VA tops 2 million telehealth visits, looks to expand programs

Katherine Davis | | Health Exec | Telehealth

To help meet the needs of its patients, the Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding their telehealth program, offering more home options for those in rural and underserved communities.

The VA will be expanding telehealth in the following categories: Clinical video telehealth, home telehealth and store-and-forward telehealth. They will be delivering services in 50 specialties.

In 2015, the VA had more than 2.14 million telehealth visits, reaching 12 percent of all veterans while reducing hospital bed days by 58 percent, some of the reasons it's confident that expanding the program is a good move.

To read more about the expansion, click the link below:

VA expanding telehealth to meet growing needs of veterans

Katherine Davis,

Senior Writer

As a Senior Writer for TriMed Media Group, Katherine primarily focuses on producing news stories, Q&As and features for Cardiovascular Business. She reports on several facets of the cardiology industry, including emerging technology, new clinical trials and findings, and quality initiatives among providers. She is based out of TriMed's Chicago office and holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Columbia College Chicago. Her work has appeared in Modern Healthcare, Crain's Chicago Business and The Detroit News. She joined TriMed in 2016.

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