Rural Health

VA Research highlights a telehealth tool for rural Women Veterans with chronic pain, how Veterans can quit smoking and home-based cardiac rehabilitation.

VA Research recently published findings on telehealth kidney disease management, potential treatment for Parkinson's and help with military transition.

VA’s Office of Research and Development recently published three News Briefs highlighting research findings on improving cancer care, a robotic wheelchair system and Parkinson's disease.

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.”