News
Veterans Will Benefit if the VA Includes Telehealth in its Access Standards
- Author:
- Russell B. Lemle, PhD
- Megan McCarthy, PhD
Publish date: May 9, 2023
VA choice not to include telehealth in wait time calculations could have far-reaching...
News
The SHOW UP Act Threatens VA Telehealth
- Author:
- Russell B. Lemle, PhD
- Katherine B. McGuire
Publish date: March 7, 2023
Article
VA Gets it Right on Suicide
- Author:
- Russell B. Lemle, PhD
Publish date: October 25, 2022
Article
Community Care Program Lacks Essential Data for Health Care Decisions
- Author:
- Russell B. Lemle, PhD
Publish date: February 4, 2022
Veterans don’t have promised information about quality in the community care program that...
Article
Veterans, Firearms, and Suicide: Safe Storage Prevention Policy and the PREVENTS Roadmap
- Author:
- Russell B. Lemle, PhD
Suicide prevention requires a multimodal approach, and attention to firearms access must become a more salient component of the President’s...
Article
VA Forges a Historic Partnership with the National Shooting Sports Foundation and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to Prevent Veteran Suicide
- Author:
- Russell B. Lemle, PhD
Publish date: February 15, 2019
The collaboration seeks to reduce the nearly 7 in 10 US veteran suicides that result from firearms.
Article
Overemphasizing Communities in the National Strategy for Preventing Veteran Suicide Could Undercut VA Successes
- Author:
- Russell B. Lemle, PhD
In June 2018, the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued its National Strategy for Preventing Veteran Suicide, 2018-2028. Its...
Article
Choice Program Expansion Jeopardizes High-Quality VHA Mental Health Services
- Author:
- Russell B. Lemle, PhD
Last summer, the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) published the most comprehensive analysis of veteran suicide in our nation’s history. That...