Mason receives $500,000 USDA grant to expand rural telehealth capabilities amidst COVID-19

(George Mason University) The George Mason University College of Health and Human Services has received a $500,000 grant from the USDA to implement the Rural Opioid Telehealth Project, which will serve an estimated 177,000 rural, low-income residents of Virginia and West Virginia. Through the Mason and Partners Clinics and Mason's Population Health Center, it will train medical professionals on how to appropriately prescribe opioids, screen for and identify the risk of opioid use disorder, and d...