Some VA therapists and patients say their treatment sessions are being limited, raising alarm

An edge comes to Michael’s voice when he speaks about his time serving in Afghanistan and his struggles living with ...

VA says 37,000 employees now furloughed or working without pay due to government shutdown

The Department of Veterans Affairs says 37,000 employees have been furloughed or are working without pay as the government ...
MobiHealthNews

How the VA is improving patient care through connected tech, teleheath

Since his appointment in early 2017, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, MD, has made modernizing the agency a top priority. Shulkin has taken a number of steps to accomplish ...
Ventura County Star

VA says primary care visits tripled in Ventura, bringing marathon appointment waits

A dramatic jump in patient volumes at a Ventura Veterans Affairs clinic helped spawn 90-day-plus waits for appointments that are the longest for veterans from San Diego County to the Silicon Valley, a ...
Stars and Stripes

Congress is playing with veterans’ lives in government shutdown, VA secretary says

Doug Collins warned that the “disruptive” impact of the shutdown that started Oct. 1 has implications on VA’s ability to ...
Becker's Hospital Review

VA hospital improves patient satisfaction amid Cerner rollout

Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center, a Spokane, Wash.-based VA hospital that has struggled with the rollout of its Cerner EHR, was recognized by the VA as making the biggest improvement in patient ...