ATLAS

American Legion Post 12 hosted a stand down to share ATLAS and community resources with Veterans in Wickenburg, Arizona.

The ATLAS (Accessing Telehealth through Local Area Stations) site in Los Banos, California, has reached a new milestone: 200 telehealth encounters.

ATLAS site in Los Banos, California, is having a positive impact on Veterans in the community. VFW Post 2487 has had more video visits than any other ATLAS site.

Telehealth brings VA care directly to Veterans. Here are a few ways that Veterans can use telehealth to connect with their VA care teams.

Veteran Richard Weldon, commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6786, shares his experience with the ATLAS site in his community — and the impact it has had on Veterans living in Eureka, Montana.

The numbers confirm telehealth is today’s remote health care revolution. VA wants to make access possible for all Veterans. Ask your health care provider about the Digital Divide Consult.

Veterans who live near Springfield, Virginia, have likely sat idling in traffic on Interstate 395 on their way to receive health care in Washington, D.C. For those Veterans, navigating Washington’s heavy traffic is no longer a problem – at least for their VA health care appointments. Thanks to ATLAS (Accessing Telehealth through Local Area Stations), those Veterans can now meet face to face with their VA providers through video telehealth technology in a private appointment room at American Legion Post 176 in Springfield.

It’s called ATLAS - Accessing Telehealth through Local Area Stations. VA opened another one this month at a VFW Post in rural Pennsylvania. It gives Veterans the option to receive VA care closer to home.

The VA Secretary’s Center for Strategic Partnerships (SCSP) highlighted its programs' progress at the State of Veteran Customer Experience Facebook Live event on October 20. The live event featured Veterans talking about their experiences with VA and partner programs, noting that many had exceeded their expectations. 

ATLAS sites offer health care services that do not require hands-on exams such as primary care, mental health counseling, clinical pharmacy, nutrition services, social work, and more.

ATLAS will allow Veterans to be examined at their local VSO post through virtual appointments with medical professionals across the Nation.

Advancing Telehealth through Local Access Stations (ATLAS) is the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ latest innovative virtual health care experience to increase Veteran access to care. ATLAS caters to Veterans living in rural areas with long travel times to VA health care facilities or with limited connectivity at home.