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Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access: The Benefits of the One-Stick Standard (Sponsored)

Gaining vascular access through inserting a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) or a peripheral intravenous line (PIV) can be downright …

The Summit supercomputer at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

VA Research: Putting Data to Work for Veterans

By Craig Collins

In the era of big data, there aren’t many public entities with bigger data than the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). …

In 2006, VA mental health researchers and clinicians treated the high numbers of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with PTSD using cognitive-processing therapy (CPT), an evidence-based intervention that had been studied since 1988 by VA clinical psychologist Patricia Resick, PhD, and that today is considered a frontline intervention for PTSD. The wide-scale implementation and adoption of CPT for treating PTSD is the kind of translation of evidencebased VA innovations into practice that the VA is working to speed up and streamline.

VA Research: Putting the “D” in R&D

By Craig Collins

Among thousands of studies conducted at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers, outpatient clinics, and nursing homes every year, …

Ramoni addresses attendees of the VA Research Fair held on June 19, 2018, in the foyer of the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C. VA scientists were on hand to showcase their medical research advances aimed at improving the lives of veterans.

Interview: Dr. Rachel Ramoni, Chief Research and Development Officer (CRADO), Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

By Craig Collins

Rachel B. Ramoni, DMD, ScD, is the chief research and development officer (CRADO) for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). …

On April 14, 2020, the VA announced ‘Fourth Mission,’ actions to help America respond to COVID-19. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs image by Adam Stump

Preparation, Response, Recovery: The “Fourth Mission” of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

By Craig Collins

It’s hard to argue anyone was ready for what happened in Northern California on the night of Oct. 8, 2017, …

The VA’s VALOR program provides an opportunity for nursing students to learn and gain valuable experience in a health care setting before entering the workforce.

VA Learning Opportunities Residency (VALOR) Program Benefits Nursing Students and Veterans Affairs

By Gail Gourley

The transition from student to a real-world job setting can be difficult in any arena, and that is certainly true …

VA Nurses at VA Boston Healthcare System stand ready to serve Veterans and their community. This photo includes VA Nurses on a Spinal Cord Injury Unit. Opposite page: VA Nurses in the Community Living Center.

Veterans Affairs Nurses: Stories from the Front Lines of a Pandemic (Sponsored)

By Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs (NOVA)

2020 is the year of the nurse and the midwife, a time to celebrate Florence Nightingale’s 200th birthday (May 12), …

Stand-assist technology facilitates early mobility, which evidence shows is beneficial to patients.

Keeping Personnel and Patients Safe at Veterans Affairs

By Gail Gourley

As the opening month of 2020 reveal the increasingly devastating developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, images of health care workers …

President Donald Trump signed the MISSION Act in 2018. Its provisions – including changes in how veterans access specialty care – went into effect in June 2019.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Aims to Enhance Specialty Care for Veterans

By Charles Dervarics

In Eureka, Montana near the Canadian border, a telehealth initiative brings together a veteran with a physician five hours away. …

Five patients from Craig Joint Theater Hospital in Bagram, Afghanistan sit outside the hospital to get some fresh air. Courtesy image

Healing More Than Limbs (Sponsored)

By Major Rachel Stevenson, 59th Medical Wing

At Craig Joint Theater Hospital in Bagram, Afghanistan, we care for the whole person, often in creative ways. No one …

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