Veterans Affairs

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Veterans get help trying to navigate Veterans Affairs’ complex of programs

The Veterans Affairs Department operates a vast array of programs, but they can be tricky to navigate for veterans who were not initially eligible.

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At VA, AI and data optimization hold the promise of better health outcomes, job satisfaction

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Denis McDonough

McDonough says ‘tighter fiscal picture’ at VA requires careful planning to continue health care hiring

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Getty Images/iStockphoto/Kiyoshi TannoWashington DC/USA Mar 25 2019/Signboard of United States Department of Veterans Affairs(VA).The VA stands in front of Lafayette Square Park in the north of the White House.

VA does not have a good handle on its contractor employees

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VA researcher devoted his career to technology for assisting the disabled

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VHA tells leaders to rescind job offers only as a ‘last resort’ to manage size of health care workforce

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A person accesses the Department of Veterans Affairs' EHR system on a laptop.

VA watchdog warns EHR issue puts 250,000 veterans at risk of medication mix-ups

A VA watchdog says hundreds of thousands of veterans treated at sites using the VA’s EHR are at risk of receiving the wrong medication.

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FILE Registered pharmacist Sapana Patel, loads a syringe with Monkeypox vaccine at a Pop-Up Monkeypox vaccination site on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, in West Hollywood, Calif. Spain is struggling to curtail Europe's leading monkeypox outbreak since the disease spread beyond Africa. The southern European nation counts over 4,500 cases and two men have died from the disease. Authorities and groups in the LGBTQ community are honing their campaigns to get vaccines to the most needy members of the most affected demographic so far. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Bloody syringes in VA hospital laundry bins inject ‘better staff training’ into GAO recommendations

VA is taking steps to protect laundry staff at its hospitals, after an investigation found needles containing blood and other substances in laundry bins…

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After a year, the VA is calling its new insurance program a success

It is not every day the Veterans Affairs Department comes up with a new insurance program. In fact, last year was the first time in 50 years.

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