A Study of Remote Medication Management Using Veterans Affairs Clinical Video Telehealth Services

Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) are centers that allow primary care to be delivered to veterans that are a long distance from a main Veterans Affairs (VA) campus. However, these CBOCs often do not have physicians who are trained in geriatric principles. In Pittsburgh, a clinical video telehealth (CVT) dementia consult service based in the Pittsburgh VA allows for remote care of dementia patients, particularly in the optimization of medications.
Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - Category: Health Management Authors: Tags: Research Source Type: research