Next, the Senate Veteran Affairs Committee examines caregiving provisions under the Va Mission Act signed into law on june 2018. Almost two and a half hours. Good morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. I welcome our witnesses appearing in person and those appearing distantly. We look forward to their testimony to get a better idea of where the department of Veterans Affairs are in administering the missions act. We are also interested in learning more about the caregivers implementation as well. Member of our participating. Be hearing isf todays the implementation of title i under the mission act by the department of Veterans Affairs relating to Veterans Community care programs and the program of comprehensive assistance to family caregivers. I scheduled this hearing because my dissatisfying dissatisfaction with the implementation of the mission. Department chose to decline the invitation. This committee and the be a share a common goal to pass the mission in 2018 to bett
Service and brought to you by your television provider. This week on the communicators, a discussion about a growing form of telecommunications and that is telemedicine. Are dr. Joseph kvedar along with our guest reporter Kimberly Leonard of Business Insider. How long has telemedicine been thend and what has been growth or use of it in the past couple months . It has been around since the early 1920s, there was a picture in one of the magazines, not popular science, it had a different name, it shows a family huddled around a radio having a visit with a doctor on the other side. The concept has been around for a while. The late 1960s is when it got going at it puttered around for the next several decades and a couple months ago when we told everyone in the u. S. That they had to stay in their home and we as clinicians had to take care of them, it blossomed overnight. How can it be used today . It can be used in a number of ways. The best uses, Mental Health is the number one use and god
To office. Drivers on a 61 margin prefer being independent contractors. Live from cnbc global headquarters, the facts, the truth, the news with Shepard Smith. Good evening. Krns coronavirus is out of control in america and almost everywhere across the nation, were about to lay it out for you and let you know what the doctors who have been right every step of the way are warping us about whats ahead but then some very helpful advice and guidance on how we can lead our families and manage our kids through it, physically and especially mentally this will be very hard for everybody who survives it. The number of americans testing positive yesterday, the highest ever recorded, 143,000 the number of victims in hospitals, the highest refr reco ever recorded, more than 65,000. Victims in intense of care, expected to top the totally thanksgiving coronavirus killed more than 2,000 yesterday alone, the most since may. Heres whats so sobering, a week from now those news will likely seem low becaus
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Joining us are doctor Joseph Kvedar of the American Telemedicine Association and Harvard Medical School along with our desk reporter Kimberly Leonard of Business Insider. Doctor kay, how long is telemedicine been around and what has been the growth or use of it in the past couple of months . Its been around since some people say the early 1920s and there was a lovely picture in one of the magazines now Popular Science they had a different name for it but shows a family huddled around the radio having a visit with the doctor on the other side. The concept has been around for a while and since the late 60s is when it got going and it puttered along for the next several decades until a couple of months ago when the push we told everyone in the u. S. That they had to stay in their home and we as clinicians had to take care of them so it blossomed overnight at that point. Host how can it be used today . Guest in a number of ways. I think the best uses, first of all, Mental Health is the num