Amid the national opioid and heroin epidemic, UW Medicine has launched a new telehealth program to assist rural health care providers in treating people with addictions.
Originally launched in July, the free teleconference links health care workers in rural areas with UW Medicine psychiatrists. Forty five people from nine counties across the state participated in the program in its first month.
“Washington has a serious prescription-opioid abuse problem that has emerged as a major public health…
Amid the national opioid and heroin epidemic, UW Medicine has launched a new telehealth program to assist rural health care providers in treating people with addictions.
Originally launched in July, the free teleconference links health care workers in rural areas with UW Medicine psychiatrists. Forty five people from nine counties across the state participated in the program in its first month.
“Washington has a serious prescription-opioid abuse problem that has emerged as a major public health…