Tele-psychiatric after care clinic for the continuity of care: A pilot study from an academic hospital

Background: There is a need of continuity of care research in psychiatric disorders to deal two important issues such as accessibility of psychiatrists, and travel. Aims: This pilot was designed to evaluate the acceptability, feasibility, possible clinical effectiveness and cost benefit of video based tele-psychiatric aftercare (TAC) clinic from an academic hospital. Methods: Fifty selected patients were recruited to provide direct video-consultations (DVC). Results: This study shows higher score on acceptability, satisfaction and respect to privacy on these TAC. Discussion and conclusions: This is first pilot study as one of the patient friendly and less expensive continuity of care.