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VA Dedicated to Reaching Veterans in Rural Areas

Shane McNamee, MD
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The VA is dedicated on a national level to making sure veterans in rural areas continue to get care even after they have left the main centers — through using telehealth technologies to reaching out to local healthcare providers.

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Posted on BrainLine September 27, 2012.

Produced by Victoria Tilney McDonough and Erica Queen, BrainLine, and Dan Edblom.