Category: News About BRTA

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We are proud to share that Bay Rivers Telehealth Alliance (BRTA) has been awarded the 2025 Outstanding Rural Health Organization by the National Rural Health Association (NRHA).

The Virginia Rural Health Association (VRHA) announced the recipients of the 2024 VRHA Awards, recognizing individuals, organizations, and lawmakers for their outstanding contributions to the health and well-being of rural Virginians.

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

Inspired by BRTA members efforts to support treatment and support services for SUD in county and regional correctional facilities on the Middle Peninsula, Northern Neck and Eastern Shore, and community conversations about how to spend Opioid Settlement funds going to the localities, a webinar series was conceived, created and launched.

Across the country, Substance Use Disorder (SUD) continues to be one of the most prevalent challenges faced by many.

On November 15, 2023, regional leaders of rural health services convened to commemorate the 20th anniversary of BRTA and to celebrate National Rural Health Day.

BRTA has been awarded federal grant funds of $900,000 over 3 years for its development of the Eastern Shore Telehealth Consortium (ESTC).  This grant establishes a sustainable consortium designed to build a telehealth delivery system infrastructure to promote increased resources, innovation, and coordination of health services on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. 

Bay Rivers Telehealth Alliance is pleased to be named a Rural Health Community Champion for innovative efforts around the use of evidence-based models from US Department of Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant Program.