Virtual service delivery has become an accepted and effective modality for home visits. After careful study to ensure fidelity of implementation, some home visiting models have successfully integrated virtual service delivery over the last handful of years.
The home visiting field recognizes and values the benefits of virtual service delivery to families:
- Improved equity through family choice, convenience, and accessibility
- Increased access in areas where vulnerable populations often lack an entrance point to quality maternal, infant, and early childhood programs, including rural and frontier areas
- Prevention of service delivery disruptions due to family illness or inclement weather
- Immediacy and flexibility between families and home visitors