“Three VA hospitals around the country will soon be using telehealth to give veterans access to creating arts therapy to deal with neurological and behavioral health issues.”
“The three hospitals are part of a program developed by the US Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Rural Health and the National Endowment for the Arts to give rural and remote veterans living with traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder a chance to try new rehabilitation treatments through art, music, dance and creative writing…”
“The RVTRI program was launched in 2009 to give rural veterans access to rehabilitation programs through telemedicine and mHealth platforms. The program was first developed through the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, using physical, occupational, recreational and speech language therapy, as well as supported learning services. Working with the University of Florida’s Center for Arts and Medicine, the program added creative arts therapy in 2014…” Read the full article here.
Source: VA Centers Use Telehealth to Give Vets Access to Creative Arts Therapy – By Eric Wicklund, March 2, 2020. mHealth Intelligence.
