 Psychiatric treatment of patients who are at home or in another private setting is called home-based telepsychiatry or direct-to-consumer telepsychiatry, and it can require only a webcam and high-speed internet service.However, in order to avoid the risk of violating the patient-provider relationship, issues of security and possible HIPAA violations, providers who wish to practice home-based telepsychiatry are best served doing so from within a secure, HIPAA compliant online platform.Led by psychiatrist Jill Afrin, South Carolina Department of Health Deaf Services Program has used home-based telepsychiatry as a part of its services since the mid-1990s.