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HealthLeaders Media
April 26, 2018
Despite its many, well-publicized problems, the VA delivers as good or better healthcare than non-VA systems on most measures of inpatient and outpatient care quality, albeit with wide variations across individual VA hospitals, a RAND Corporation study says. Researchers examined common healthcareÃâà...
hcanews.com
April 26, 2018
The study, conducted by the nonprofit RAND corporation, identified 3 comparable non-VA hospitals for each of the organization's 135 locations around the country. Using 30-day mortality and readmission measures and a host of established quality metrics and patient surveys. The data used in the studyÃâà...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
April 25, 2018
A free legal clinic for veterans will be held Saturday at the Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Milwaukee. Attorneys will answer legal questions and give consultations on a range of issues including child support and custody, divorce, creditor and bankruptcy problems, housing and mortgageÃâà...
Becker's Hospital Review
April 24, 2018
The Department of Veterans Affairs named Adam Robinson, MD, acting director of the Washington D.C. VA Medical Center, according to a Stars and Stripes report. Here are five notes: 1. Dr. Robinson, who is slated to serve in the role for four months, is the director of Baltimore-based VA Maryland HealthÃâà...
Stars and Stripes
April 23, 2018
WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs appointed Adam Robinson on Monday to lead its D.C. hospital for about four months, making him the third temporary leader of the facility since its director was fired last year. Robinson, a physician and the director of the VA Maryland Health Care System,Ãâà...
ABC 10 News NOW
April 18, 2018
Especially the past couple Mondays we've had a lot of snow, so they were using it to let us know that they weren't able to make it to their appointment that day,” said Nicole Kleist, Access Coordinator for VA Hospital. VetText does not replace other reminders, it solely improves the experience. This is just oneÃâà...
STLtoday.com
April 16, 2018
Suicide at St. Louis VA hospital is one in a string of self-inflicted deaths at veterans facilities. By Blythe Bernhard St. Louis Post-Dispatch ... “It's more than a suicide,” said Dr. Jose Mathews, former chief of psychiatry for the St. Louis VA hospital system. “It's a veteran making a statement about their frustrationÃâà...
Buffalo News
April 10, 2018
The causes start right at the top in Washington, where political hacks are appointed to run the health care needs of veterans, instead of qualified people with the dedication to the military vets in mind. This problem expands to the VA hospitals because lack of funds causes poor management political lackeysÃâà...
Michigan Medicine (blog)
April 4, 2018
When a veteran dies at our VA hospital, we all feel the loss. Even though I have been caring for veterans for over two decades in four different VA hospitals — as a medical student, resident, fellow and now as an attending physician — I only recently witnessed a ceremony that is both beautiful andÃâà...
WBOY-TV
March 24, 2018
The Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center's mobile sterilizing and processing unit should be up and running in a few weeks, according to hospital officials. The temporary unit is being built outside the hospital using an autoclave sterilization unit that uses steam to kill bacteria, spores and germs.
CNN
March 24, 2018
(CNN) At least one investigation has been launched into how a senior adviser to Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin hired on a temporary basis ended up with a coveted job leading a Washington, DC, veterans hospital, CNN has learned. The VA's Office of Accountability and Whistleblower ProtectionÃâà...
CBS Denver
March 23, 2018
DENVER (CBS4)– After years of delays and coming in way over budget, the new VA hospital in Aurora will finally open later this summer. But even when that hospital opens, the old Veterans Affairs facility will not close right away. The old facility near Rose Hospital will continue to operate for another threeÃâà...
WBOY-TV
March 23, 2018
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. - Dominion Energy said it is taking steps to show even more commitment to veterans. The company packed 500 lunches today to take to the VA Hospital in Clarksburg. In celebration of National Medal of Honor Day that is this weekend, Dominion Energy held the event to kick off its newÃâà...
The Denver Channel
March 22, 2018
Concealed carry bill, VA hospital town hall and more: 5 Things to Know for Thursday, March 22, 2018. TheDenverChannel.com ... The Veterans Affairs Administration is holding a town hall meeting today to update the public on the much-anticipated and long-overdue VA hospital in Aurora. The meeting isÃâà...
The State
March 16, 2018
The W.J.B. Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia is beginning a massive $114 million construction and renovation program to improve patient care, parking and security. It's the largest update for the medical center since the five-story main hospital was built in the late 1970s. The dozen or so projects, whichÃâà...
Lowell Sun
March 9, 2018
Amid a major shakeup at veterans hospitals across the country, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has named Joan Clifford the new director of the Bedford VA. The hospital has had two interim directors since the VA removed Christine Croteau, the last permanent director, in 2016 amid an ethicsÃâà...
CBS News
March 8, 2018
A new report from a Veterans Affairs watchdog slammed the department's leadership, blaming "failed leadership" and a "climate of complacency" for putting patients at risk at a Washington, D.C., VA hospital. The watchdog said that at least three program offices had sufficient information to inform VeteransÃâà...
UpperMichigansSource.com
December 31, 1999
(WLUC) - The Iron Mountain VA Hospital held their annual volunteer appreciation ceremony Friday afternoon. The ceremony recognized the many hours that their volunteers put in each year. Awards and pins were given to people who have been volunteering for multiple years. Over 400 VA volunteersÃâà...
