Much time and resources are expended on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, known as COPD, at VA hospitals and clinics, thereby justifying the development of multifaceted strategies to address this problem. This article discusses the special problems of COPD in veterans who use VA facilities. The...
President Obama visits VA hospital at the heart of controversy over mismanaged veterans; improvements made, but there's still more to do Mar 13, 2015 Robert McDonald announces plans to reorganize the VA A new structure comes in the wake of a scandal at VA hospitals around the country ...
Starting on October 1, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will ban smoking at its hospitals and other healthcare facilities, joining thousands of other tobacco-free medical organizations in the United States, announced VA Secretary Robert Wilkie in apress statementthis summer. The ban includes ...
In recent years, IAVA has been pushing legislation (the Deborah Sampson Act) designed to mandate better staffing levels and care standards for women visiting VA hospitals. Rodman said she is hopeful the latest report can create new legislative momentum ...
Whaley told Fox News Digital that veterans want to see less bureaucracy at the VA and more "community care" to cut wait times and increase services at local VA hospitals, but "if it was easy, somebody would have solved it.""Every American and politician, from both sides of the aisle, ...
Only 15% of animal hospitals in the United States and Canada are accredited by AAHA, which is recognized worldwide as the benchmark for quality care in veterinary medicine."Awesome staff and they called to check on my dog today. That was awesome customer service! Definitely recommend this ...
These studies also highlight a fact that should guide cost conscious legislators. The price tag for care at non-VA hospitals was 21 percent higher than at the VHA. Why? Because private sector providers who work in a profit driven system tend to prescribe more expensive and sometimes unnecessar...
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., praised Sanders' "really good" bill, which will "improve the manner in which the United States of America cares for its veterans." "I'm hopeful that all members will support this," Reid said on the Senate floor Monday. ...
As more specialties have begun to use Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in patient care, hospitals and healthcare systems have been investing increasing resources in POCUS infrastructure (training, equipment, and administration). Since each specialty uses different POCUS applications, healthcare systems ...
The VHA includes over 1,200 VA outpatient sites, 300 Veterans Centers offering counseling, suicide prevention and other services and 144 VA hospitals. Most veterans, however, do not rely on this extensive system. Only 9 million of the approximately 22 million veterans are enrolled in the...