By SPC News Staff
The expanded availability of telehealth services and medications for opioid use disorder (OUD) during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a lowered likelihood of fatal drug overdose among Medicare beneficiaries (JAMA Psychiatry 2023 Mar 29. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.0310).
“The results of this study add to the growing research documenting the benefits of expanding the use of telehealth services for people with opioid use disorder, as well as the need to improve