Updates

Telehealth can provide new pathways to care for patients with substance use disorders in rural communities. Learn how providers are preparing to use videoconferencing as a tool for treatment beyond the pandemic.

To reduce barriers to methadone treatment in rural communities, the ROADSS model combines a centralized OTP that manages operations with smaller facilities in less populated areas that provide secure medication dispensing.

For organizations working to address the opioid crisis, staff wellness initiatives offer a range of benefits. Readily adaptable to remote work, these programs can help staff feel supported and connected during COVID-19 and beyond.

Video-based group therapy can help increase access to treatment for substance use disorder in rural communities.

Members of the Strong Recovery team talk about the role effective leadership played in promoting staff confidence when moving to video-based groups.

Therapists share their perspectives on videoconferencing group therapy.

Members of the Strong Recovery team speak about how important rapport-building is to videoconferencing group therapy.

UR Medicine Recovery Center of Excellence is proud to stand with rural communities, providers, and people with lived experience to recognize National Rural Health Day and celebrate the #PowerofRural

The URMC Collaborative Care and Wellness Division 5th Annual symposium on Behavioral Health Integration addressed challenges and strategies for addressing the opioid epidemic, with a focus on rural communities. The recorded presentations are now available.

The University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Psychiatry has been awarded an additional $2.5 million to expand the scope of its UR Medicine Recovery Center of Excellence project.