mHealth Intelligence July 9, 2020
Eric Wicklund

One project aims to create a national network of virtual care wards to address the coronavirus pandemic, while a separate program will build out the VA’s telehealth platform to create the largest telecritical care program in the nation.

Federal officials are partnering with several health systems and telehealth companies to develop a nationwide telecritical care network, including a separate telemedicine platform for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The US Defense Department’s Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) and Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC) recently launched Phase 1 of National Emergency Telecritical Care Network (NETCCN) Project, aimed at creating a network of “virtual critical care wards” to address the coronavirus pandemic.

TATRC and METC are partnering with Avera Health, the...

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