Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access: The Benefits of the One-Stick Standard (Sponsored)
Gaining vascular access through inserting a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) or a peripheral intravenous line (PIV) can be downright …
Veterans Affairs & Military Medicine
VA Research: Putting Data to Work for Veterans
In the era of big data, there aren’t many public entities with bigger data than the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). …
VA Research: Putting the “D” in R&D
Among thousands of studies conducted at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers, outpatient clinics, and nursing homes every year, …
Interview: Dr. Rachel Ramoni, Chief Research and Development Officer (CRADO), Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Rachel B. Ramoni, DMD, ScD, is the chief research and development officer (CRADO) for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). …
Preparation, Response, Recovery: The “Fourth Mission” of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
It’s hard to argue anyone was ready for what happened in Northern California on the night of Oct. 8, 2017, …
VA Learning Opportunities Residency (VALOR) Program Benefits Nursing Students and Veterans Affairs
The transition from student to a real-world job setting can be difficult in any arena, and that is certainly true …
Veterans Affairs Nurses: Stories from the Front Lines of a Pandemic (Sponsored)
2020 is the year of the nurse and the midwife, a time to celebrate Florence Nightingale’s 200th birthday (May 12), …
Keeping Personnel and Patients Safe at Veterans Affairs
As the opening month of 2020 reveal the increasingly devastating developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, images of health care workers …
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Aims to Enhance Specialty Care for Veterans
In Eureka, Montana near the Canadian border, a telehealth initiative brings together a veteran with a physician five hours away. …
Healing More Than Limbs (Sponsored)
At Craig Joint Theater Hospital in Bagram, Afghanistan, we care for the whole person, often in creative ways. No one …