“Innovation often begins with a flash of inspiration — a light bulb moment. For Iain Trayner, his light bulb moment came in 2016 while watching a demonstration of a Clinical Video Telehealth encounter during a tour of the Minneapolis VA Health Care System.”
“Trayner, the technology-enabled care manager for National Health Service (NHS) Western Isles in Scotland, marveled at how VA could remotely connect patients with their providers through mobile telehealth carts outfitted with diagnostic tools and video equipment.”
“The wheels began to turn in Trayner’s head as he thought about how his team at NHS Western Isles could use VA’s telehealth model to improve health care access for the facility’s remote and rural patients, many of whom traveled half a day or more for a 10-minute consultation…” Read the full article here.
Source: VA Telehealth serves as guiding light for UK health system – By Treva Lutes July 21, 2019. VA.gov.
