February 2, 2018
Innovative Health Technologies
This issue of “The Rural Connection” focuses on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) efforts to provide innovative health care technology options for Veterans, especially in the area of telemedicine.
This issue highlights the innovative ways VA is working to increase access to care for rural Veterans. As Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin, M.D. emphasized, “We’re removing geography as a barrier so that we can speed up access to Veterans and really honor our commitment to them.”
In case you missed it, last quarter’s issue featured some of the ways VA is restoring trust with Veterans and ways they relate to increasing access to care for rural Veterans.
- Message from the Director of the VHA Office of Rural Health
- Local Library Offers Private Space for Rural Veterans’ Tele-mental Health Services
- Teledermatology Improves Rural Veterans’ Access to Expert Skin Care
- VA Now Offers Rural Veterans’ More Local ICU Services
- 20 Reasons Why Nurses Love Working at VA
- VA Butler” Uses Secure Messaging System to Announce Facility Move
- VA Butler” Uses Secure Messaging System to Announce Facility Move
- United States Senate Confirms Randy Reeves to Lead VA Post
- The House that Toni Chiara Built
- New Veteran ID Cards Available
- Download and Share New Rural Veteran Health Fact Sheets
- Secretary’s Advisory Committee Convenes in DC
As you will read throughout these articles, ORH and its partners are committed to make a healthy difference in the communities in which Veterans work and live. Our ultimate goal remains to increase access to care and services for Veterans who reside in rural and highly rural communities.