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VA Connected Care Chief: Telehealth Is 'Going to Become Health Care'

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By 2020 … Telehealth Is Part of the Job’. The VA Mission Act , which gives eligible VA providers the power to treat patients who live in other states , granting a certain level of immunity for state-imposed sanctions on care interactions crossing state lines (as they often do with virtual visits).

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Telemedicine Today (#tday): June 2015

American Well

“This allows providers to use telemedicine technology to improve the cost and quality of healthcare delivery.” Healthcare Informatics. As a patient of Franciscan Health System’s primary care clinic in Port Orchard, Soderberg learned about an alternative option: virtual urgent care, at the cost of $35.