Kevin Galpin

VA’s meteoric telehealth expansion poses new questions for the future

The Department of Veterans Affairs is considering the next steps for telehealth, after it expanded the program by 1,831% last year.

Veterans Affairs

Feedback surveys play key role in VA’s telehealth expansion

Veterans Affairs

FILE - In this April 2, 2015, file photo, a visitor leaves the Sacramento Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Rancho Cordova, Calif. The number of veterans seeking health care but ending up on waiting lists of one month or more is 50 percent higher now than it was a year ago when a scandal over false records and long wait times wracked the Department of Veterans Affairs, The New York Times reported Saturday, June 20, 2015, online ahead of its Sunday editions. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

VA wants to make telehealth part of its day-to-day business, but says state licensing laws stand in the way

Veterans Affairs