Telehealth for PTSD, SPAC sadness, & FDA clears VR
You are reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to transforming the life sciences through technology. Sign up to receive this newsletter in your inbox every Tuesday and Thursday. A great success for rural telemedicine An innovative attempt to direct mental health care providers in major cities to primary care clinics in rural communities to treat PTSD and bipolar disorder has shown overwhelmingly positive results and underscored the technology's potential to fill gaps in care. "It shows that you can make huge gains in providing evidence-based treatment to patients in underserved settings who previously had no access," said John Fortney, lead researcher and a University of Washington Professor, said Mario. But the project is also a clear example of the enormous financial and logistical hurdles that new telemedicine arrangements with distant psychologists and psychiatrists bring with them. Read Mario's story here. advertising The AI fron