Boston Medical Center Press Releases

Through Grant & Telemedicine, Boston Medical Center Expanding Access to Epilepsy Care

(Boston) - Nov. 17, 2016 - Boston Medical Center (BMC) has been awarded a three-year, $1.2 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration to expand access to high quality care for underserved populations of children and youth with epilepsy and related disorders. BMC’s Comprehensive Epilepsy Center and Section of Pediatric Neurology will lead the ‘Telehealth Epilepsy Care Collaborative,’ a program that aims to reach a minimum of 1,000 children and youth up to age 24 with epilepsy through advanced telemedicine applications.