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October 2008
 Beaver County Behavioral Health Secure TeleHealth Pilot Project
Beaver County Behavioral Health in Beaver County, Pennsylvania is
engaged in a pilot project with Secure TeleHealth to test the viability
of providing peer support for individuals with mental illness via two-way
video conferencing. The pilot, approved by the Pennsylvania Department of
Welfare, Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services will help
peer mentors and peer specialists connect with selected homebound
individuals with mental illness in a variety of settings.
It started October 8, 2008, and will run through June 30,
2009. Five consumer locations are connected with five professionals
locations with the goal of increasing the number of contacts made with
the homebound individuals.
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