“The Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding its telehealth platform to give veterans access to healthcare at local American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts.”
“VFW Post 6786 in Eureka, MT became the first in the nation this week to open a connected health clinic as part of the VA’s ATLAS (Accessing Telehealth through Local Area Stations) program. The project aims to improve access to care for the nation’s 20 million veterans, roughly 5 million of which live in designated rural areas…”
“The program is a partnership involving the VA, VFW, American Legion and Philips, which is providing the virtual care platform and mHealth devices for the telehealth stations. Clinics will soon be opening at a VFW post in Linesville, PA, a combined VFM/American Legion post in Los Banos, CA and an American Legion post in Springfield, VA…”
“The VA-Philips partnership was unveiled in late 2018 as part of the agency’s “Anywhere to Anywhere VA Health Care” initiative launched a year earlier by Wilkie’s predecessor, David Shulkin. Along with the Philips deal, the VA also forged partnerships with Walmart to establish telehealth clinics in select locations and T-Mobile to host the VA’s Video Connect mHealth app.”
“While the mHealth app enables veterans to access care from their smartphone or laptop, the Walmart and Philips deals aim to reach veterans who don’t normally use mHealth devices, but would go to a locally located clinic…” Read the full article here.
Source: VA Launches Telehealth Outreach to VFW, American Legion Posts – by Eric Wicklund, October 16, 2019. mHealth Intelligence.
