mHealth Intelligence June 10, 2024
Armed with a PA center of excellence designation, virtual care provider Ophelia aims to expand medication-assisted treatment access for opioid use disorder.
The intensifying opioid epidemic has left in its wake significant loss, prompting public health stakeholders to redouble efforts to curb the crisis. A central aspect of these efforts is expanding access to medication-assisted treatment. In Pennsylvania, strategies to expand this access include offering virtual care access to lifesaving medications.
In April, the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services designated virtual addiction treatment provider Ophelia as an Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) Center of Excellence (COE), making it the inaugural virtual-first statewide COE.
The nationwide OUD crisis has been ongoing for years, with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...
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