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Telehealth, which is also known as telemedicine or telehealth services, allows you to conduct a video-based appointment with your health care provider using a computer, smartphone or other communications technologies instead of visiting the provider in-person in their office
Mental Wellness Counselor
English
Liv by Advantia Health
Liv by Advantia Health
Dana is a clinical social worker who values accessible and individualized mental health support. Her practice focuses on empowering her patients with the tools and confidence to manage life’s difficult and uncomfortable stressors and emotions. Dana is passionate about creating a warm and non-judgmental space that promotes growth and self-love.
Fun facts about Dana: She grew up in the DMV and received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Maryland (Go Terps)! She has a large family of almost 40 people that she enjoys visiting the Delaware Beaches with every summer. Between her family and friends, she is always surrounded by incredible, loving, and powerful women.
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
English
OB-GYN Associates of Advantia
Ob-Gyn Associates of Advantia, Silver Spring
Gabriela is a bilingual licensed clinical social worker who is passionate about providing accessible and personalized mental health care. Gabriela is skilled in individual therapy with those who are experiencing an array of mental health needs. She can also provide services in Spanish. Gabriela specializes in perinatal mental health, life transitions, parenting, anxiety and depression. Gabriela uses a person-centered approach, drawing from her experience in attachment and trauma-informed care in community mental health, and working with the underserved populations. Gabriela’s experience includes treating symptoms related to behavioral, social, and emotional issues, as well as trauma. In addition, she also has experience in working with adults addressing issues related to grief and loss, parent-child relationships, immigration/acculturation, and self-esteem.
Gabriela’s background and experience guide and inform her therapy approach with the population she works with now. She incorporates psychodynamic and solution-focused treatment approaches in her work. Gabriela uses warmth, empathy, and humor to create an open, non-judgmental and safe space where clients can feel empowered and supported. Gabriela understands how challenging it can be to find the right therapist and reach out for help. She truly believes that building meaningful connections and relationships can promote healing. Her ultimate goal is to work in collaboration with her clients to identify ways to help them move towards living happier and more fulfilling lives.
Mental Health
English
Simmonds, Martin & Helmbrecht of Advantia
Simmonds, Martin & Helmbrecht, Frederick
Brianna is an experienced licensed clinical social worker with background in child welfare and community mental health services. Brianna specializes in depression, anxiety, parenting, attachment, perinatal mental health, relationship difficulties, and trauma, with a strong focus on trauma-responsive care. She uses various modalities to meet the individual needs of clients, families, and couples. Some of these modalities include CBT, DBT, TF-CBT, and EMDR. Brianna believes in building strong therapeutic alliances and does so using compassion, empathy, and humor. She graduated with her Master’s in Social Work from University of Maryland School of Social Work with a specialization in children and families.
Mental Health
English
Simmonds, Martin & Helmbrecht of Advantia
Simmonds, Martin & Helmbrecht, Frederick
Eva is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 20 years of experience serving in a wide variety of clinical and healthcare settings and in private practice. She specializes in treating issues related to life transitions and helping people work through depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, and addictive behaviors. Eva uses different therapeutic approaches, including cognitive-behavioral therapy, DBT, conflict management, communication skills development, mindfulness practices, and stress reduction.
English
Reiter, Hill & Johnson of Advantia
Reiter, Hill & Johnson, Chevy Chase| Reiter, Hill & Johnson, Falls Church| Reiter, Hill & Johnson, Washington, DC
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English
Susquehanna OB/GYN & Nurse Midwifery of Advantia
Susquehanna Ob-Gyn & Nurse Midwifery, Bel Air
Kari Lindner, LCSW-C is a licensed clinical social worker with nearly 10 years of experience in the field. Prior to joining the team at Susquehanna OB-GYN, Kari worked as a social worker at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on the Family Birthplace and Special Care Nursery. She worked directly with pregnant and postpartum women struggling with anxiety, depression, and other perinatal mood disorders. Kari also worked with women struggling with substance abuse, providing support and connecting them with appropriate treatment providers and resources.
Kari is a native to Harford County, Maryland. Kari lives with her husband and two children. She enjoys spending time with family and friends, traveling, reading, and spending time outdoors.
Mental Health
English
OB-GYN Associates of Advantia
Ob-Gyn Associates of Advantia, Silver Spring
Malya Druskin is an experienced licensed clinical social worker skilled in individual, couples and family therapy and works to help clients manage mental health issues and life stressors. Having worked and trained in an inpatient psychiatric hospital and an outpatient mental health clinic, Malya has obtained a well-rounded knowledge in clinical mental health for over 5 years. She specializes in depression, anxiety, grief, self-harm/suicidal ideation, substance abuse, trauma, relationships issues, perinatal mental health and eating disorders. Malya uses multiple modalities in therapy as she believes no treatment should be one size fits all. Malya is trained in cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, solution focused and psychodynamic treatment approaches. She is a graduate of University of Maryland School of Social Work and specialized in clinical mental health. Malya makes it a priority to attend continuing education trainings to keep growing in her field.
Malya believes in the importance of a warm, supportive relationship to aid you in your journey towards personal growth and finding hope even in what feels like the darkest times. It can be difficult to ask for help and choosing to seek therapy services will be met with a smile, and an objective and non-judgmental approach to any struggles you bring to the room. Malya works with you to collaborate care, create personal goals for therapy in a safe and compassionate environment and ultimately make lasting life changes.
Clinical Mental Wellness Therapist
English
Simmonds, Martin & Helmbrecht of Advantia
Simmonds, Martin & Helmbrecht, Damascus
Taylor is a Clinically Licensed Social Worker that is passionate about supporting people through life’s challenges to optimize their health and well-being. She approaches each client as an individual and uses an integrative treatment approach to support clients experiencing anxiety, depression, health stress, grief, relational distress and difficulty with adjustment to life transitions. Taylor believes that with the right support and appropriate tools, everyone has the capacity to create change and work towards their goals.
Telehealth, which is also known as telemedicine or telehealth services, allows you to conduct a video-based appointment with your health care provider using a computer, smartphone or other communications technologies instead of visiting the provider in-person in their office. Remote patient monitoring, another form of telehealth, enables patients to transmit data such as blood glucose or blood pressure readings to their providers.
Providers at many of Advantia Health’s practices offer telehealth appointments, including those for mental health services, non-urgent gynecological issues, lab and test results, menopausal symptoms, contraception consultations and prescription refills. Telemedicine is a great alternative for visits that do not require a physical exam.
Telehealth may not be appropriate for every type of visit or condition, so it is important to work with your provider to determine the best course of treatment for you.
Advantia Health clinicians include licensed clinical social workers, who specialize in helping people work through depression, relationship difficulties, anxiety, grief, trauma, addictive behaviors and adjustments to life transitions through different therapeutic approaches. These experienced providers offer in-person and telemedicine appointment options.
Telehealth consultation appointments may save you time, allow you to be seen by your provider sooner or provide you with access to providers (including specialists) who are located farther away from you. This convenient appointment format also reduces the risk of exposure to communicable diseases, which is especially important for persons with compromised immunity, including pregnant women or the elderly.
By eliminating the need to travel to your doctor’s office, you also save money on gas, parking or mass transportation.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, many private insurers and public health plans have expanded coverage to include telehealth visits. Typically, those visits are treated the same as an in-person visit for insurance billing purposes. That means you are likely to incur a co-pay similar to an in-office visit. For individual coverage questions, you should always contact your insurance provider.
Telehealth is an effective format for consultations about birth control and other medications and refill requests. Qualified providers can prescribe new medications, adjust prescriptions and follow up on related issues and concerns via telehealth appointments.
Advantia uses secure and HIPAA-compliant video platforms for telehealth to protect your health information and privacy.
You do not need to download an app or log on to your Patient Portal account to participate in an athenaTelehealth visit. In fact, you do not even need to have a Portal Account, although it is encouraged. Simply schedule a telehealth appointment and follow the steps in the confirmation and reminder messages you receive. When you join the online visit, they will see the name of the practice at the top of the page.
Perform a pre-appointment device check.
If you choose to access the appointment through the Patient portal, you can view upcoming athenaTelehealth appointments on the Patient Portal in both desktop and mobile. You can cilck the Join Telehealth Call button to start your visit.
Please call your health care provider’s office to schedule a telemedicine appointment to determine if your medical concern can be handled remotely. Some practices may limit telemedicine to existing patients.
Follow the instructions below!
Telemedicine lets you connect to your provider remotely over video. Telemedicine is a great alternative for visits that do not need a physical exam.
Telemedicine makes it possible for you to consult with your physician via video.
Allows access to specialty care
Reduced chances of catching a new illness. (Reduces risks of exposure to communicable diseases – especially important for persons with compromised immunity, pregnant women or elderly)
Eliminated transportation time and costs:
Money spent on gas, parking, and public transportation are immediately terminated. Also, providing immediate relief to those in rural areas or with limited physical abilities.
Not required to take time off from work or school.
Broader reach to specialists:
Some visits with specialists require longer commute times. When you’re dealing with a serious health ailment, you should be able to consult with the best.
Convenience
At this time please call your medical provider’s office to schedule a telemedicine appointment to determine if your medical concern can be handled remotely.
During this coronavirus outbreak most insurance companies are expanding their coverage for telemedicine. Typically a telemedicine visit is treated the same way as an in-person visit for insurance billing purposes. For individual coverage questions, always contact your insurance provider.
Telemedicine visits are great for follow-up visits, medication questions, reviewing lab and test results and general questions. Some examples include consultations for birth control and contraception, menstrual problems, and mental wellness.
Advantia uses secure and HIPAA compliant video platforms to protect patients’ health information and privacy.
Your providers office will share a personalized web link with you. This link works with any browser on a computer/device that is equipped with camera and microphone.
You can use a computer with a webcam or a smartphone with camera and microphone. Please ensure you have adequate broadband internet connection or a data plan for your smartphone.
Please read this document completely.
You are a current patient of the Practice and are 18 years or older.
You have scheduled your telemedicine appointment in advance with the Practice.
This is not an emergency situation. If this is an emergency please contact emergency services by calling 911 immediately.
I have the right to withhold or withdraw my consent to the use of telemedicine in the course of my care at any time without affecting my right to future care or treatment.
The laws that protect privacy and confidentiality of medical information also apply to telemedicine.
Telemedicine is one of the variety of modalities for the provision of medical care that may be available to me.
I may refuse to participate in a telemedicine interaction and ask my provider about alternative methods of care.
If my provider believes I would be better served by another form of service (e.g. in person), I may need to make an in-office appointment for appropriate care.
In the event of an advance reaction to treatment or an inability to communicate as a result of a technical or equipment failure, I understand I may need to seek follow-up care or assistance at the recommendation of my provider.
I understand that no warranty or guarantee has been made to me with regards to any results or cure.
I have been given an opportunity to ask questions about my condition, alternative forms of anesthesia and treatment, risks of non-treatment, the procedures to be used, and the risks and hazards involved, and I believe that I have sufficient information to give this informed consent.
I have read and understand the information provided above regarding telemedicine and hereby authorize my provider and its employees, agents and independent contractors, to use telemedicine in the course of my diagnosis and treatment.
BY ENGAGING IN THIS TELEMEDICINE SESSION YOU AGREE AND CERTIFY THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ABOVE, AND UNDERSTAND THE RISKS AND BENEFITS OF TELEMEDICINE. BY ACCEPTING THESE TERMS YOU HEREBY GIVE YOUR INFORMED CONSENT TO PARTICIPATE IN A TELEMEDICINE VISIT AND FOR THE USE OF TELEMEDICINE IN YOUR MEDICAL CARE.
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