Healthcare providers who focus on substance abuse and addiction recovery services are learning to use telehealth to improve access to care during a pandemic. Many are finding advantages to virtual care...
A federal review has found that no state Medicaid programs are analyzing how telehealth affects the quality of behavioral health services even though many are offering virtual care coverage during the...
Federal authorities are awarding $15 million in rescue plan funding to 20 states to help expand mobile health intervention services for Medicaid patients in crisis.
The planning grants, administered...
With only about 10 percent of the nation’s federally qualified health centers having psychiatrists or licensed clinical psychologists on staff, a telehealth platform could improve access for...
With schools returning to in-person learning or juggling remote options, the Biden Administration is investing more than $5 million in school-based health centers that often use telehealth to help...
The Maryland Department of Health (MDH) has launched a pilot program that aims to increase access to telemental health services, including behavioral healthcare and substance use disorder...
The federal government is spending almost $11 million in stimulus funding on telehealth programs that expand access to pediatric mental health services.
The Health and Human Services Department...
A Baylor University researcher is launching a federally funded project that will use telehealth and mHealth to improve risk reduction education for young women.
Danielle Parrish, PhD, a professor in...
A handful of Medicaid programs in Kansas are partnering with an addiction treatment company to give members access to care through telehealth.
Aetna Better Health of Kansas, Sunflower Health...
Different populations adopt telehealth at different rates and for different reasons, so a strategy that seeks to address social determinants of health with a one-size-fits-all approach won’t...
A group of Senators is calling for “robust and sustained funding” for two federal programs that increase access to pediatric telehealth services. And a second group is seeking continued...
A Tennessee-based telemental health company is launching a research institute aimed at using telehealth to treat people living with gambling addiction.
Kindbridge is teaming with Playtech, a UK-based...
A Canadian study calls for more federal investment in telehealth services at the primary care level to help providers address mental healthcare needs.
The study, led by researchers at the University...
Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center are integrating telehealth into a federal funded study on suicide prevention.
Financed by almost $8 million in funding from the...
Telehealth adoption has surged during the coronavirus pandemic, particularly in treatments for people dealing with substance abuse issues. And that trend will likely continue, as providers look for...
Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston are combining telehealth and peer support to help veterans living with post-traumatic stress disorder.
With funding from the US...
Research out of Canada shows an increase of more than 30 percent in new mothers seeking treatment for postpartum mental health issues during the coronavirus pandemic, and it highlights both the value...
New research out of the University of California Davis finds that telehealth treatments for people with non-urgent mental health needs can be delivered via an asynchronous (store-and-forward) platform...
Virginia has launched a statewide initiative to give children, teenagers and young adults better access to mental health services, including through telehealth channels.
The Virginia Mental Health...
The federal government is investing more than $14 million in telehealth programs that integrate behavioral health services into pediatric primary care.
The Health and Human Services Department is...
