Take your career to new places with VA’s Travel Nurse Corps

Explore the country, and VA, as a travel nurse. Through our Travel Nurse Corps, you can join an internal pool of registered nurses (RNs) who go on temporary, short-term assignments at VA medical centers throughout the United States, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The Travel Nurse Corps is one of many unique ways…

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Helping Veterans dispel myths about VA health care: Part 1

Many eligible Veterans don’t get their health care through VA. This two-part blog dispels myths and helps Veterans understand the VA health care they deserve. The post Helping Veterans dispel myths about VA health care: Part 1 appeared first on VAntage Point. Author: VAntagePoint Contributor

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Carmelita Vigil-Schimmenti: Caring is good medicine

Carmelita Vigil-Schimmenti was the first Hispanic woman to reach the rank of brigadier general. The post Carmelita Vigil-Schimmenti: Caring is good medicine appeared first on VAntage Point. Author: VAntagePoint Contributor

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VA’s progress on treating cancer since 2016

Every year, VA diagnoses and treats about 43,000 Veterans with new cases of cancer; VA currently treats 400,000 Veterans with cancer. Here is VA’s progress on treating cancer. The post VA’s progress on treating cancer since 2016 appeared first on VAntage Point. Author: VAntagePoint Contributor

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What women Veteran-owned business entrepreneurs need to know

There are programs specifically geared toward positioning women Veteran-owned small businesses in level playing fields in the federal marketplace. The post What women Veteran-owned business entrepreneurs need to know appeared first on VAntage Point. Author: VAntagePoint Contributor

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Bayes’ Theorem and its statistical inference

“By updating our initial beliefs with objective new information, we get a new and improved belief.” Sharon Bertsch McGrayne in The Theory That Would Not Die Thomas Bayes, the eponymous Presbyterian minister of the renowned theorem, first introduced his mathematical expression close to 300 year ago. This Bayesian approach is the mathematical formulation of the…

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This is the right time to invest in AI innovative technologies

Amrita Kumar looks forward to the BIR and RCR AI conference taking place in London on March 17-18, and why all radiologists need to be familiar with AI in healthcare. Congratulations on your new role as chair of the AI and Innovation Special Interest Group at the British Institute of Radiology! What are your main…

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Innovation Revolutionary: Giving Veterans tools to take charge of their health

Innovation revolutionary Jade Brooks continues to optimize cancer care and save lives nationwide using mobile applications to improve care. The post Innovation Revolutionary: Giving Veterans tools to take charge of their health appeared first on VAntage Point. Author: VAntagePoint Contributor

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PTSD Bytes #5: Prolonged Exposure and treatments for PTSD

In this episode of PTSD Bytes, Dr. Carmen McLean talks about prolonged exposure and the mobile app “PE Coach.” The post PTSD Bytes #5: Prolonged Exposure and treatments for PTSD appeared first on VAntage Point. Author: VAntagePoint Contributor

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Northwell Health to use AI to transform RCM

Northwell Health has signed a ten-year agreement with Clinithink to use its CLiX revenue solution to improve accuracy in its revenue cycle management operations. With 22 hospitals and over 800 outpatient facilities in its growing network, Northwell Health delivers healthcare to over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, operating…

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