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Telemedicine in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is a broad concept with extensive possibilities. Telemedicine is neither an isolated program, nor a list of projects that will ameliorate this condition or that. In concept and technology, telemedicine actually promises a new time-independent geography in which to operate a large, integrated healthcare organization. It is a fundamental development that must be wisely woven into the fabric of the entire enterprise.
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Shannon, R.H., Maloney, D.L. (1997). Telemedicine at the Veterans Health Administration. In: Kolodner, R.M. (eds) Computerizing Large Integrated Health Networks. Computers in Health Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0655-2_29
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