Pediatric mental health care access

<p>Join J. Wesley Boyd, a psychiatrist, to dive into the critical issue of child and adolescent mental health care accessibility. Drawing insights from a recent study, we'll explore how the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated challenges in obtaining timely treatment for young individuals, particularly those with Medicaid. We shed light on the barriers, disparities, and potential solutions, offering a compelling perspective on the urgent need for collaborative efforts to prioritize mental well-being in the younger generation.</p> <p><a href= "https://bioethics.hms.harvard.edu/faculty-staff/j-wesley-boyd" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer follow" data-wpel-link= "exclude">J. Wesley Boyd</a> is a psychiatrist.</p> <p>He discusses the KevinMD article, "<a href= "https://www.kevinmd.com/2023/07/accessing-needed-pediatric-mental-health-care-was-difficult-before-the-pandemic-and-is-now-at-crisis-levels.html">Accessing needed pediatric mental health care was difficult before the pandemic and is now at crisis levels</a>."</p> <p><a href="https://nuance.com/daxinaction"><img class= "alignnone wp-image-424286 size-medium" src= "https://www.kevinmd.com/wp-content/uploads/NuanceLogo_Horz_k-2-300x62.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="62" /></a></p> <p><em>The Podcast by KevinMD is brought to you by the <a href= "https://nuance.com/daxinaction">Nuance Dragon Ambient eXperience</a>.</em></p> <p><em>Ambient intelligence augments human capabilities to make our lives easier. The applications are many, especially in health care. Ambient clinical intelligence is offsetting the most pressing challenges in health care today, such as burnout, physician shortages, physician and patient dissatisfaction, and underperforming financial outcomes, by applying the technology to clinical documentation. </em></p> <p><em>The Nuance Dragon Ambient eXperience, or DAX for short, utilizes artificial intelligence and natural language processing to automatically document care. It securely listens to and captures the natural, clinician-patient encounte