Telehealth growth hasn’t increased rural behavioral healthcare access: Study

Giles Bruce / beckershospitalreview - The rise in telemedicine over the past several years hasn’t translated to more behavioral healthcare access in rural areas, according to a March 5 study in JAMA Network Open. Researchers from Boston-based Harvard Medical School and Providence, R.I.-based …

AI Summary: A new study finds the rapid expansion of telemedicine did not meaningfully improve access to behavioral health services in rural areas. Persistent barriers—workforce shortages, broadband gaps, and reimbursement limits—keep telehealth from being the miracle fix some hoped for. Turns out, high-speed internet isn’t a therapist.

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