VA to make new tele-emergency care service available across U.S.
A tele-EC pilot program assisted more than 60,000 callers, the agency said.
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VA Secretary warns budget cap could hit agency’s telehealth and cyber programs
Denis McDonough on Wednesday set out concerns about a $345 million potential shortfall within the VA's Office of Information Technology.
Biden touts ARPA-H launch in SOTU address
The president also highlighted plans for federal agencies to increase telehealth access.
Telehealth rates won’t fade after pandemic, VA CIO says
Dominic Cussatt says the use of telehealth for veterans’ care, which flourished during the pandemic, will remain widespread at the VA.
Sustaining telehealth services with data intelligence
Though public health agencies initially strained to deliver care remotely, new data intelligences tools are helping them improve capacity and security of their health platforms.
Pandemic pushed National Cancer Institute to commercial software for telemedicine, CIO says
The institute switched to Microsoft Teams for telemedicine amid the pandemic because it was quick to scale, cheap and user-friendly.
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Medicare telehealth expansion gets bipartisan stamp of approval from lawmakers
A bipartisan, bicameral group is urging House and Senate leaders to use end-of-year legislation to permanently expand Medicare coverage of telehealth services.
VA expanding telehealth care to rural cancer patients with new grant
With a new grant from the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation, the VA is advancing its teleoncology services by bringing cancer counseling to rural veterans.
How VA improved its IT with $2B in emergency coronavirus funding
The VA is "putting every penny of" the more than $2 billion it received for things like telework and telehealth to "effective use," VA CIO James Gfrerer…
VA moves benefits hearings online following passage of new modernization act
The VA is moving more services online. A recent law allowed veterans to appear before benefit hearings remotely.