Town of Manteo considers using the NCMS Foundation Project VBOT

The Manteo Healthcare Task Force met with NCMS’s Franklin Walker to talk about the Virtual Based Opioid Treatment (VBOT) Program.  At the meeting, the Mayor of Manteo thanked the NCMS Foundation and Walker for helping set up the Outer Banks Medical Group, the NCMS Preceptor Hub formed in partnership with Manteo Community Health in Manteo, Engelhard, and Ocracoke.

The conversation, however, focused on how to bring virtual care to area residents.  The program would allow law enforcement or recovery programs to connect patients with virtual counselling, mail-in drug screenings, and help eliminate long commutes to treatment facilities.

The mission of Project VBOT is to facilitate patient access to treatment, contain treatment costs, empower clinicians, deliver advanced methodology, and connect with communities.

Walker said after the meeting that “It is three or four hours for a behavioral health provider to drive down here.  With our model that won’t happen.  A person in treatment in our model can be at home or be in their car and we can see them over telehealth.”

Manteo and the Task Force are in early discussions with the NCMS about joining the program.

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