For a family physician like Laura Barr, M.D., who is trained to practice rural medicine and serves a large Amish population, having a virtual team of mental health experts through NEOMED’s Project ECHO® has been a huge help.
“One physician can’t provide everything,” she says. Regular virtual meetings with a team that includes specialists in psychiatry, counseling and psychiatric pharmacy bolsters her ability to provide mental health care.
Read Allies for Mental Health in the Spring 2020 issue of Ignite magazine.