{"id":17783,"date":"2020-05-14T18:20:42","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T22:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opsweb.wpengine.com\/?p=17783"},"modified":"2020-10-21T15:51:08","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T19:51:08","slug":"va-doctors-fight-covid19-virtual-health-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/va-doctors-fight-covid19-virtual-health-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories of Service: Trio of VA doctors fights COVID-19 with virtual health tools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Within the Veterans&nbsp;Health&nbsp;Administration&nbsp;is&nbsp;a three-person team&nbsp;leading the way&nbsp;in what they call \u201cconnected&nbsp;care\u201d&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;increasing&nbsp;the accessibility, capacity,&nbsp;quality&nbsp;and experience&nbsp;of&nbsp;health&nbsp;care for veterans.&nbsp;It\u2019s especially critical&nbsp;during the COVID-19 pandemic,&nbsp;as&nbsp;more health care providers&nbsp;nationwide&nbsp;look to the VA&nbsp;as&nbsp;the North&nbsp;Star for implementing their own telehealth programs.&nbsp;The trio&nbsp;consists of&nbsp;Kathleen Frisbee,&nbsp;whose&nbsp;Ph.D.&nbsp;is&nbsp;in systems engineering, and&nbsp;Kevin Galpin and Neil Evans, both medical doctors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>COVID-19 pandemic&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>leads to<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>telehealth&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>surge&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly after the outbreak of the&nbsp;COVID-19&nbsp;pandemic, the trio recognized they had to quickly pivot&nbsp;the&nbsp;VA\u2019s&nbsp;Office of Connected Care&nbsp;to help contain the virus and get care to those who needed it, while&nbsp;also&nbsp;keeping&nbsp;providers,&nbsp;patients and&nbsp;their families&nbsp;safe.&nbsp;It meant using&nbsp;digital technologies&nbsp;to&nbsp;extend&nbsp;health care&nbsp;access beyond the traditional office visit.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSince the outbreak, we have seen an explosion of video care,\u201d Galpin said. Last year,&nbsp;the VA&nbsp;provided&nbsp;just under&nbsp;300,000 video visits to veterans in their homes.&nbsp;In the&nbsp;past month&nbsp;alone,&nbsp;the&nbsp;VA&nbsp;delivered&nbsp;nearly&nbsp;400,000.&nbsp;In March and April, daily video visits to&nbsp;veterans\u2019&nbsp;homes increased from about 2,000 to 20,000 per day.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One&nbsp;VA&nbsp;program,&nbsp;called ANNIE,&nbsp;is an app that&nbsp;sends&nbsp;patients&nbsp;automated text&nbsp;messages&nbsp;to&nbsp;help them stay focused on their self-care.&nbsp;A&nbsp;recent survey&nbsp;indicated&nbsp;76% of respondents found the&nbsp;ANNIE&nbsp;app to be \u201cvery helpful\u201d&nbsp;in supporting them during the pandemic.&nbsp;The majority&nbsp;of&nbsp;respondents&nbsp;said they felt&nbsp;it gave them&nbsp;better access to VA health care.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Telehealth is the future, and the VA is leading the way<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTelehealth is having its moment,\u201d&nbsp;Evans&nbsp;said.&nbsp;\u201cBecause&nbsp;of COVID-19,&nbsp;there is now a&nbsp;much broader&nbsp;understanding within the American health care system&nbsp;about&nbsp;the importance of telehealth.\u201d&nbsp;The VA is engaging with other health care providers across the country&nbsp;regarding&nbsp;lessons&nbsp;it has&nbsp;learned, he added. \u201cWe\u2019re always willing to share.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remote heath care delivery will be the&nbsp;new normal,&nbsp;the&nbsp;trio&nbsp;agreed. \u201cThe surge in telehealth during the pandemic will establish a new utilization baseline for virtual care services because of increased provider and patient exposure,\u201d Galpin said.&nbsp;According to&nbsp;Frisbee,&nbsp;older populations are&nbsp;increasingly embracing&nbsp;technology\u2014through&nbsp;tablets and phone apps, for instance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Evans&nbsp;said he&nbsp;is motivated&nbsp;by&nbsp;seeing&nbsp;how&nbsp;the connected care program&nbsp;has&nbsp;improved&nbsp;the&nbsp;health care&nbsp;experience not just for his own patients and colleagues, but&nbsp;also&nbsp;for&nbsp;veterans and clinicians&nbsp;throughout&nbsp;the VA health care system. \u201cWhen we increase the scale and impact of this program, we\u2019re delivering better care for&nbsp;veterans, helping them live healthier lives.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Galpin wants&nbsp;the&nbsp;VA&nbsp;to be&nbsp;the most&nbsp;accessible&nbsp;and&nbsp;highest-quality&nbsp;health care system anywhere,&nbsp;he said,&nbsp;a vision&nbsp;that could be&nbsp;realized,&nbsp;in part,&nbsp;through&nbsp;VA\u2019s&nbsp;expansive use of telehealth.&nbsp;\u201cI want&nbsp;to see that&nbsp;for&nbsp;our&nbsp;veterans,&nbsp;and I want to see that as a model for health care everywhere.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neil&nbsp;Evans,&nbsp;Kathleen&nbsp;Frisbee, and&nbsp;Kevin&nbsp;Galpin&nbsp;are finalists&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;2020&nbsp;Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal&nbsp;for management excellence. Read more about their work on the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/servicetoamericamedals.org\/honorees\/neil-c-evans-m-d-kathleen-l-frisbee-ph-d-and-kevin-galpin-m-d\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sammies&nbsp;website<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on the Connected Care program, visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.connectedcare.va.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VA\u2019s Connected Care website<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We want to share more encouraging stories like this one, so <a href=\"http:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\">visit our blog<\/a>, or if you know of federal employees who are&nbsp;helping ease the effects of, or working&nbsp;to stop&nbsp;the COVID-19 pandemic,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:pschaffel@ourpublicservice.org;%20ntolsma@ourpublicservice.org;%20lcollen@ourpublicservice.org?subject=Story%20of%20impact%20against%20COVID-19\" target=\"_blank\">please email us<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Neil C. Evans, M.D.<\/em><em>,<\/em><em>&nbsp;is the Chief Officer for the Office of Connected Care in the Veterans Health Administration. He is board-certified in both Internal Medicine and Clinical Informatics. In addition to his executive leadership role in&nbsp;<\/em><em>c<\/em><em>linical&nbsp;<\/em><em>i<\/em><em>nformatics within VHA, Dr. Evans is an active clinician, managing a panel of patients in the&nbsp;<\/em><em>p<\/em><em>rimary&nbsp;<\/em><em>c<\/em><em>are clinic at the Washington, D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Kathleen L. Frisbee, Ph.D., MPH is the Director of Connected Health, aligned under the Office of Connected Care in the Veterans Health Administration<\/em><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><em>Frisbee is part of a leadership team charged with the effort to improve services to&nbsp;<\/em><em>v<\/em><em>eterans, their families and&nbsp;<\/em><em>c<\/em><em>aregivers by increasing access, fostering continuity and promoting patient empowerment through electronic health technologies.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Dr. Kevin Galpin<\/em><em>, M.D.,<\/em><em>&nbsp;is the Executive Director of VA Telehealth Services aligned under the Office of Connected Care. He is responsible for overseeing the implementation and coordination of telehealth technologies throughout VA. Dr. Galpin is a physician, board certified in&nbsp;<\/em><em>I<\/em><em>nternal&nbsp;<\/em><em>M<\/em><em>edicine and&nbsp;<\/em><em>C<\/em><em>linical&nbsp;<\/em><em>I<\/em><em>nformatics.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Within the Veterans&nbsp;Health&nbsp;Administration&nbsp;is&nbsp;a three-person team&nbsp;leading the way&nbsp;in what they call \u201cconnected&nbsp;care\u201d&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;increasing&nbsp;the accessibility, capacity,&nbsp;quality&nbsp;and experience&nbsp;of&nbsp;health&nbsp;care for veterans.&nbsp;It\u2019s especially critical&nbsp;during the COVID-19 pandemic,&nbsp;as&nbsp;more health care providers&nbsp;nationwide&nbsp;look to the VA&nbsp;as&nbsp;the North&nbsp;Star for implementing their own telehealth programs.&nbsp;The trio&nbsp;consists of&nbsp;Kathleen Frisbee,&nbsp;whose&nbsp;Ph.D.&nbsp;is&nbsp;in systems engineering, and&nbsp;Kevin Galpin and Neil Evans, both medical doctors.&nbsp; COVID-19 pandemic&nbsp;leads to&nbsp;telehealth&nbsp;surge&nbsp;&nbsp; Shortly after the outbreak of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":17786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sort-date":"","content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9882],"tags":[7340,9647,10227],"class_list":["post-17783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories-of-service","tag-covid-19","tag-service-to-america-medals","tag-va"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.2 (Yoast SEO v26.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Stories of Service: Trio of VA doctors fights COVID-19 with virtual health tools &#8226; Partnership for Public Service<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Three doctors at the Veterans Health Administration are focused on increasing the accessibility, capacity, quality and experience of health care for veterans. 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