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Archive for October 2012

General: Decision to Delay Afghan Hospital Investigation Not Political

Denied Knowing About Neglect Caldwell also said the patient neglect shown in pictures during the hearing was not something he knew about until Nov. 10, 2010. Rather, it was the hospital corruption that was brought to his attention and the subject ...

General: Decision to Delay Afghan Hospital Investigation Not Political

WASHINGTON — Politics played no role in the timing of a request to investigate corruption and patient neglect at a U.S. funded hospital in Afghanistan, a U.S. general told Congress.

Construction of New Orlando VAMC Still Bogged Down; Legislators Call for Action

Glenn Haggstrom, principal executive director for the VA Office of Acquisition, Logistics and Construction, told the committee that VA believes that it is “achievable” for the contractor to complete work on the facility by next summer (2013) wi...

Construction of New Orlando VAMC Still Bogged Down; Legislators Call for Action

ORLANDO, FL — After four years of construction on a new state-of-the-art VA Orlando Medical Center, lawmakers want to know why the VA and the contractor still cannot agree on a delivery date for the new facility.

TRICARE Limits Autism Coverage, Classifies Popular Therapy as Educational

Is Applied Behavioral Analysis Unproven?
WASHINGTON — Is a commonly used autism therapy a medical or educational intervention?

VA Researcher Draws on Co-Workers’ Strength to Win Olympic Bronze Medal

VA makes a difference Just trying to make the Olympic team is a rigorous process where only the “elite of the elite” are chosen; two-thirds of the athletes end up being sent home, notes Dell. And she started out at a distinct disadvantage. “I was ...

VA Researcher Draws on Co-Workers' Strength to Win Olympic Bronze Medal

BEDFORD, MA — Natalie Dell, MPH, a project coordinator for mental-health studies focusing on depression and post-traumatic stress disorder in veterans, has served VA since completing graduate school in 2009.

Cancer Treatment Too Often Determined by Age

Prostate Cancer Most Frequently Diagnosed Among Veterans About 40,000 incident cancer cases are reported in the Veterans Affairs Central Cancer Registry (VACCR) each year and represent about 3% of all U.S. cancer cases, according to a report from ...

Cancer Treatment Too Often Determined by Age

Age, not overall health or prognosis, plays too large a role in determining what patients get cancer treatment, according to a new study from the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.

VA Conference Spending Raises Questions; Investigators Seek Answers

Orlando Conferences According to VA, its weeklong conferences in Orlando provided “professional development and instruction for almost half of VA’s HR workforce.” “These nearly 2,000 HR professionals received training to better recruit, train and ...
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