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Operating the nation’s largest health care system, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA’s) uses a wide variety of technologies to ensure excellence in care delivery. New technologies are revolutionizing health care, and VA is recognized as a world leader in the development and use of telehealth.
Telehealth services are mission-critical to the future direction of VA care to Veterans. Telehealth increases access to high-quality health care services by using information and telecommunication technologies to provide health care services when the patient and the practitioner are separated by geographical distance. VA is committed to increasing access to care for Veterans, and has placed special emphasis on those in rural and remote locations.