mHealth Intelligence March 29, 2020
Eric Wicklund

In an action plan released last week, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced its intention to ramp up telehealth and mHealth services to improve access to care for veterans and meet the expected surge in infected patients.

The Department of Veterans Affairs will be shifting more services to telehealth and mHealth platforms as it ramps up its efforts to deal with the Coronavirus pandemic.

The VA released a 262-page response plan this past week, including plans to use more connected health services for outpatient care, close certain locations on weekends, postpone elective and non-urgent medical procedures and create zones within its hospitals to separate care providers, those requiring care not related to the virus and those infected with the virus.

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