Health Care Delivered By The Veterans Administration

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Health Care Services,Committee to Evaluate the Department of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Services
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309466608

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Evaluation of the Department of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Services by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Health Care Services,Committee to Evaluate the Department of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Services Pdf

Approximately 4 million U.S. service members took part in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Shortly after troops started returning from their deployments, some active-duty service members and veterans began experiencing mental health problems. Given the stressors associated with war, it is not surprising that some service members developed such mental health conditions as posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and substance use disorder. Subsequent epidemiologic studies conducted on military and veteran populations that served in the operations in Afghanistan and Iraq provided scientific evidence that those who fought were in fact being diagnosed with mental illnesses and experiencing mental healthâ€"related outcomesâ€"in particular, suicideâ€"at a higher rate than the general population. This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the quality, capacity, and access to mental health care services for veterans who served in the Armed Forces in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn. It includes an analysis of not only the quality and capacity of mental health care services within the Department of Veterans Affairs, but also barriers faced by patients in utilizing those services.

Author : United States. Department of Veterans Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Families of military personnel
ISBN : UIUC:30112055134156

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VA health care overview by United States. Department of Veterans Affairs Pdf

Author : United States. Veterans Administration. Department of Medicine and Surgery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Medical care
ISBN : STANFORD:36105126755656

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Regionalization of Veterans Administration's Health Care System by United States. Veterans Administration. Department of Medicine and Surgery Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Veterans
ISBN : LOC:00183964033

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VA Health Care Delivery Facilities in the Great Lakes Region by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care Pdf

Author : Claude Da Costa
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Veterans
ISBN : 1624173713

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Veteran's Health Care by Claude Da Costa Pdf

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), operates the nation's largest integrated direct health care delivery system, provides care to more than 5.5 million unique veteran patients, and employs more than 258,000 full-time equivalent employees. While Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are also publicly funded programs, most health care services under these programs are delivered by private providers in private facilities. In contrast, the VA health care system could be categorised as a veteran-specific national health care system, in the sense that the federal government owns the medical facilities and employs the health care providers. This book provides an analysis of veterans health care with a focus on frequently asked questions; basic eligibility for veterans' benefits; health care for survivors and dependants of veterans; FY2013 appropriations; and weaknesses in policies and oversight governing medical supplies.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : LOC:00183963909

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Role of the Department of Veterans Affairs in the National Health Care Delivery System by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Veterans
ISBN : LOC:00183963727

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Health Care Delivered by the Veterans' Administration by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Health
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Medical
ISBN : PURD:32754074127451

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The State of the VA Health Care System by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Health Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Veterans
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045632960

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VA Health Care Delivery Facilities in the Midwestern Medical Region by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : LOC:0018396477A

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Role of Department of Veterans Affairs in National Health Care Reform by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045128829

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Status of the Reorganization of the Veterans Health Administration and Related Initiatives to Improve VA Health Care Delivery Methods by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies Pdf

Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309262019

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The Role of Telehealth in an Evolving Health Care Environment by Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services Pdf

In 1996, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released its report Telemedicine: A Guide to Assessing Telecommunications for Health Care. In that report, the IOM Committee on Evaluating Clinical Applications of Telemedicine found telemedicine is similar in most respects to other technologies for which better evidence of effectiveness is also being demanded. Telemedicine, however, has some special characteristics-shared with information technologies generally-that warrant particular notice from evaluators and decision makers. Since that time, attention to telehealth has continued to grow in both the public and private sectors. Peer-reviewed journals and professional societies are devoted to telehealth, the federal government provides grant funding to promote the use of telehealth, and the private technology industry continues to develop new applications for telehealth. However, barriers remain to the use of telehealth modalities, including issues related to reimbursement, licensure, workforce, and costs. Also, some areas of telehealth have developed a stronger evidence base than others. The Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) sponsored the IOM in holding a workshop in Washington, DC, on August 8-9 2012, to examine how the use of telehealth technology can fit into the U.S. health care system. HRSA asked the IOM to focus on the potential for telehealth to serve geographically isolated individuals and extend the reach of scarce resources while also emphasizing the quality and value in the delivery of health care services. This workshop summary discusses the evolution of telehealth since 1996, including the increasing role of the private sector, policies that have promoted or delayed the use of telehealth, and consumer acceptance of telehealth. The Role of Telehealth in an Evolving Health Care Environment: Workshop Summary discusses the current evidence base for telehealth, including available data and gaps in data; discuss how technological developments, including mobile telehealth, electronic intensive care units, remote monitoring, social networking, and wearable devices, in conjunction with the push for electronic health records, is changing the delivery of health care in rural and urban environments. This report also summarizes actions that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) can undertake to further the use of telehealth to improve health care outcomes while controlling costs in the current health care environment.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111205865

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Present and Future Role of VA Health Care by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs Pdf

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on Integrating Social Needs Care into the Delivery of Health Care to Improve the Nation's Health
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309493468

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Integrating Social Care into the Delivery of Health Care by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on Integrating Social Needs Care into the Delivery of Health Care to Improve the Nation's Health Pdf

Integrating Social Care into the Delivery of Health Care: Moving Upstream to Improve the Nation's Health was released in September 2019, before the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic in March 2020. Improving social conditions remains critical to improving health outcomes, and integrating social care into health care delivery is more relevant than ever in the context of the pandemic and increased strains placed on the U.S. health care system. The report and its related products ultimately aim to help improve health and health equity, during COVID-19 and beyond. The consistent and compelling evidence on how social determinants shape health has led to a growing recognition throughout the health care sector that improving health and health equity is likely to depend â€" at least in part â€" on mitigating adverse social determinants. This recognition has been bolstered by a shift in the health care sector towards value-based payment, which incentivizes improved health outcomes for persons and populations rather than service delivery alone. The combined result of these changes has been a growing emphasis on health care systems addressing patients' social risk factors and social needs with the aim of improving health outcomes. This may involve health care systems linking individual patients with government and community social services, but important questions need to be answered about when and how health care systems should integrate social care into their practices and what kinds of infrastructure are required to facilitate such activities. Integrating Social Care into the Delivery of Health Care: Moving Upstream to Improve the Nation's Health examines the potential for integrating services addressing social needs and the social determinants of health into the delivery of health care to achieve better health outcomes. This report assesses approaches to social care integration currently being taken by health care providers and systems, and new or emerging approaches and opportunities; current roles in such integration by different disciplines and organizations, and new or emerging roles and types of providers; and current and emerging efforts to design health care systems to improve the nation's health and reduce health inequities.

Author : Institute of Medicine,Division of Health Care Services,VA Pharmacy Formulary Analysis Committee
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000-10-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309183536

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Description and Analysis of the VA National Formulary by Institute of Medicine,Division of Health Care Services,VA Pharmacy Formulary Analysis Committee Pdf

The VA National Formulary generated controversy, which motivated congressional scrutiny and a directive to the VA to commission this report reviewing the experience with the National Formulary and formulary system. This Institute of Medicine committee was pleased to assist the Congress with this review, in part because the committee saw in the VHA example an opportunity to understand and anticipate problems that all publicly funded programs are likely to encounter in this new age of pharmaceuticals. The Congress asked the committee to review the restrictiveness of the National Formulary, its impact on the costs and quality of care in the VHA, and how it compared to formularies and drug management practices in the private sector and in other public programs, especially Medicaid. Detailed in the pages that follow, the committee's findings and conclusions on these questions are, the committee believes, highly instructive, though not always in the ways that we anticipated.