Becker's Healthcare June 19, 2018
VA has implemented “point-to-point” telehealth — which allows patients to access providers at any VA clinic in the VA system — at 900 sites of care in more than 50 specialties. So far, the VA is reporting a 92 percent satisfaction rate for clinical video telehealth, Neil Evans, MD, chief officer for the Office of Connected Care at the VA, told FCW.
The agency has nearly $1.3 billion available for telehealth in its 2018 budget, and officials are expecting to spend $1.2 billion in 2019 as well as $955...