How can Telemedicine Better Serve the Unique needs of Women's Behavioral Health?

Women have some special needs when it comes to behavioral health – for example, maternal mental healthcare. But they face the same challenges as men in finding mental health caregivers during a crisis situation of big demand and little supply.Just like with access to other specialty caregivers across the spectrum, patients can find the solution to their mental healthcare challenges via virtual care.Dr. Sipra Laddha is founder and CEO of LunaJoy, a telemedicine services company that specializes in women's mental health. We spoke with her to better understand how women can benefit from telehealth.They discussed why she thinks maternal mental health has been under-resourced, the keys to reducing wait times for psychiatric and behavioral health appointments, and how providers can improve their data collection and ensure they're holistically treating patients for both mental and physical health needs.

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The lack of specialization continues to inhibit quality care delivery for women across the country. We have failed as an industry to deploy the apparatus needed to reach these vulnerable groups.However, technology is finally at the point where it can be used to expand care pathways and improve the bandwidth challenges that clinicians face. One of the best use cases I've seen is with generative AI simulating real-world case examples and to provide supervision for at-risk women.

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