News & Presentations
News
Businesswire, February 14, 2023: “United Health Foundation Awards $3.2 Million Dollar Grant to East Carolina University to Improve Youth Mental Health”
ECU News Services, February 14, 2023: “Grant Expands NC-STeP: ECU will provide mental health services for youth with $3.2 million United Health Foundation grant”
Spectrum Local News, February 14, 2023: “$3.2 million investment will expand virtual mental health services for children”
WCTI, February 14, 2023: “Governor Cooper speaks on mental health at ECU”
WITN, February 14, 2023: “Governor Cooper announces telepsychiatry grant in Greenville”
East Carolina University, March 11, 2022: Blue Cross NC Funds ECU, ECSU partnership for student behavioral health services”
WNCT, October 27, 2021: “UnitedHealthcare, ECU team up to address North Carolina’s unfavorable women and infant mortality rates”
Healthcare Innovation, September 9, 2019: “NC-STeP Telepsychiatry Network a Model for Statewide Coverage”
Psychiatric Times, June 18, 2018: “Using Telehealth to Enhance Access to Evidence-Based Care”
North Carolina Health News, July 20, 2017: “STePs Toward Shortening ED Wait Times for Mental Health Patients”
East Carolina University, July 8, 2016: “Restoring Lives: ECU Telepsychiatry reaches patients across North Carolina”
The News and Observer: September 2015; “Across much of US, a serious shortage of psychiatrists”
ECU Today; March 2015: “Grant furthers telepsychiatry program”
ED Management; February 2015: “States leverage telepsychiatry solutions to ease ED crowding, accelerate care” (PDF)
2014
NC Health News: September 29, 2014: “Broadband, a Screen and a Mic Connects Patients to Psychiatrists”
Mental Health Weekly; August 7, 2014: “Telepsychiatry in North Carolina tackles care access, workforce scarcity” (PDF)
Winston-Salem Journal; June 23, 2014: “Telepsychiatry initiative gets $1.5 million grant”
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services; June 19, 2014; “DHHS receives $1.5 million Duke endowment grant to expand telepsychiatry program”
Winston-Salem Journal; June 8, 2014: “Study: Telepsychiatry shows promise”
NPR; May 7, 2014: “Telepsychiatry Brings Emergency Mental Health Care To Rural Areas”
Jared Brumbaugh, Public Radio East: April 11, 2014; “Update On Statewide Telepsychiatry Program”
Winston-Salem Journal: April 10, 2014; “Editorial: Telepsychiatry is needed alternative in crisis situations”
NC Insight: March 2014: “Telepsychiatry in North Carolina: Mental Health Care Comes to You” (PDF)
2013
Jared Brumbaugh, Public Radio East: October 22, 2013; “Statewide Telepsychiatry Program Starts Next Year”
ECU Health Beat; October 11, 2013: “Telepsychiatry: ECU’s innovative answer to North Carolina’s mental health shortage”
Winston-Salem Journal; August 17, 2013: “State Commits $4 Million to Telepsychiatry Program for Rural Hospitals”
The Daily Dispatch; August 16, 2013: “Doctors, counselors getting expanded abilities”
East Carolina University; August 16, 2013: “Serving Statewide: Brody telepsychiatry network to expand across N.C.”
Presentations
National Rural Health Association Conference Poster Apr 2022: “NC-STeP: Using Telepsychiatry to Improve Access to Evidence-Based Care”
MidAtlantic Telehealth Resource Center Conference Poster Mar 2022 Second Place People’s Choice Award Winner: “MOTHeRS: Maternal Outreach Through Telehealth for Rural Sites”
MidAtlantic Telehealth Resource Center Conference Mar 2015 First Place Poster Winner: “Using Telepsychiatry to Improve Access to Evidence-Based Care” (PDF)