About 3 million Veterans enrolled in the VA Health Care System live in rural areas. These rural Veterans sometimes cannot find a way to travel to see a doctor or other health care workers. Rural Veterans might not live near a VA hospital or a VA doctor's office. Some rural Veterans need help to schedule visits to see a doctor or to schedule medical tests or to get medicine from their local drugstore.

The Office of Rural Health (ORH) is a part of the Veterans Health Administration, in the Office of the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Policy & Planning(ADUSH). The people in the Office of Rural Health work to improve health care for enrolled rural Veterans by developing practices that have proven to help rural Veterans. The people in the Office of Rural Health are always looking for new ways to help rural Veterans.