Kizer to be presented with APHA's 2008 Award for Excellence.
Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH, will receive the 2008 APHA Award for Excellence for his distinguished achievements in transforming the operation and quality of the U.S. Veterans Affairs Health Care System. Kizer, who was VA undersecretary for health and chief executive officer for the Veterans Health Administration...

The best care anywhere: ten years ago, veterans hospitals were dangerous, dirty, and scandal-ridden. Today, they're producing the highest quality care in the country. Their turnaround points the way toward solving America's health-care crisis.
Quick. When you read "veterans hospital," what comes to mind? Maybe you recall the headlines from a dozen years ago about the three decomposed bodies found near a veterans medical center in Salem, Va. Two turned out to be the remains of patients who had wandered off months before....

Veterans's health care: empty promises, broken dreams.
Has the federal government abandoned the veteran or did he just get lost in a bureaucratic shuffle? Somewhere between the noble promises of the past and the health care reality of the 21st century, aged veterans have become victims of time whose final days are marred by a lack...

Veterans Health Care System Anesthesia Provider Says Physiometrix's PSA 4000 "is a major advance in monitoring consciousness and can benefit all patients undergoing surgery who must be sedated.".
Dr. Maureen P. Reilly Tells Audience "the PSA 4000 empowers me to be as precisely in control as professionally possible, and that's superior medicine." NO. BILLERICA, Mass., June 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Physiometrix Inc. (Nasdaq: PHYX), developer of the patented Patient State...

The impact of private insurance coverage on veterans' use of VA care: insurance and selection effects.
One of the largest integrated health care delivery systems in the United States, the Veterans Health Administration (VA) provided care to 4.2 million veterans in fiscal year (FY) 2003. Treatment is virtually free for enrollees with high priority status due to service-connected disability or low income. Others face copayments...

Allied Veterans of the World to Make Donation to VA Hospital.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-22 July 2008-Allied Veterans of the World to Make Donation to VA Hospital(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com An organization of military veterans that concentrates on supporting Veterans Administration health care services will continue taking care of its own Friday in North Carolina. ...

Stanford University Researchers: Use of AIDS Test Can Prolong Life.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-29 September 2008-Stanford University Researchers: Use of AIDS Test Can Prolong Life(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com A simple test given to HIV/AIDS patients in southern Africa could extend their lives by nearly a year and save health-care costs at the same time, according to...

Short- and long-term mortality after an acute illness for elderly whites and blacks.
The 2001 Institute of Medicine report Unequal Treatment declared definitively that quality of health care is often very different between white and minority populations in the United States (Smedley, Stith, and Nelson 2003). Among hospitalized patients, blacks have lower treatment rates than whites across a wide range of conditions,...

Clinical practice guideline implementation strategy patterns in Veterans Affairs primary care clinics.
Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) have been used increasingly to standardize diagnosis and treatment procedures based on the latest clinical evidence, and thereby improve the quality of care. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), the largest integrated health care system in the United States, mandated the implementation of CPGs throughout all...

Veterans Welcome Funding Increase.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Organizations representing millions of America's veterans have hailed passage of legislation in the House of Representatives that provides much-needed health care funding for their sick and disabled comrades, including those who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. The stop-gap budget bill, or...