Veterans Affairs
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Veterans with other-than honorable discharges have often faced difficulties in securing health care benefits. A new VA rule could change that.
May 14, 2024 -
After a multi-year effort, Defense Department health and tech officials got a new electronic health record system completed.
May 08, 2024 -
Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) say the VA needs additional facilities, as it delivers more to veterans than ever before.
April 30, 2024 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeing signs that some of its newer special pay authorities are leading to improvements in workforce retention.
April 25, 2024 -
Lung tissue analysis has shown [in detail] some serious threats to the health of military service members.
April 24, 2024 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Defense Department launched a new Electronic Health Record (EHR) at the Lovell Federal Health Care Center in Chicago.
April 17, 2024 -
The Defense Department runs programs to help service members prepare. For those who risk loss of income or housing, DoD offers what it calls "warm handovers."
April 03, 2024 -
Chronic kidney disease affects veterans in greater proportions than in the general population.
April 03, 2024 -
Top officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs say its latest rollout of a new Electronic Health Record is the most successful go-live to date.
March 29, 2024 -
The VA announced Tuesday it saw 25,000 more patients between October 2023 and February 2024, compared to the same period in fiscal 2023.
March 26, 2024 -
A VA program known as Surgical Pause received a national patient safety award. The Pause is a way of screening surgery patients with high risk of complications.
March 26, 2024 -
VA is delivering more benefits to more veterans than at any point in its history and taking steps to ensure its benefits workforce can keep up with the pace.
March 21, 2024 -
The Veterans Affairs Department operates a vast array of programs, but they can be tricky to navigate for veterans who were not initially eligible.
March 18, 2024 -
With the health and well being of veterans at stake, and the large volume of their data on hand, the VA puts the highest level of importance on security.
March 12, 2024 -
The Lovell Federal Health Care Center is DoD’s final go-live site for the new Oracle-Cerner EHR, which it calls MHS Genesis.
March 09, 2024