Fauci says Indian COVID-19 variant makes up 6% of all cases in the US and could become the dominant strain if Americans don’t get vaccinated The Indian variant known as B.1.617.2 currently makes up 6% of all coronavirus cases sequenced in the U.S. Indian authorities have referred to it as a ‘double mutant’ because it […]
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VA hospitals have lower rates of adverse events in psychiatric units
(HealthDay)—Psychiatric inpatients at community-based hospitals are twice as likely to experience adverse events (AEs) or medical errors (MEs) as inpatients at Veterans Health Administration (VHA) hospitals, according to a study published in the November issue of Medical Care. Sara W. Cullen, Ph.D., from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and colleagues retrospectively reviewed medical records […]
Wait Times Have Improved in VA Health Care System
FRIDAY, Jan. 18, 2019 — From 2014 to 2017, there were improvements in wait times in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system, resulting in reduced wait times versus the private sector (PS) in 2017, according to a study published online Jan. 18 in JAMA Network Open. Madeline Penn, from the Department of […]
VA creates new Office of Electronic Health Record Modernization
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs established a new Office of Electronic Health Record Modernization, which will be led by Genevieve Morris, Department of Health and Human Services principal deputy national coordinator. Morris and the OEHRM will work closely with the agency’s Under Secretary of Health and CIO to manage the massive transition from the […]