Healthcare IT News March 8, 2022
In a preview of their HIMSS22 session, two leaders weigh in on the agency’s virtual care efforts – including thousand-fold increases in telehealth encounters.
The Department of Veterans Affairs, via the Veterans Health Administration, oversees care for more than 9 million individuals through upwards of 1,000 facilities.
Many of those patients, however, face mobility hurdles and other challenges that can make it difficult to reach in-person care.
Even before the pandemic, explained Dr. Neil Evans, chief officer for the Office of Connected Care in the Veterans Health Administration, the agency had laid the groundwork for virtual care expansion through established telehealth programs in more than 50 clinical specialties.
In 2017, the VA announced a new initiative called...
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