The Obama administration is committing $9 million to rural health officials in three states that are testing the waters of telemedicine as they try to stem the rising tide of overdose deaths.
The latest set of federal grants, which was announced at a meeting of the National Governors Association, will go to Oklahoma, Colorado and Pennsylvania over the next three years.
All three states have committed to using a telemedicine-style training program to help expand treatment in areas that have been historically underserved by healthcare providers.
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