The Veterans Health Administration (VA) wants to extend patients' telehealthcare into their homes, using the Office of Connected Care to oversee "home telehealth, patient monitoring and mobile apps. " The VA is also keen to ensure patients' family caregivers are included in "virtual episodes of care," and wants to use mobile technology to create group therapy sessions or dietary interventions. , how do we help our providers understand that this technology exists, understand how to use it, and bring on some that are slower to adopt? In a recent report, McKinsey & Company noted that telemedicine has been used by more than half of all Americans for at least one medical service since 2010.
The Veterans Health Administration (VA) wants to extend patients' telehealthcare into their homes, using the Office of Connected Care to oversee "home telehealth, patient monitoring and mobile apps. " The VA is also keen to ensure patients' family caregivers are included in "virtual episodes of care," and wants to use mobile technology to create group therapy sessions or dietary interventions. In a recent report, McKinsey & Company noted that telemedicine has been used by more than half of all Americans for at least one medical service since 2010.