Healthcare IT News July 8, 2020
The longtime partners will build out what they’re calling the world’s largest-ever remote intensive care system, as the VA is poised for a significant increase in IT funding.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a major long-term contract to Philips to build out the VA’s tele-critical care infrastructure.
WHY IT MATTERS
The 10-year agreement, which could total as much as $100 million, will see Philips innovating the VA’s telehealth technology and services – including tele-ICU, remote patient monitoring, diagnostic imaging, sleep monitors and more – in what’s being billed as “the world’s largest system to provide veterans remote access to intensive care.”
The expansion of VA’s existing telehealth capabilities – it delivered more than 2.5 million telehealth episodes in...
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