{"id":26443,"date":"2026-08-20T12:04:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=26443"},"modified":"2026-08-20T12:04:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:04:22","slug":"how-va-health-chat-helps-one-veteran-manage-care-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=26443","title":{"rendered":"How VA Health Chat helps one Veteran manage care from home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VA Health Chat app connects Veterans to VA health care<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Army Veteran Evan Burnside, a visit to the nearest VA facility means a three-hour trip: an hour\u2019s drive each way, plus time for parking and navigating crowded facilities, adds up fast. As a new father, Burnside finds that making frequent in-person visits simply isn\u2019t practical.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/148862\/va-health-chat-helps-veteran-manage-care-home\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/148862\/va-health-chat-helps-veteran-manage-care-home\/\">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) VA Health Chat app connects Veterans to VA health care For Army Veteran Evan Burnside, a visit<\/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":[413,87,245],"class_list":["post-26443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-telehealth","category-veterans-benefits","tag-va-health-chat","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26443","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=26443"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26444,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26443\/revisions\/26444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}