The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has implemented a new initiative, Specialty Care Access Network-Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (SCAN-ECHO), to increase access to specialty care services for Veterans in rural and medically under-served areas through the use of videoconferencing equipment.
The DoD-VA virtual lifetime electronic record is on track to implement health information exchange at 11 centers, and to partner with DoD, private healthcare entities by this fall.