mHealth Intelligence October 27, 2022
Most veterans with opioid use disorder used telehealth to access treatment, with half engaging in phone-only visits, highlighting the importance of access to audio-only services, new research shows.
Most opioid use disorder (OUD) patients used telehealth to access medication, and of these, about 50 percent participated in telephone-only visits rather than video visits, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
The study included data for Veterans Health Administration patients who received medication for OUD between March 23, 2020, and March 22, 2021. Researchers examined modalities used to access OUD treatment and 90-day retention, that is, patients having at least 90 days of coverage for buprenorphine, an OUD medication.
They analyzed data for 17,182 patients, of which 92.2...
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