The Office of Connected Care focuses on improving health care through technology. By harnessing the latest virtual care tools, Connected Care expands the Veteran’s experience beyond the traditional office visit. This makes health information and care more accessible for Veterans.
Connected Care’s programs include My HealtheVet, VA Telehealth Services, and VA Mobile. Connected Care brings these programs together under one umbrella, making it easy for Veterans to choose the health care options that work for them. These programs and their digital technologies empower Veterans to take charge of their health and be active participants in their care.
Connected Care also offers virtual care tools support to Veterans, their family members and caregivers, and VA staff at Virtual Health Resource Centers located at select VA facilities. Health technology experts at VA Virtual Health Resource Centers provide technical support and troubleshooting, training, and other resources for virtual care tools such as the VA Video Connect app, the My HealtheVet patient portal, other VA apps, and health care devices in person at participating facilities.
Office of Connected Care programs include
My HealtheVet
My HealtheVet is VA’s web-based Personal Health Record for Veterans, and has been successfully giving Veterans tools to manage their own health for over 10 years.
With My HealtheVet, Veterans have access to VA online tools that will help them track their health information and appointments, refill prescriptions, download information from their VA health records through VA Blue Button, communicate with their VA care team through Secure Messaging and access other resources to help them lead healthier lives.
Visit My HealtheVet to learn more.
VA Mobile
VA Mobile develops mobile apps that offer safe and secure access to VA records - all from a mobile device. VA apps are developed for both Veterans and health care professionals to allow them to access information on demand when they need it most, making it easier for Veterans to be more actively involved in their health care and giving VA care teams true mobility of patient data for the first time.
Visit VA Mobile to learn more.
VA Telehealth Services
VA Telehealth Services improves convenience to Veterans by providing access to care from their homes or local communities when they need it. Telehealth technologies provide clinical care in circumstances where distance separates those receiving services and those providing services.
Visit VA Telehealth Services to learn more.
Connected Care Leadership
Neil C. Evans, M.D.
Chief Officer
Office of Connected Care
Veterans Health Administration & Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology/CIO
Office of Information and Technology
Meredith Josephs, MD, MPH
Executive Director, Connected Health
Office of Connected Care
Veterans Health Administration
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Kevin Galpin, M.D.
Executive Director, Telehealth Services
Office of Connected Care
Veterans Health Administration
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Ellen Edmonson, RN, MPH
Deputy Director of Operations and Quality
Telehealth Services | Office of Connected Care
Veterans Health Administration
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Leonie Heyworth, M.D., MPH
Deputy Director for Clinical Services
Telehealth Services | Office of Connected Care
Veterans Health Administration
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs