Case Study: Avenia Behavioral Management expands rural access and boosts efficiency with VSee

Avenia Behavioral Management - Customer Case Study

Avenia Behavioral Management’s Program Director, Dr. Russell E. Brown, provides psychiatric care to elderly patients with Alzheimer’s and dementia across multiple short clinics and rural sites. The challenge was time-consuming travel between clinics, limited clinic hours that created large gaps in his day, and the need for efficient collaborative documentation and prescribing without being physically present. VSee telepsychiatry was adopted to address these issues.

VSee enabled Dr. Brown to practice remotely in about 10 different environments, fill prescriptions without being onsite, and eliminate 2–3 hours of travel dead time—letting him see more patients and expand services into rural areas like Savannah and Augusta. The platform’s collaborative documentation also lets nurses or patients enter data live, streamlining record completion. According to Dr. Brown, the $40–$50 VSee license yields roughly 300–400% cost savings compared with weekly gas and reduces vehicle wear, increasing clinic efficiency and statewide reach.

Avenia Behavioral Management

Russell E. Brown

Program Director