For 15 years Wind Currents has provided videophone products for telemental healthcare and in 2007 developed V2VIP™ which means Voice and Video Internet Phone service. This affordable high-speed Internet 2-way video communication solution is an “auto-configured” technology designed with the patient in mind. It does not require any technical skills or a computer and, is as easy as dialing a telephone.

V2VIP™ TeleMed Bundles combine “plug-and-dial” desktop videophones or iV2VIP™Video Softphone and V2VIP™ Basic Calling Plan (annual or monthly) for use in patient care, when the provider and client are separated by distance or other obstacles to on-site interaction. V2VIP™ service includes unlimited, worldwide in-the-network video calling.

V2VIP™ TeleMed Bundles enable HIPAA-compliant (128-bit AES encryption) audio-and-video communication from one medical professional to another and / or for a healthcare professional to interact directly (daily, if necessary) with patients using the V2VIP™ or GXV-3005 feature-rich, desktop video phones and/or video softphone.

The iV2VIP™Video Softphone is a downloadable app, available in iTunes, that turns an iPad or iPhone into a video softphone.

Professionals in telehealthcare and telemedicine utilize videophones (interactive video) for face-to-face communication—with or without other technologies—to enable physicians, nurses, and psychiatrists to diagnose and sometimes treat patients who are in another location. Use is not restricted to a single location and can occur between two remote sites located anywhere in the world.

Video phones continue to be a vital part of telehealth and

telemedicine service solutions to deliver real-time, two-way video communication between and among healthcare professionals, patients, families, caregivers, or clinical trial participants.

Wind Currents has established a national reputation by providing excellent customer service combined with high-quality, cost-effective products and services.

Additional Information

Telemental health and telepsychiatry are quickly changing fields with constant improvements to technology, encryption, security, HIPAA and HITECH compliance, reimbursements, research, state and federal laws, education and online practice guidelines. These updates will change rapidly, so bookmark or link to this page to check in from time to time to see what has improved. You can also sign up in the contact form to receive a monthly update.

If you need assistance choosing a system, setting up an online therapy network, obtaining referrals for online services, improving provider adoption, or avoiding common telemental health start-up mistakes, contact Behavioral Health Innovation. www.BehavioralHealthInnovation.com.