Is telemedicine the answer to rural expansion of medication treatment for opioid use disorder? Early experiences in the feasibility study phase of a National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network Trial

Abstract Telemedicine (TM) enabled by digital health technologies to provide medical services has been considered a key solution to increasing health care access in rural communities. With the immediate need for remote care due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many health care systems have rapidly incorpor...

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Main Authors: Yih-Ing Hser, Allison J. Ober, Alex R. Dopp, Chunqing Lin, Katie P. Osterhage, Sarah E. Clingan, Larissa J. Mooney, Megan E. Curtis, Lisa A. Marsch, Bethany McLeman, Emily Hichborn, Laurie S. Lester, Laura-Mae Baldwin, Yanping Liu, Petra Jacobs, Andrew J. Saxon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-021-00233-x