mHealth Intelligence July 8, 2024
Following a successful pilot, a free telemental health clinic is expanding to provide underserved Virginia residents with quicker access to mental healthcare.
Mental healthcare appears to be bucking the overarching downward trend in telehealth utilization, with telemental health service adoption holding steady amid declines in other specialties. This has prompted greater investment in telemental healthcare services nationwide, including state-level efforts to expand mental healthcare access to underserved and vulnerable communities.
One such effort is the expansion of the Virginia Telemental Health Initiative (VTMHI), which has become the state’s first free virtual mental health clinic.
Research shows that virtual mental healthcare services are immensely popular. Data analyzed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reveals that 43.2 percent...
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