15 recipients have been chosen for the 2017 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award.
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The Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award is awarded to employers who have distinguished themselves through their outstanding support of our Guard and Reserve members and their families. It is the highest honor the department gives to employers for support of National Guard and Reserve employees.
After more than 3,000 nominations were received from Guard and Reserve Component troops across the country, 15 recipients have been chosen as having gone above and beyond federal requirements in support of their military employees.
Learn how this year's recipients are supporting Guard and Reserve members and their families and receive Freedom Award updates:
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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, D.C., United States for Thursday, 27 July 2017 "Further your education (for less) with VA education benefits"
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VA education benefits alleviate the financial stress of furthering your education. One of the most widely used benefits, the Post-9/11 GI Bill®, offers Veterans help toward educational costs.
Chris, an Army Veteran, did not have an easy transition from the military to civilian life. At the urging of his wife, he looked to VA for help and now describes the Post-9/11 GI Bill benefit as a blessing. The program helped him earn his degree to start his career as a chiropractor.
“I reached out and used my Chapter 33 Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits and that definitely saved my life and my marriage,” says Chris.
The Post-9/11 GI Bill can help cover the cost of tuition, housing, training and other education-related expenses for approved undergraduate, graduate and non-college degree programs. GI Bill users can also use the benefit for national testing reimbursement, on-the-job, apprenticeships and more.
"It allowed me to be able to go back to school and earn my degree so that I can provide for my family,” says Chris. “It changed my life.”
Find out more about the Post-9/11 GI Bill and other VA education benefits by visiting Explore.VA.gov or clicking the button below.
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Clinical Assessment Program Review of the Montana VA Health Care System, Fort Harrison, Montana
The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) evaluated the quality of care delivered at the Montana VA Health Care System. OIG reviewed key clinical and administrative processes that affect patient care outcomes—Quality, Safety, and Value; Environment of Care; Medication Management; Coordination of Care; Diagnostic Care; Moderate Sedation; Community Nursing Home (CNH) Oversight; and Management of Disruptive/Violent Behavior. OIG provided crime awareness briefings to 82 employees. OIG identified certain system weaknesses in environmental cleanliness; reusable medical equipment processes; anticoagulation processes; transfer data collection; point-of-care testing; moderate sedation policy, processes, and training; CNH annual reviews and clinical visits; disruptive/violent behavior management policy and processes; the surgical death review process; pressure ulcer documentation; and medication reconciliation and patient education for fluoroquinolones. As a result of this review, OIG could not gain reasonable assurance that the facility: (1) Does not have stained or missing ceiling tiles in patient care areas (2) Has effective processes for reusable medical equipment reprocessing (3) Has a comprehensive anticoagulation therapy management program (4) Uses patient transfer data to improve care (5) Appropriately manages critical point-of-care test values (6) Has effective processes for reporting adverse events and ensuring training for moderate sedation (7) Completes exclusion review documentation and performs cyclical reviews of CNH program patient care (8) Effectively manages disruptive/violent behavior (9) Tracks and reviews surgical deaths (10) Documents required elements related to pressure ulcers (11) Includes fluoroquinolones in medication reconciliation and medication counseling and evaluates patient understanding OIG made recommendations in the following seven areas: (1) Environment of Care, (2) Medication Management, (3) Coordination of Care, (4) Diagnostic Care, (5) Moderate Sedation, (6) CNH Oversight, and (7) Management of Disruptive/Violent Behavior. OIG made repeat recommendations in Quality Management, Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management, and Medication Management.
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South Florida Man Charged With Credit Card Fraud And Identity Theft Involving Personal Information From Veterans
Man indicted on charges of credit card fraud and identity theft of veterans receiving VA health care benefits.
South Florida Man Charged With Credit Card Fraud And Identity Theft Involving Personal Information From Veterans
Man indicted on charges of credit card fraud and identity theft of veterans receiving VA health care benefits.
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-------Military Health System in Washington, D.C., United States for Thursday, 27 July 2017 "Bono to DHITS: Use health IT to better serve patients"
Bono to DHITS: Use health IT to better serve patientsNavy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director, Defense Health Agency, speaks at the Defense Health Information Technology Symposium, July 25, in Orlando, Florida. The three-day meeting brings together more than 2,000 information technology professionals, health care providers, and administrators who use IT solutions to better serve patients.
The Military Health System has a large set of stakeholders, all with important interests and objectives. While the mechanics of it might seem complex, it comes down to a simple question for providers: Are they taking care of the people and their families? Part of that answer comes in the form of health information technology.
“Health IT is one of the foundational enterprise support activities,” said Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director, Defense Health Agency. “There is not another support function that touches everything we do.”
(From left to right): Army Brig. Gen. Ronald Stephens, deputy chief of staff for support, U.S. Army Medical Command; Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director Defense Health Agency; Navy Rear Adm. Terry Moulton, deputy Surgeon General, deputy chief, Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; and Air Force Maj. Gen. Roosevelt Allen, director, Medical Operations and Research, and chief of the Dental Corps, Office of the Air Force Surgeon General.
Bono spoke to attendees at the Defense Health Information Technology Symposium, July 25, in Orlando, Florida. The three-day meeting titled “One Team, One Mission - Creating Our Future Together” brings together more than 2,000 information technology professionals, health care providers, and administrators who make use of IT solutions to better serve patients. Bono urged attendees to use the capabilities of her agency to support patient care.
Health IT serves invaluable functions in the Military Health System, she said, helping to improve critical support for medical surveillance, logistics, TRICARE, and access to care. “Health IT is providing us with more real-time information to better manage patient care,” said Bono. “Combined with an enterprise approach to cybersecurity, the Military Health System can be a national leader of more connected and interoperable health care.”
Bono also reflected on some of the lessons learned from the early rollout in the Pacific Northwest of MHS GENESIS, the new electronic health record for the Military Health System. “Patients want more connectivity. They intuitively understood how to use the new patient portals even before we were formally communicating about them. This tells us the interest and demand is there,” she said.
Bono was joined on stage by Army Brig. Gen. Ronald Stephens, deputy chief of staff for support, U.S. Army Medical Command; Navy Rear Adm. Terry Moulton, deputy Surgeon General, deputy chief, Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; and Air Force Maj. Gen. Roosevelt Allen, director, Medical Operations and Research, and chief of the Dental Corps, Office of the Air Force Surgeon General, during a panel discussion on how to better integrate IT systems across the services’ health care functions.
While there are many issues facing the military’s health IT community right now – patients wanting better access to information, the MHS securing that information, and DoD rolling out MHS GENESIS – Bono encouraged the audience to remember why they serve.
“In this complex world of health care, it’s easy to get overwhelmed with the number of stakeholders who are relying on you to keep all of this running safely and securely,” she said. “But keep your focus on our principal stakeholder: the patients we serve.”
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Bono spoke to attendees at the Defense Health Information Technology Symposium, July 25, in Orlando, Florida. The three-day meeting titled “One Team, One Mission - Creating Our Future Together” brings together more than 2,000 information technology professionals, health care providers, and administrators who make use of IT solutions to better serve patients. Bono urged attendees to use the capabilities of her agency to support patient care.
Health IT serves invaluable functions in the Military Health System, she said, helping to improve critical support for medical surveillance, logistics, TRICARE, and access to care. “Health IT is providing us with more real-time information to better manage patient care,” said Bono. “Combined with an enterprise approach to cybersecurity, the Military Health System can be a national leader of more connected and interoperable health care.”
Bono also reflected on some of the lessons learned from the early rollout in the Pacific Northwest of MHS GENESIS, the new electronic health record for the Military Health System. “Patients want more connectivity. They intuitively understood how to use the new patient portals even before we were formally communicating about them. This tells us the interest and demand is there,” she said.
Bono was joined on stage by Army Brig. Gen. Ronald Stephens, deputy chief of staff for support, U.S. Army Medical Command; Navy Rear Adm. Terry Moulton, deputy Surgeon General, deputy chief, Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; and Air Force Maj. Gen. Roosevelt Allen, director, Medical Operations and Research, and chief of the Dental Corps, Office of the Air Force Surgeon General, during a panel discussion on how to better integrate IT systems across the services’ health care functions.
While there are many issues facing the military’s health IT community right now – patients wanting better access to information, the MHS securing that information, and DoD rolling out MHS GENESIS – Bono encouraged the audience to remember why they serve.
“In this complex world of health care, it’s easy to get overwhelmed with the number of stakeholders who are relying on you to keep all of this running safely and securely,” she said. “But keep your focus on our principal stakeholder: the patients we serve.”
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