Can Help
In long-term care, staff turnover is at a staggering 40%, twice the national average across industries. New staff are costly...
Podcast
Contributing Factors is a podcast series produced by Health : Further to promote a deeper discussion and understanding of depression.
Jen Amis, president and CEO of Encounter Telehealth, was asked to participate in the podcast series. We will continue to add episodes as they are released. Look for Jen in Episode 5 mid-March.
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS | Season One: Depression
Welcome to Contributing Factors
Episode 1 | What is Depression and Why Does it Matter?
Episode 2 | Biological Context: Depression from the Inside
Episode 3 | Social Context: Depression from the Outside
Episode 4 | The Healthcare System
Episode 5 | Business and Innovation: What’s Here and
What’s Next?
Featuring Jen Amis in a discussion on videochat therapy
Episode 6 | Wrapping it All Up
Bonus: Contributing Factors
Trailer