Military veterans in Ventura County needing specialty medical care are increasingly seeing their providers through a Skype-like app. The Department of Veterans Affairs calls it "telehealth."
Certain outpatient clinics have a "telehealth cart" that allows a doctor in a separate location to actually perform many of the tasks usually done in-person. These include stethoscope attachments, an otoscope, and an opthalmoscope among others.
In recent years the V.A. has struggled with such access issues—long wait times for appointments, and often long distances between vets and their doctors. As part of a wider effort to address that, the V.A. is turning to technology.
Dr. Kevin Galpin is the interim director of the national telemedicine program at the V.A. He said telehealth can be integrated into "almost any kind of specialty care."
Certain outpatient clinics have a "telehealth cart" that allows a doctor in a separate location to actually perform many of the tasks usually done in-person. These include stethoscope attachments, an otoscope, and an opthalmoscope among others.
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