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Community stories

Read how providers and patients can use virtual visits to improve access to health care.

  • Woman talking while sitting down
    Provider Story

    Increasing access to behavioral health care with telehealth

    Learn how licensure compacts can improve access to behavioral health care.

  • Professional female speaking while sitting in an office
    Patient Story

    Using telehealth to expand mental health care options

    Learn how telehealth is used for mental health care.

  • Pediatric psychiatrist using her computer to conduct a virtual visit.
    Provider Story

    Transforming access to pediatric mental health care with telehealth

    Learn how providers can use telehealth to improve access to mental health care.

  • School counselor sitting next to child with special needs looking at a computer screen.
    Provider Story

    Telehealth for mental health care in rural schools

    Telehealth can help provide mental health care to students living in rural places.

  • Corner of a street in a small, rural town
    Provider Story

    Addressing broadband to improve access to telehealth

    Reliable broadband is essential for telehealth, including for rural communities.

  • Room in an emergency department with a telehealth cart facing the bed.
    Provider Story

    Expanding access to emergency care in rural hospitals

    Rural hospitals can use telehealth to provide timely emergency care.

  • Mother breastfeeding infant in bed while speaking with community health worker
    Provider Story

    Using technology to increase behavioral health support for new parents

    Using telehealth, front-line workers learn how to screen and refer new parents for help with behavioral health needs.

  • : Person holding tablet and speaking to health care professional through video.
    Provider Story

    Providing virtual case management services for people with HIV

    Telehealth helps people with HIV stay engaged and better manage their health.

  • Woman sitting in a chair while a nurse holds a laptop with live video of physician.
    Provider Story

    Home-based, hybrid health care in rural communities

    Telehealth and in-person care can be used together to work to improve health outcomes.

  • Three members of the Bay Rivers Telehealth Alliance in front of a mobile van
    Provider Story

    Substance use disorder treatment for justice-involved individuals

    Learn how telehealth is being used to provide substance use disorder treatment for justice-involved individuals.

  • Man waving at his doctor on a computer screen
    Provider Story

    Using telehealth to expand access to HIV care

    People with HIV can receive care remotely from providers who specialize in HIV care.

  • Physicians participating in an education session by computer
    Provider Story

    Using technology to enhance provider expertise in pediatric behavioral health

    Technology can be used to increase provider expertise.

  • Woman speaking with her doctor using a cell phone.
    Provider Story

    Expanding access to telehealth on an island

    Addressing technology barriers can increase access to care using telehealth.

  • Parte posterior de una camioneta, con dos puertas de entrada y un cartel en el lateral en el que se lee “Servicio de Salud del Condado de Carolina —Salud Mental—“ y un número de teléfono.
    Provider Story

    Mobile clinics for substance use disorder

    Mobile clinics can help people with substance use disorder who live in rural areas.

  • Child in dental chair smiling at dental assistant.
    Provider Story

    Expanding dental care to children through telehealth

    Telehealth helps children in rural areas get dental care.

  • Parent and child sitting on a couch greeting provider on the computer screen
    Patient Story

    Using telehealth to connect kids to mental health care

    Learn how children and families use telehealth to access mental health care.

  • Young woman teaching older adult how to use computer.
    Provider Story

    Using digital navigators to get telehealth care

    Digital navigators can teach patients how to get health care from home or work.

  • Young girl smiling to show her teeth
    Provider Story

    Delivering dental care in rural schools using telehealth

    Telehealth can be used by dentists to provide care to children in a rural school.

  • people talking at a table.
    Provider Story

    Building telehealth partnerships

    Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands create telehealth programs.

  • Female doctor on computer screen providing a virtual visit to a patient in a clinic through telehealth.
    Patient Story

    How telehealth helps patients access care

    Learn how telehealth provided in a mobile clinic helps health center patients access care.