In the News

Our Telemental Health team is active within our hospital, academic campus, and community. 

Click on any of the following links to catch up on our press mentions:

• "Extending Their Reach: UMSOM Addiction Experts Use Innovative Approaches to Help Remote Areas of the State," - published by UMB Catalyst on December 1, 2021
• "As demand for youth psychiatry rose, promise in 'pediatric mental health care access programs' emerged," - published by Medical Press and by the American Psychiatric Association on November 29, 2021
• "Face to Face with the Evolving Opioid Crisis," published by UMSOM on November 18, 2021
• "Maryland substance abuse experts say more access to treatment and medications is essential to combating opioid crisis," - published by The Baltimore Sun on November 19, 2021
• "New call-in line in Maryland helps doctors treat pregnant women with addictions," - published by The Baltimore Sun on October 12, 2021
• "Mobile telemedicine unit found to be effective in treating opioid use disorder in rural areas," - published by News Medical Life Sciences on August 28, 2021
• "UM School of Medicine Study Finds Mobile Telemedicine Unit as Effective as Traditional Clinics to Treat Opioid Addiction in Rural Areas," - published by UMSOM on August 27, 2021
• "People with Substance Use Disorders Face Barriers to Getting COVID Vaccine," - published by Verywell Health on April 25, 2021
• SAMHSA recently featured our Eastern Shore Mobile Care Collaborative in its latest resource guide, Telehealth for the Treatment of Serious Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders. The mobile unit provides access to care in Caroline County by providing medication-based treatment for individuals with opioid use disorders. Download it here!
• "Expanding access to opioid use disorder treatment before, during, and after incarceration: Opportunities for policy and practice" - published by FORE on November 23, 2020
• "UMD researchers to investigate impact of COVID-19 on opioid crisis" -published by Maryland Today on October 26, 2020
• "UMSOM addiction services adapt to challenges of COVID-19 pandemic" - published by UMSOM on October 1, 2020
• "The University of Maryland delivers Telehealth services to underserved communities" - published by Poly on August 18, 2020
• Drs. Eric Weintraub and Greenblatt and the Addiction Treatment Center were featured on Maryland Medicine Front Line News on July 24, 2020 
•  “Mobile health unit meets patients with OUD where they are” - published by Psychiatric News on February 3, 2020
• “Mobile Medication-Assisted Treatment expands in Caroline County” - published by The Star Democrat on September 9, 2019
• “Caroline County launches mobile opioid addiction treatment unit” - published by ABC47 News on April 2, 2019 
• “New mobile health unit serves Caroline County recovering addicts” - published by WBOC CBS on April 2, 2019