mHealth Intelligence June 17, 2020
Eric Wicklund

Due to the COVID-19 emergency, veterans are logging onto the VA Video Connect app more than 120,000 times a week to access care, a 1,000 percent increase in traffic compared to a typical three-month span.

Veterans used telehealth to access care more than 120,000 times a week during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

That’s more than a 1,000 percent increase over the usual traffic recorded on the VA Video Connect mHealth app, officials said. The three-year-old platform, touted as one of the nation’s best connected health programs, typically sees 10,000 visits a week.

“As we near the three-year anniversary of the launch of VA Video Connect, even during these challenging times, VA...

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Topics: Digital Health, Health IT, Healthcare System, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Public Health / COVID, Technology, Telehealth, VA / DoD
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