Patients can also contact the VA's Palo Alto Health Care System at 650-849-0421 to discuss remote care options and services. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Veterans Affairs)

The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Palo Alto Health Care System advised patients on Friday to access VA services from home if possible during the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Recipients can request prescription refills, sign up for text message reminders about their health care and ask non-urgent questions via video, telephone or the VA’s secure online messaging system.

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Eli covers public health, transportation and state politics for the Bay City News Foundation, serves as the main editor of the Public Health and COVID-19 Information Hub and assists with Local News Matters' social media strategy. He has also previously covered local politics in San Diego County as well as college and professional sports across the Bay Area.