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More » Feature VA Awards Grants to Improve Health Care Access for Women Veterans January 31, 2013 Telehealth concepts that received grants involve tele-mental health, tele-gynecology, tele-pharmacy, and telephone maternity care coordination. The Office of Rural Health is supporting a total of ten telehealth projects and four women's health educational projects for rural providers to improve access to and quality of care for rural women Veterans. Read the full VA press release More » Inside Rural Health “An Introduction to the VA Office of Rural Health” MyVeHU Presentation Now Available On-Demand - November 1, 2012 Geriatric Scholars Program Video - August 14, 2012 ORH Director featured on VA's blog, VAntage Point - July 19, 2012 "Innovations in Health Care" Video (Length: 11:14) - June 15, 2012 More » In The News Rural Veterans to be Served by New VA Clinic in Eureka, California - October 4, 2012   Joint HHS/VA Effort to Improve Access and Coordination of Care Through Rural Telehealth and Health Information Exchanges - September 13, 2012 3RNet and VA Careers are partnering to help identify VA career opportunities in rural areas  More » For Professionals HIT Voucher Program Update - December 28, 2012 Rural Expansion of SCAN-ECHO - Request for Proposals (84 KB, PDF) - November 15, 2012 Characteristics of Rural Veterans: Data from the American Community Survey (540 KB, PDF) - November 30, 2012 Health Information Technology Foundations for Rural Health Clinics & Community Health Centers - October 25, 2012   Community Provider Toolkit to Support Provision of Mental Health Services to Veterans - October 18, 2012     Events Education Publications Strategic Plan Veteran Resources Investigator Resources Contact Us           About 3.4 million Veterans (about 41% of total) enrolled in the VA Health Care System live in rural or highly rural areas of the country. Men and women Veterans from geographically rural areas make up a disproportionate share of service members and comprise about 39% of the enrolled Veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan; many of who are returning to their rural communities. In order to better serve rural Veterans, the VA created the Office of Rural Health in 2007. Contact the Office of Rural Health. All media inquiries should contact rural.health.inquiry@va.gov. Download free viewer and reader software to view PDF, video and other file formats. VA Facilities and Service Locator VA Voluntary Services | VHA Office of Health Information | Office of Mental Health Office of Care Coordination Services (Telehealth) | Geriatrics and Extended Care | Homeless Veterans Center for Minority Veterans | Women Veterans Health Care