“If the Department of Veterans Affairs can provide veterans with doctor’s visits virtually through its popular telehealth system, can the Board of Veterans Appeals hold benefits appeals hearings in the same manner?…”
“We’re working closely with IT, and others in the department, to use the telehealth foundation to do tele-hearings, which will be much like the telehealth process,” she said. The similarity between the two goes to their technological roots — the emergent tele-hearing platform, which has apparently been under development for the past few months, is built on “almost the same” foundation as the telehealth system…” Read the full article here.
Source: The VA is ‘close’ to piloting tele-hearing capability – By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier, March 27, 2019. FedScoop.
