Rural Health

VA is improving access to care for Veterans in rural areas with the Mobile Prosthetic and Orthotic Care truck.

Expanding women’s health care in rural areas: Training initiatives empower VA primary care teams to meet the growing needs of women Veterans.

VA Research recently published three News Briefs highlighting advances on PTSD treatment, sleep apnea and a pilot food program.

Veteran Patti Fabian offers a space for Veterans in rural areas to telehealth connect with community and resources.

VA’s Office of Connected Care helps Veterans in rural areas receive care through telehealth and other virtual tools.

Home-Based Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation uses telehealth to eliminate barriers and increase rural Veterans’ access to care.

VA OAA 2022 David M. Worthen Ward recipients are improving care quality, trainee diversity and physician teaching to better serve Veterans.

The article discussed the results of an earlier study by Kamdar and colleagues that used photo-elicitation to better understand food insecurity in a group of post 9/11 Veterans with children. The researchers found that food insecurity in Veterans is highly intertwined with physical and mental health, military culture, and lack of basic resources like housing or transportation.

Nurse practitioner provides tele-primary care to Native American and rural Veterans in remote areas. “I love being able to impact them.”

More than 500 participants from minority-serving institutions, academic affiliates and professional organizations attended VA’s 2021 Minority Summit to find ways to advance VA academic partnerships and expand diversity in health professions trainees.

VA is committed to providing high-quality health care to Veterans during the coronavirus pandemic and beyond.

VA provides training on women’s health topics to over 500 rural providers and nurses. Program aims to increase skills related to women’s health. VA is supporting women Veterans in rural communities.