Health Care

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.

One of the technologies that resulted the competition has tremendous potential to transform the lives of the Veterans with hearing impairment. Overseen by a VA innovator, Chief of Rehabilitation Services Dr. Lu Beck, Phonak developed a smart phone app that lets audiologists perform adjustments remotely. A Veteran can be anywhere in the world that has wifi and can have his or her hearing aid adjusted. No travel. No waiting.

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A Veteran discusses his career at VA in recruitment, and the need for healthcare professionals. VA Careers is available to those interested: Apply Today!

It can be difficult to determine what benefits a Veteran can qualify for. The 2011 Benefits Book may help you.

VA is working to improve their relationships with the 565 federally recognized Native American tribes and the Veterans which come from them.

To advance health care services, VA has utilized telemedicine to extend their reach. The open source Electronic Health Record, VistA, is one tool.

VA seeks to shift from an inpatient system to a continuum of health care. Focus is on home-based primary care, outpatient clinics, and telehealth services.

VA Medical Center volunteers experience issues with their 100% Unemployable status for mental health disability. A response from the VBA is requested.

HIV Testing Day at a VA Medical Center may help put your mind at ease or save your life. Say yes to the free HIV test.

Findings by the Institute of Medicine on Blue Water service and Agent Orange mean that claims require evidence of a link between illness and service.