
Telehealth
What is Telehealth?
Telehealth is a service that uses online, interactive, two-way audio and video conference software to provide healthcare from a distance. Telehealth is conducted over a secure platform and ensures maximum confidentiality, privacy, convenience, and safety for your psychiatric care.
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What are the benefits of using Telehealth services?
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Increased confidentiality and privacy
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Decreased geographical limitations
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Decrease in travel time and expense
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Ability to meet virtually during inclement weather or when sick
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Decreased stress with finding time to attend appointments around work, travel, childcare, and other conflicting obligations
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Ability to participate in treatment from your own home, or another environment where you feel safe, secure, and comfortable

What are some of the potential risks of using
Telehealth services?
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Technological failures such as unclear video, loss of sound, poor internet connection, or loss of internet connection.
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Possible data security risks that come with transmitting information and documents over the internet.
Am I eligible to use Telehealth services for my psychiatric care?
In Bloom Mental Wellness offers Telehealth services to patients located in both Nebraska and Iowa where Lindsey is licensed. Clients must be in the state that the provider is licensed in during the telehealth encounter. Telehealth may not be the most effective form of treatment for some individuals. It will be up to the provider and patient to decide if Telehealth is an appropriate modality for treatment.
