“This fall, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) operationalized its Coast Guard Care Anywhere initiative with the deployment of an enterprise virtual healthcare platform, ViiMed. The growing COVID-19 pandemic made a robust virtual health platform an urgent necessity.”
“’The health and safety of our Coast Guard service members is a top priority,’ the USCG said in a statement. ‘Coast Guard Care Anywhere provides a critical link between our service members and medical professionals during a time when in-person visits may not be possible. Coast Guard Care Anywhere gives the service one more tool to ensure we’re doing everything we can to promote the health, readiness, and resiliency of our Coast Guard men and women.’”
“A primary goal of any virtual health initiative is to improve access to care. ‘USCG personnel and dependents, as well as their healthcare providers, are dispersed widely across the country. They needed a platform that has the ability to address these geographical challenges. ViiMed provides the ability to triage patients so they can be routed to the most appropriate provider, regardless of physical location,’ said Brion Bennett, Chief Growth Officer at ViiMed, a Washington, D.C.-based small business operating in the virtual care space since 2013.”
“Under prime contractor MicroHealth, ViiMed and the USCG stood up the platform with a conditional Authority to Operate (ATO) less than 10 days after the contract was awarded on Sept. 18. The first set of USCG healthcare providers were enrolled on Oct. 6.” Read the full article here.
Source: U.S. Coast Guard Rapidly Deploys Coast Guard Care Anywhere Virtual Care Platform – December 10, 2020. MeriTalk.
