How Businesses Collaborate with the VA to Save Veterans Lives
In this June 21, 2013, file photo, the seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
20 May 2021 Military.com | By Ryan Vega, M.D.
Dr. Ryan Vega is chief officer of the Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
During this unprecedented pandemic, businesses have joined forces with the health care community to focus on identifying innovative solutions now and into the future.
The Veterans Health Administration, or VHA, America s largest integrated health care system, is no exception.
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Homeless Veterans largely satisfied with community health care options
Veterans who have experienced homelessness value the option to receive health care in the community, found a study by VA researchers. The majority of Veterans surveyed had positive views of community care they received. However, coordination challenges exist when Veterans receive health care both in the community and from VA.
“Nights without shelter, current homelessness, and chronic homelessness did not appear to limit Veterans’ access to community care,” conclude the researchers. “The findings imply that VHA’s evolution from a direct provider to a payer of health services has not impeded health care access for highly vulnerable Veterans.”
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IMAGE: Many traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors needed extensive healthcare services in the year after their injury, and a quarter of them were super-utilizers, having three or more emergency department visits. view more
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INDIANAPOLIS Patients who suffer from traumatic brain injuries (TBI) often need a great deal of healthcare services after the injury, but the extent of care utilization is unknown. A new study from research scientists affiliated with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Regenstrief Institute and IUPUI is one of the first to analyze how much care TBI patients use and identify areas of unmet need.
A team of Indian scientists yesterday reported the detection of
Candida auris isolates from two sampling sites on islands in the Indian Ocean the first time the multidrug-resistant yeast has been isolated in a natural environment. The discovery was reported in
mBio.
Since it was first identified in a Japanese patient in 2009,
C auris has spread to hospitals around the world, and has been declared an urgent health threat by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Because the yeast is capable of growing at higher temperatures and can tolerate hypersaline environments more than other
Candida species, scientists in recent years have hypothesized that it may have existed in wetlands before becoming a clinically relevant pathogen, and that its emergence could be linked to global warming s effects on wetlands.