VIDEO: Opioid Crisis Spurs Demand for Telehealth Options

The promise of telehealth has been talked about for years, with little fruition. The opioid crisis is changing that.

Rural areas have been hit particularly hard by the crisis. Brick-and-mortar clinics aren’t popping up overnight, rural providers are being stretched thin, and opioid patients still need access to care. A video interview with Anne Woodbury, executive director of Advocates for Opioid Recovery, illustrates the problem.

Opioids killed more than 42,000 people in 2015, and more than 2 million suffer from opioid addiction, according to a roadmap released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in June. ...