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“The ChooseVA campaign not only highlights VA’s longstanding commitment to caring for Veterans and their families, but encourages all stakeholders to make an ultimate decision to ChooseVA.”

Both the individual state data sheets and the National Strategy for Preventing Veteran Suicide underscore the fact that suicide remains important national public health concern affecting both Veterans and non-Veterans in every state.

The video story produced by VA focuses on a Navy Veteran and comedian who recovered from a possible career-ending stroke in 2016 with the help of VA doctors and therapist.

The 50 Most Influential Physician Executives and Leaders recognition program honors physicians working in all sectors of the health-care industry who are steering their organizations and the health-care delivery system through dynamic, challenging times.

The proposed recommendations seek to modernize VA by reducing bureaucracy, increasing accountability and improving delivery of services to America’s Veterans and their loved ones.

The event featured more than a dozen leading researchers who highlighted VA's new medical advancements in improving health care and quality of life for Veterans across the nation.

Combating Veteran suicide is a top clinical priority for VA. Data is an integral part of VA’s public health strategy and enable VA to tailor research-backed suicide-prevention initiatives to reach diverse groups across the Veteran population.

The overall star rating of VA’s nursing homes compared to 15,487 private sector nursing homes rated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shows that VA has 31.4 percent less one-star, or lowest rated, facilities than the rest of the nation.

VA officials said extending and promoting this important training outside VA is critical in helping everyone play a role in suicide prevention.

Awareness and identification of intimate partner violence among Veterans has increased. Research suggests Veterans may be at greater risk than their civilian counterparts, given the unique stressors posed by military life.

As of May 27, the Board of Veterans Appeals has signed more than 53,650 decisions in fiscal year (FY) 2018, which is approximately 86 percent more than the 28,839 decisions signed through the same period last year.

Research has shown that service members in transition to Veteran status are at higher risk of mental health challenges and suicide. The president acted to ensure that new Veterans will receive access to VA mental health care and other services to the extent they are eligible.