Some 700 Veterans who are hospitalized at VA medical centers are being enrolled in the trial, with half getting convalescent plasma and the other half in a control group.
Chaplains at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System have adapted creatively by finding innovative and meaningful ways to continue providing care. “What else can we do to serve our country’s Veterans?”
Last flu season, more than 27,000 Veterans came to VA hospitals with the flu. In addition, over 4,600 Veterans were hospitalized and 600 were in intensive care due to the flu.
In response to COVID-19, Northport VA fire department has engaged in round-the-clock incident management, 24-hours a day, seven days a week. Necessary preparations for long-term operations.
Donated Garland VA Medical Center will serve as an in-patient overflow unit with a capacity for over 208 beds. “We are preparing in case we need to take some load off the main hospital in Dallas.”
Russ Peal, Director of the Workforce Recruitment & Retention Service at VA, recently chatted about health care recruitment and life at VA on LinkedIn.
Questions about the use of face shields without masks have been raised in situations where physical distancing cannot be maintained or individuals can’t wear masks. Here’s a detailed explanation.
To help keep Veterans, VA staff, and others safe, VA is challenging innovators engineers, designers, academia, the private sector and VA to create new ways to help health care staff do their jobs.
Youth volunteers will be “Bridging the Digital Divide” at Charleston VA Medical Center. They will help Veterans with virtual appointments and other technology that not all Veterans are familiar with.
Partnership between VA and Elizabeth Dole Foundation offers 40,000 hours of free home health care to more than 1,600 Veteran caregiver families.
VA Health care workers are managing stressful situations and are exposed to the unknown course of the pandemic. The Hampton VA medical center has implemented a Stress Management Response Team (SMaRT).
VA is taking action to ensure that all Veterans, including older Veterans, are protected from COVID-19 and receive high-quality testing and care, no matter who they are or where they get their care.