{"id":14646,"date":"2019-12-03T08:54:25","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T13:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14646"},"modified":"2019-12-03T08:54:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T13:54:25","slug":"va-telehealth-app-usage-increased-235-in-2019-3-things-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14646","title":{"rendered":"VA telehealth app usage increased 235% in 2019: 3 things to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Jackie Drees for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Veterans increasingly used Department of Veterans Affairs&#8217; telehealth application VA Video Connect for medical appointments this year.<\/p>\n<p>The app can be accessed by smartphone or tablet and uses the device&#8217;s camera to connect veterans with their VA providers for virtual appointments. In June, VA\u00a0partnered\u00a0with Verizon to expand veterans&#8217; access to the app wherever Verizon&#8217;s 4G-network covers.\u00a0 Continue reading article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/telehealth\/va-telehealth-app-usage-increased-235-in-2019-3-things-to-know.html\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/file000828588926-700x560-phone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9697\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/file000828588926-700x560-phone-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/file000828588926-700x560-phone-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/file000828588926-700x560-phone.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Jackie Drees for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) Veterans increasingly used Department of Veterans Affairs&#8217; telehealth application VA Video Connect for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-telehealth","category-veterans-benefits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14646"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14647,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14646\/revisions\/14647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}