CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW)- UVA health rolled out its first-ever virtual primary care services last week that everyone across the state with insurance can access.
“Everyone who has experienced healthcare in the country and Virginia knows that there is a shortage of primary care, emergency departments are crowded, and patients can’t get in for primary care provider appointments, this new offering is designed to meet patients where they are,” said John Bennett, UVA Health’s chief service line and ambulatory operations officer.
Bennett reiterated that this will not change UVA’s existing in-person primary care offerings, and that the program was designed to expand patients’ access points to the services the Health System already provides…