Telemedicine News

New Mexico Receives Substantial Grant to Develop/Expand Telepsychiatry Services

(Source: New Mexico Business Weekly, July 28, 2008)

The telepsychiatry program at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center received a significant grant at a ceremony on July 29.

The $767,192 grant will be used to research and develop telehealth services across the state that allow providers to use real-time video links to treat behavioral health patients in remote, underserved areas.

The money was appropriated by ValueOptions New Mexico, a private entity that manages the state's public behavioral health expenditures.