“The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has begun its efforts to revamp the family caregiver engagement and support programs in compliance with the VA MISSION Act, implemented earlier this year.”
“As part of the VA MISSION Act, the agency must expand its family caregiver support program to include caregivers of veteran patients injured on or after September 11, 2001. Now, the family caregiver program will include those who take care of family members injured during any era, the agency said…”
“In order to do successfully expand the caregiver program, the agency will need to implement new technologies that will help manage a larger number of caregivers benefitting from the support program. Specifically, VA will conduct a three-step phased-in approach for the new IT system using the commercial off-the-shelf product Caregiver Record Management Application (CARMA).”
“After initial tool deployment, VA will enter into its second phase to begin using CARMA to streamline family caregiver benefits and stipends. VA plans to begin this second phase in January 2020.”
“By the summer of 2020, VA hopes to be entering phase three, during which the agency will…” Read the full article here.
Source: VA Taps IT Firm to Support Family Caregiver Engagement Expansion – By Sara Heath, October 1, 2019. Patient Engagement HIT.
