'Islands' Veterans to Benefit From VA Pacific Islands Improvements'

Changes can now be seen at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs VA Pacific Islands Health Care System, which has “come a long way” in its ongoing efforts to build a healthcare system that would better serve veterans on the islands.

Dr. James E. Hastings, VA Pacific Islands Health Care System director, said these improvements include making available more specialty care throughout the system by means of better technology.

“The most recent thing we did was we opened up telemedicine links into Saipan from Honolulu and between Saipan and Guam. We have improved that capability and what that does is that allows us to project out our specialty care systems out into the environment,” he said...