Progress in DoD, VA Partnership
Tags: INTERAGENCY coordination; UNITED States. Dept. of Defense; UNITED States. Dept. of Veterans Affairs; UNITED States -- Armed Forces -- Medical care; LYNN, William J., 1954-; GOULD, W. Scott
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- VA and Defense Health Care: Military Medical Surveillance Policies in Place, but Implementation Challenges Remain: GAO-02-478T. Bascetta, Cynthia A. // GAO Reports;2/27/2002, p1
The Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently established a medical surveillance system to respond to the health care needs of both military personnel and veterans. A medical surveillance system involves the ongoing collection and analysis of uniform...
- DOD and VA Health Care: Challenges Encountered by Injured Servicemembers during Their Recovery Process: GAO-07-606T. Bascetta, Cynthia A. // GAO Reports;3/9/2007, p1
As of March 1, 2007, over 24,000 servicemembers have been wounded in action since the onset of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), according to the Department of Defense (DOD). GAO work has shown that servicemembers injured in combat face an array of significant...
- VA and DOD Health Care: Administration of DOD's Post-Deployment Health Reassessment to National Guard and Reserve Servicemembers and VA's Interaction with DOD. // GAO Reports;1/25/2008, p1
The article presents the report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office regarding the Veterans Affairs' and Department of Defense's administration of post-deployment healthcare services for servicemembers. It focuses on the National Guard and Reserve servicemen, in light of the growing...
- DOD and VA Have Jointly Developed the Majority of Required Policies but Challenges Remain. Williamson, Randall B. // GAO Reports;7/8/2009, preceding p1
The article reports on the evaluation conducted by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the progress made by the Dept. of Defense (DOD) and Dept. of Veterans Affairs' (VA) in developing policies for the care, management and transition of recovering servicemembers. GAO assessed...
- THE PROBLEM WITH COMBAT MEDICAL CARE. Hunt, Kasie // National Journal;8/13/2005, Vol. 37 Issue 33-35, p2602
Focuses on the need for the U.S. Army to improve its electronic database system to manage the soldiers' medical records. Disadvantages of the lack of medical records; Complaints made by Army colonel and orthopedic surgeon Robert Granville against a Web site launched by the Department of Defense...
- Taking Care of Business: The VA Commits to Training. Garrison, Richard // Public Manager;Summer2011, Vol. 40 Issue 2, p60
The article focuses on the program Transformation 21 that was implemented by Secretary Eric K. Shinseki of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). It states that the program aims to engage employees to review fundamentals in every operation, relieve the agency of contract over-runs and high...
- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: DOD and VA Have Increased Their Sharing of Health Information, but Further Actions Are Needed. Melvin, Valerie C. // GAO Reports;9/24/2008, p1
The article reports that the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have been required to increase the exchange of health information between the departments under the National Defense Authorization Act in the U.S. The two departments have been working with...
- Wounded Warriors and Civilian Communities: It Is Everyone's Responsibility. Murdough, Brenda // Exceptional Parent;Nov2008, Vol. 38 Issue 11, p79
The article discusses the care of wounded service members in the U.S. The U.S. Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs have health care plans for these individuals but with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan there are an overabundance of patients. Also, a large number of...
- VA and DOD Health Care: GAO-08-495R. // GAO Reports;4/30/2008, p1
Improving collaboration and health resource sharing between the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DOD) has been the focus of numerous efforts by Congress and the executive branch for more than two decades. In 1982, Congress passed the Veterans' Administration...
