Health Policy
News
Study Warns of the Risk of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in the Military
Preventable CO exposures present a “unique and potentially lethal” risk for active duty service members and their beneficiaries.
News
Bipartisan Bill to Help Reduce Veteran Suicides Readies for Senate Vote
US senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and John Boozman (R-AR) introduce a bill to bring veterans “one step closer” in getting the mental health care they...
News
ATLAS Opens New Telehealth Site With Walmart
Pilot program makes health care access to veterans and their families even easier with the Walmart partnership in 4 US states.
Original Research
Using Democratic Deliberation to Engage Veterans in Complex Policy Making for the Veterans Health Administration
A democratic deliberation panel of veterans providing insight into veteran perspectives on resource allocation and the Veterans Choice Act showed...
Original Research
Food Insecurity Among Veterans: Resources to Screen and Intervene
A screener was created in the VA electronic health record clinical reminder system to facilitate an interdisciplinary approach to identifying and...
Commentary
Military Health Care at a Crossroads
The certainty that federal health care will be different, and the equal uncertainty about when and how the systems will...
News
HHS drug importation proposals aim to address high costs
Trump administration drops key health care proposal on day of impeachment vote.
Conference Coverage
Culture Change Needed Around Addiction Treatment in the Military
Although the military has long focused on discipline and separation to handle service members with addiction, treatment costs...
Conference Coverage
Leaders Outline DHA “Market” Transition
The Military Health System is moving to a new system that organizes military treatment facilities into geography-based...
Conference Coverage
PHS Message to Military Health Providers: Join Us
Recruitment and retention are top PHS priorities as it seeks to develop new Ready Reserve force, ADM Giroir told the largely military health care...