Emergency Room

Trips to the emergency room or clinic used to be necessary for all wound care follow-ups. VA now has multiple virtual visits as an option.

Veteran Henry Howard was “hiding things” until he called the VA Crisis Hotline. He tells how a VA team, “Transformed me into a new person.”

A VA nurse asked a Veteran about his frequent emergency room visits. What the nurse suggested saved the life of the Veteran and his wife.

With the arrival of the fall season, VA recruiters are [...]

Dr. Stephen Gau is a board-certified emergency medicine (EM) physician [...]

The VA is employing a relatively simple fix — known as the Rapid Access model — to make sure Veterans receive the follow-up care they need after being treated in an emergency room.