Virtual Mental Health Care for Rural and Underserved Settings (PDF)

Donald M. Hilty, MD, MBA is a scholar in psychiatric and medical education, health services, and telemedicine. He works with the Northern California Veterans Administration Health Care System and UC Davis. His current role is in health care administration, technology implementation and service delivery. He speaks internationally and researches models of care, health economics and a variety of technologies (e.g., synchronous and asynchronous telepsychiatry, mobile health and informatics). Dr. Hilty is also active with pedagogy, faculty development and publishing work (e.g., telepsychiatry, telebehavioral health, social media and mobile health competencies). Dr. Hilty serves as Editor of both the Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science and Psychology and Cognitive Science. He is on the APA-IOM and APA-ATA Guideline Writing Groups.



Matthew C. Mishkind, PhD is a scholar and administrator with the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus. He currently serves as Deputy Director of the Johnson Depression Center, Director of the Community Engagement Service, and Director of Strategic Facilitation for the Office of Telehealth and Technology Implementation for Behavioral Health Practice and Science. His current role focuses on health care administration, the development of innovative telehealth programs, and the development and implementation of community-based behavioral health training initiatives. He serves on the editorial boards for the Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science and mHealth, and is a lead for the APA-ATA Guideline writing groups. Dr. Mishkind speaks internationally about the use of technology to improve access to and quality of behavioral health care, and has published over 40 peer-reviewed papers and chapters primarily focused on improving access to behavioral health care.

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