Tele-Mentoring and Monitoring of the National Mental Health Program: A Bird’s-Eye View of Initiatives from India
Objective: To provide a glimpse of various digital programs and modules that are being implemented across the country by the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India (an institution of national importance under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India; one of its mandates is to develop ...
By Gopi Gajera, Barikar C. Malathesh, Lakshmi Nirisha P., Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar, Narayana Manjunatha, Suchandra H.H., Sujai Ramachandraiah, Chethan Basavarajappa, Rajendra Gowda K.M., Suresh Bada Math
Telepsychiatry During the COVID Pandemic: Reflection from India
Introduction: Recent advancements in information technology and access to smartphone have expanded the scope of healthcare delivery services across the globe. Telemedicine is making healthcare affordable and more accessible to the needy in situations like the present pandemic. Although telepsychiatry services were underutilised initially in India d...
By Harihara Suchandra, Dinakaran Damodaran, Barikar C. Malathesh, Lakshmi Nirisha P., Narayana Manjunatha, C Naveen Kumar, Gopi Gajera, Sujai Ramachandraiah, Chethan Basavarajappa, Rajendra Gowda K.M., Suresh Bada Math
Nursing Interns’ Perceptions of Telenursing: Implications for Nursing Education
Background: Telemedicine is a fast-emerging health sector in India. While nurses play an important role in delivering healthcare services through telemedicine, little is known about whether nursing interns are prepared adequately. Aim: To evaluate nursing interns’ perceptions of telenursing and to find out their opinion on whether telenursing...
By Vijayalakshmi Poreddi, Kathyayani Bidadi Veerabhadraiah, SaiNikhil Reddy, Manjunatha Narayana, NaveenKumar Channaveerachari, Suresh BadaMath