A new bill before the Senate aims to expand the telehealth platform for substance abuse treatment.
Introduced last week by Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), the Telehealth...
Some prominent telehealth researchers are suggesting that providers pump the brakes on using connected health technology to aid in substance abuse treatment.
In a commentary published this week in the...
With the Coronavirus pandemic limiting in-person treatment, healthcare providers are using telehealth to ensure patients dealing with substance abuse issues have access to care.
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Federal officials have proposed easing restrictions on the use of mHealth in substance abuse programs – but the changes aren’t what everyone has been expecting.
Under a notice of proposed...
West Virginia’s Blue Cross Blue Shield program is giving its members access to an mHealth program designed to improve treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), particularly in rural areas where...
A telehealth platform offering substance abuse treatment to pregnant women is just as effective as in-person care, according to a recent study.
In a study published in JAMA Psychiatry, researchers at...
Congress is calling out the US Drug Enforcement Agency for failing to launch a promised – and mandated - program that would allow healthcare providers to use telehealth to prescribe controlled...
Telehealth and mHealth are expected to play a major role in a multi-state effort to improve care for expectant mothers dealing with opioid abuse and their children.
The Centers for Medicare &...
