VA Fargo Telehealth

Home Telehealth

The Home Telehealth program allows Veterans to be monitored remotely (from their home) by a team of nurses and technicians. Veterans will answer symptom-based questions and transmit vital signs such as blood pressure, weight, heart rate, oxygen levels, blood sugar levels, and temperature. The Home Telehealth team will call the Veteran if any of this information is concerning and will work closely with the Veteran’s health care team to develop a plan of care.

Clinical Video Telehealth (CVT)

Fargo Telehealth offers video visits from the Fargo VA and local community-based outreach clinics (CBOC) to providers at another location, known as Clinical Video Telehealth (CVT). A telehealth clinical technician or a telehealth LPN at the site will connect the Veteran to the video appointment with the provider.  

The telehealth clinical technician and telehealth LPN can obtain blood pressures, weights, oxygen readings, and temperatures prior to the appointment. They can assist the provider during the video visit with a high-definition camera and stethoscope for listening to Veteran’s heart and lung sounds.  

Fargo VA and CBOCs also offer video visit to Veterans off-site through VA Video Connect. These appointments are video visits that Veterans can complete at home, work or other convenient location.

CVT Services Currently Offered by VA Fargo Health Care System:

• Audiology
• Audiology Telecochlear 
• Amputee
• Cardiology
• Chaplain Services 
• Compensation and Pension
• CPAP
• Dermatology
• Diabetic Education
• Endocrinology
• Endocrinology Pharmacist 
• Endocrine Surgery
• Gastroenterology
• General Surgery
• Genomics
• Geriatrics/Dementia Care 
• Infectious Disease 
• Kidney
• MDI Inhaler Education
• MOVE! Weight management program 
• Mental Health
• Neurology
• Neurosurgery
• Nutrition
• Oncology
• Palliative
• PAVE (Prevention of Amputation in Veterans Everywhere) 
• Pharmacy
• Physical Therapy
• Podiatry
• Preoperative Appointments 
• Primary Care 
• Occupational Therapy
• Orthopedics
• Oxygen
• Rheumatology
• Social Services 
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Speech
• Telepain
• Vascular
• Women’s Health 
• Wound
• Whole Health

Store and Forward Telehealth (SFT)

Store and Forward Telehealth (SFT) is a program where images are taken or testing is completed, and then transmitted for interpretation by a provider at a different location/time.

Appointments Offered at VA Fargo Health Care System:

• Tele-Dermatology: Pictures of the Veteran’s skin are taken and transmitted to a dermatologist (skin doctor) who will read the images, make a diagnosis, and provide results to the Veteran.

Tele-Eye: Pictures of the Veteran’s retina are taken for transmission to an ophthalmologist (eye doctor) who will read the images, make a diagnosis, and provide results to the Veteran.

• Tele-Spirometry: Testing is completed by telehealth staff and results are transmitted to the pulmonary function lab.  A pulmonologist (lung doctor) will read the test and the ordering provider will provide results to the Veteran. 

Telehealth Atlas Sites

Coming Soon. 

VA Fargo Telehealth Points of Contact

North Dakota State Veterans Home - Telehealth Hub

The Department of Veterans Affairs is proud to collaborate with the North Dakota Veterans Home in Lisbon, ND, to introduce an innovative Telehealth Hub, a groundbreaking advancement in healthcare access for our veterans. This Telehealth Hub, situated within the Lisbon Veterans Home Clinic, delivers essential telemedicine services to all veterans enrolled in the Fargo VA Health Care System. Importantly, these services extend to every enrolled veteran in the Lisbon area, regardless of whether they live at the State Veterans Home.

With a dedicated full-time telehealth technician from Fargo VA present on-site every Monday to Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Veterans will receive personalized support during their appointments, including vital sign assessments. This initiative reflects our unwavering commitment to providing all veterans with the high-quality healthcare they deserve, ensuring that no veteran is left behind.