{"id":25867,"date":"2026-04-21T08:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25867"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:01:15","slug":"telehealth-connects-veteran-to-more-than-just-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25867","title":{"rendered":"Telehealth connects Veteran to more than just care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Air Force Veteran learns that a video screen is not a barrier to building relationships<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ronald Miller lives more than 30 miles away from his nearest VA medical center, so it\u2019s not surprising that telehealth has given him easier access to care and new opportunities to improve his health. But telehealth has also given the 82-year-old Air Force Veteran something he hadn\u2019t expected: camaraderie and rapport that have extended beyond his video visits.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/146238\/telehealth-connects-veteran-more-than-just-care\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/146238\/telehealth-connects-veteran-more-than-just-care\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width: 225px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png 418w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov) Air Force Veteran learns that a video screen is not a barrier to building relationships Ronald Miller<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,7],"tags":[103,904,87,245],"class_list":["post-25867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-telehealth","category-veterans-benefits","tag-telehealth","tag-va-video-connect","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25867","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=25867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25868,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25867\/revisions\/25868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}