• has grown to 55 directly connected endpoints (10 video rooms at NARBHA’s Flagstaff headquarters; 31 clinic locations spread throughout Arizona; 5 Arizona State Hospital sites in Phoenix; the Arizona Council and Foundation for Human Services Providers in Phoenix; and the Navajo, Gila River and White Mountain Apache Regional Behavioral Health Authorities in Window Rock, Sacaton and Whiteriver), plus 4 psychiatric providers that dial in from out of state and one from in-state.
• has accommodated more than 50,000 clinical sessions.
• has been recognized as a national leader in telemedicine.
• was listed among Telemedicine and Telehealth Networks Magazine’s “Top Ten” Telemedicine Programs in 1997, 1998 and 1999.
• was featured in a chapter of the book E-Therapy, edited by Robert C. Hsiung and published in 2002.
• was featured in the New York Times in 2006.

Since the establishment of NARBHA's telemedicine network more than 13 years ago, NARBHA has assisted and collaborated with other agencies statewide to create a strong, viable, highly utilized network that:

• provides easily accessible psychiatric care to patients in remote areas
• allows case management and face-to-face psychiatric consultations without travel
• disseminates formal trainings and Continuing Medical Education units to any endpoint on the network
• allows agency and provider staff to meet without leaving their work sites

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