VA officials acknowledge the need for privacy for telehealth therapy

(By Katia Riddle for NPR)

The US Department of Veterans Affairs appears to be backing off a plan to send telehealth therapists back to offices that may lack privacy, according to a memo obtained by NPR.

Addressing widespread concerns over mental health clinicians’ ability to conduct confidential sessions, officials from the VA have issued a memo saying that providers must have private workspaces “that foster trusted, confidential, and therapeutic relationships with Veterans,” when they return to their offices in the coming weeks. Continue reading here…

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