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Vietnam veteran and Purple Heart recipient Alford Washington, Sr., receives a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Alanna Williams at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System's gymnasium in New Orleans, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020. Washington was part of the Pathfinder Unit in Vietnam where he survived a plane crash that killed 7 people in Oct. 28, 1967. He said he had no concerns receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. (Sophia Germer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Senators seek bigger role, more doses for VA in vaccine distribution efforts

The Veterans Health Administration also said it will not require the COVID-19 vaccine as a requirement of employment at the department. VHA has vaccinated…

Veterans Affairs

VA restarts collection notices for benefits overpayments after COVID put them on hold

Veterans Affairs

Watchdog faults VA chief over handling of sex assault report

Veterans Affairs

FILE-- This April 28, 2014 file photo shows the Phoenix VA Health Care Center in Phoenix. Sharon Helman, the former director of the Phoenix VA Health Care System, is suing the Department of Veterans Affairs to win her old job back. Helman argues in court papers that a key portion of a 2014 law passed in response to the wait-time scandal is unconstitutional and denies her right to appeal her firing. Attorney General Loretta Lynch says in a letter to Congress that the Justice Department has decided not to contest that element of Helmans challenge, essentially agreeing with her legal position. Lynch says Justice will continue fighting against Helman's reinstatement. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Innovation playing a larger role at Veterans Affairs

Veterans Affairs

Without clear standards, veterans are in the dark on community care wait times

Veterans Affairs

An update on the VA and DoD’s new electronic health record

Technology

A new initiative to prevent veterans suicide during self-isolation

Veterans Affairs

Telehealth could be just as important as telework in the fight against coronavirus

Tele-everything has taken on supreme importance as the nation battles the coronavirus, and telemedicine might be among the most powerful tools for the VA.

Veterans Affairs

Some MISSION Act care providers report not getting paid by VA

The whole premise of the MISSION Act, to provide veterans with healthcare services that are outside of the system, won’t work if providers don’t get paid.

Veterans Affairs

DoD says it’s solved the most pressing problems in its EHR rollout

Defense

Defense health IT officials say they’re seeing only about one-third the number of trouble tickets as they encountered during the initial wave of MHS Genesis deployments.

Senators seek bigger role, more doses for VA in vaccine distribution efforts

How the pandemic has affected the medical research agenda at Veterans Affairs

Supply remains VA’s biggest hurdle in vaccinating broader veteran population

A new era for Veterans Affairs, and the committee that oversees it

Staff at VHA take stock as the agency celebrates 75 year of history

VA restarts collection notices for benefits overpayments after COVID put them on hold

Watchdog faults VA chief over handling of sex assault report

Innovation playing a larger role at Veterans Affairs

Without clear standards, veterans are in the dark on community care wait times

An update on the VA and DoD’s new electronic health record

A new initiative to prevent veterans suicide during self-isolation

Telehealth could be just as important as telework in the fight against coronavirus

Some MISSION Act care providers report not getting paid by VA

DoD says it’s solved the most pressing problems in its EHR rollout

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