Development Of A Virtual Cancer Care Network For Distance Oncology Treatment.

270Background: The VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS) Virtual Cancer Care Network was launched in January 2018 as the next step after we had established an electronic consult service where 555 hematology electronic consults were completed at VAPHS in FY17. The clinical video telehealth (CVT) clinic allows veterans from central Pennsylvania to receive their anticancer therapy at the VA in Altoona, Pennsylvania where the oncology pharmacy, nursing, telehealth, and supportive oncology staff are on site, while the patients continue to follow regularly during treatment via CVT visits with their oncologist located 93 miles away at the VA in Pittsburgh. Methods: A chemotherapy pharmacy and nursing infusion clinic were created at the VA in Altoona. CVT visits started in January 2018. Data including zip code and clinic visit details were examined through descriptive statistics. Results: A total of 89 CVT visits for 27 patients were completed from January 2018 to May 2018. All patient visits were follow-ups wh...