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Voice-only telehealth may go away with pandemic rules expiring
By: Yuki Noguchi | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Caswell County, where William Crumpton works, runs along the northern edge of North Carolina and is a rural landscape of mostly former tobacco farms and the… Read More
![A January report found that 40% of U.S. counties don't have a single health care provider approved to prescribe buprenorphine, a medicine integral to helping many patients beat opioid addiction. Permitting more-distant doctors to evaluate patients online and prescribe the medicine is a welcome advance, say addiction specialists.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/gettyimages-530530538-5cc2dd2de194f2d935158307595dd9e526e771d9-scaled-e1587400648725-900x422.jpg)
Coronavirus Crisis Spurs Access To Online Treatment For Opioid Addiction
By: Phil Galewitz | NPR
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The federal government has waived a law that required an in-person doctor’s visit before patients could be prescribed drugs that quell withdrawal symptoms. That’s a boon for patients, counselors say.
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West Virginia University Announces Rural Telehealth Program
By: Associated Press
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — A researcher at West Virginia University is heading up a telehealth program to quickly connect people in rural areas with medical care. The college announced the… Read More