VA Launches Rural Telehealth Program

VA Launches Rural Telehealth Program

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced a new program aimed at providing veterans in rural America access to telehealth services to address post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The VA Offices of Rural Health and Quality Enhancement Research Institute are collaborating this new Telemedicine Outreach for PTSD (TOP) program. The program is being piloted at 12 locations across the nation and will be fully implemented nationwide in 2020.