by Rikki Almanza | Oct 31, 2023
The VA has launched a $1 million competition known as the Artificial Intelligence Tech Sprint to address health care worker burnout. This nationwide challenge invites innovators to develop AI-powered solutions to alleviate burnout among healthcare...
by Christian Southards | Aug 22, 2023
The next major PACT Act deadline for some Veterans is slated for Sept. 30, 2023. A special enrollment period will allow eligible Veterans to bypass the normal application process for VA benefits and enroll directly in VA health care. To be eligible, the...
by Christian Southards | Sep 29, 2022
On Sept. 28, the U.S. the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it is expanding eligibility and delaying deadlines for Gulf War and Post-9/11 veterans to enroll in VA health care, as provisioned by the Honoring Our PACT Act that was signed into law on Aug. 10....
by Christian Southards | Feb 5, 2021
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced in a Feb. 2 press release that over 1M total doses of either the Pfizer-BioNtech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine had been administered to date. The VA says that for veterans, 44,000 had received a full vaccine while...
by Christian Southards | Jan 8, 2021
On Jan. 6, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced in a press release that its Digital Divide Consult program has provided internet access or video-enabled devices to over 12,000 veterans in the United States—to include California veterans—in need of telehealth...
