Category: VA

VA’s Veterans Canteen Service is serving free breakfast combo meals and free Starbucks tall coffee the morning of Nov. 9 at PatriotCafés and PatriotBrews. Also, in honor of Veterans Day, Veterans can now enjoy free shipping on all orders at ShopVCS.com. Browse thousands of top-brand items from apparel to power tools to event tickets and…

As the largest employer in the nation, the federal government is able to offer exceptional retirement benefits, which includes a comprehensive retirement package known as the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). FERS is a three-tiered system that includes your Social Security benefits, a Thrift Spending Plan that works like a 401(k), and the FERS pension plan…

November 2023 will mark 20 years since the launch of My HealtheVet, VA’s patient portal. What began as a modest website has become a vital tool for Veterans and providers alike. Lara Storke can attest to the portal’s benefits from two perspectives. As an Army Veteran, she uses My HealtheVet for her own care. And…

Remember being grounded? Not being allowed to see friends, talk on the phone or attend the school dance? Being grounded as a teenager was no fun at all! Being grounded as an adult means something entirely different. When you hear the words, “He’s got his feet on the ground,” or “She seems very grounded through…

Regenerative agriculture is a practice aimed at improving the health of soil, water, crops and people by focusing on relationships between these elements. The emphasis is on healing the environment, and it uses a blend of traditional wisdom and modern science. Regenerative agriculture mimics natural cycles of growth through crop rotation, rotational grazing, cover crops…

In this episode of the PTSD Bytes podcast, the hosts discuss trauma and resilience in the LGBTQ+ community with Dr. Eve Rosenfeld from the National Center for PTSD. The LGBTQ+ community The term “LGBTQ+” is a way to talk about people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, and other sexuality or gender…

Last month in Tulsa, Oklahoma, VA’s National Academic Affiliations Council met at the Ernest K. Childers VA Outpatient Clinic to further advance the largest public-private partnership in VA’s history, harnessing many of its diverse partnerships to meet their goals. The 14-member council meets quarterly to create recommendations and advise VA leadership on matters affecting relationships…

Bay Pines VA, along with community leaders, broke ground recently on a new VA clinic in Sebring. The new clinic will provide 14,600 sq. ft. of space to serve more than 5,000 Veterans annually.  Key factors in the design of the new facility (artist rendering above) include accommodations to expand mental health services, a priority…

Advancements in Veteran care mean advancements in technology, and VA works hard to be at the cutting edge of those health care innovations. To do so, we need top-notch technology experts in both clinical and nonclinical specialties across the country. What can you do with a technology background at VA? Information technology specialists will provide…

Physician assistants (PA) serve in one of the broadest roles in health care. A PA is a licensed medical professional who holds an advanced degree and can provide direct patient care. They work in multiple areas of specialty and primary care, diagnosing and treating common illnesses and working with minor procedures. To get a better…

VHA’s Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning (OHIL) supports data and analytics projects that leverage vast amounts of clinical data to improve Veterans’ health issues without compromising patient privacy and the process of delivering quality care. This summer, data experts, VA leaders and VA employees convened in Washington, D.C., at VA’s National Artificial Intelligence (NAII)…

VA Immersive is defining a new reality in health care, transforming care delivery and experience, and reinforcing why Veterans and staff choose VA. In this second “New Horizons in Health: Bringing Veteran Health Care Into the Future” podcast episode, Veterans who have experienced and benefited from the technology, like augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality…