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Innovators around VA showcase their efforts
Frontline staff from around the department showcased their ideas at VA’s Innovation [...]
Veteran privacy is at the core of VA’s Million Veteran Program
The database is expected to serve as a national resource for an unprecedented scope of discovery, including in precision medicine.
VA Innovators Network continues to make progress to improve the Veteran experience through innovation
One example is the Care in the Community Tool (CITCoM). This innovation improved the timeliness of the information transfer to third-party administrators as part of the Choice program. According to a VHA Product Effectiveness study, the tool cut the time by more than half and ensures Veterans’ records are transferred in the most efficient manner possible and increases care safety.
Veteran-centric health care: An outstanding opportunity for executive skills
Would you like a job that literally puts you at [...]
VA Atlanta nurse’s recent experience at a VA Health Innovation hack-a-thon event
In April 2015, the VA Center for Innovation co-hosted its second [...]
VA facilities engage local communities
VA facilities across the country are opening their doors to inform our Veterans, their families and others of what their local VA is doing.
Health innovation challenge coming to VA Atlanta Medical Center
On April 10-12, the VA Center for Innovation is collaborating with Forge Health on the Health Innovation Challenge 2015 hosted by the Atlanta VA Medical Center. We’re bringing together inventive, forward-thinking minds to change the status quo of health care for our nation’s Veterans and their supporters. If you are a Veteran, caregiver, engineer, entrepreneur, clinician, designer or scientist, then come get involved and help drive much-needed innovations to influence VA healthcare and healthcare more broadly.
VA continues enrollment system analysis to seek improved data
On August 17, 2014, I blogged in response to media [...]
VA Presents Facts Omitted from Recent Article on Enrollment System
Caring for our nation’s Veterans is the highest honor and [...]
Professional Satisfaction for Physicians: VA Has the Factors Physicians Seek
Guest Author: Amy Loveridge – Special Projects Coordinator, VHA National Recruitment Program [...]
Study yields insight on factors predicting response to PTSD treatments
Dr. Sheila Rauch, director of mental health research and program evaluation at the Atlanta VA Health Care System, led the study. Despite the surprising finding, she says Veterans with PTSD should not delay treatment thinking that their symptoms will improve over time.
Flying saved my life
When Navy Veteran Kelly Keener asked his VA doctor for a simple form to keep flying, neither expected what came next: a diagnosis that led to life-saving heart surgery.

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