Veterans Affairs Goes Hi-Tech, Launches iPad Program

ByBenjamin Krause

A new Veterans Affairs initiative has started to hand out 1,000 iPads to veterans’ families. The program is geared to study the benefits of using mobile technology. Veterans Affairs hopes the iPads will help caregivers and veterans coordinate with doctors.

The program is called the “Clinic-in-Hand.” It is part of the VA’s new mobile health initiative. The 1,000 families selected will be used new iPad apps designed specifically for mobile health care.

The VA’s iPad apps are “designed to increase the convenience of health care management and strengthen communication among veterans, family caregivers and clinicians,” according to VA spokeswoman Josephine Schuda.

VA intends to develop its own app store. The app store will specifically provide software related to this initiative.

Contractor District Communications Group is carrying out the iPad app development initiative. VA award this veteran-owned firm $350,000 over 12 months to carry out the implementation.

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Benjamin Krause is an award winning veterans rights advocate, attorney, and investigative reporter fighting to advance the rights of veterans for more than a decade. His advocacy work has been featured in national publications such as Bloomberg News, Foreign Policy Magazine, Washington Times, Fox News, CBS, NBC, Star Tribune and more.

Author of the Voc Rehab Survival Guide for Veterans, Benjamin earned degrees from Northwestern University and the University of Minnesota Law School, where he graduated magna cum laude.

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