What is Telepsychiatry/Telemedicine?

Telemedicine is the remote diagnosis and treatment of patients by a healthcare provider employing telecommunications technology like smartphones, tablets, laptops, or desktop computers. The benefits include doing the visits in the comfort of your home without dealing with traffic or exposure to COVID-19. One added advantage is the physician can see patients who live anywhere in Texas.

What equipment do I need?

Telemedicine visits can be done with either a smartphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop computer, it however should have a microphone and a camera. The telemedicine platform used by Northridge behavioral health is called Doxy.me

How do I show up for a telemedicine visit?

We send the doxy.me link to your cell phone number or email address 5mins before your scheduled visit. The physician doxy.me link is also available on this website.