BVHC plans to use the grant to launch a telemedicine program that will virtually connect patients in rural areas to physicians. Using teleconferencing technology and equipment such as a peripheral heart rate device. Physicians will also be able to prescribe patients medications such as Suboxone, which is used to treat opioid addiction, after a virtual consult.
The grant is part of $10 million the USDA secured last year to help expand addiction treatment in rural areas of the U.S.
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