Abstract
ABSTRACTVirtual health and secure messaging gained newfound relevance in medicine during the coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 pandemic. For a military trainee health care clinic located on Joint Base San Antonio, the McWethy Troop Medical Clinic (TMC), implementation of virtual health and secure messaging services meant decreased risk of COVID-19 exposure for trainees and clinical staff. Through ongoing utilization, these services also made impacts to reduce loss of instruction time and improve access to care for the McWethy TMC trainee population. In defining the challenges, successes, and future implications for virtual health and secure messaging at the McWethy TMC, key lessons emerge for other military trainee clinics. The key concepts explored in this article are virtual health and secure messaging.
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