VA's Office of Connected Care’ quickly implemented telehealth capabilities to assist Veterans at two mega-shelters and four community based outpatient clinics following Hurricane Harvey.
Telemedicine is an important vehicle that can help address barriers preventing rural and Veteran populations from accessing quality care.
Using telehealth technology and mobile applications, VA will connect with more Veterans to provide services where they live.
Patients will be able to see VA’s Tele-ICU licensed physicians — called tele-intensivists — and critical-care nurses through telecommunications or other electronic technologies.
Last year VA provided mental health treatment to more than […]
Last fiscal year, VA provided mental health treatment to more than 1.6 million Veterans, resulting in over 21 million encounters. Of those, more than 133,000 Veterans received some of their mental health treatment through telehealth equaling more than 426,000 encounters.
Alaska, also called the last frontier, is 586,400 square miles. […]
Dr. David Shulkin, Modern Healthcare Top 50 Most Influential Physician […]
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Clinical Psychologist for the National Center for PTSD
Teams at VA’s National Center for PTSD and DoD’s National Center for Telehealth and Technology have collaborated to create a mobile phone application (app) to help Veterans and Service Members who have, or may have PTSD.
Nearly 40 percent of enrolled Veterans live in rural areas of our country. These Veterans have difficulty in obtaining access to quality health care.
The 2011 Industry Innovation Competition will focus on leveraging ideas from the private sector for the benefit of Veterans and medical care.