Best Practices
Best Practices
Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center
Federal health care practitioners can tap in to the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center’s (DVBIC) clinical and educational resources to...
Best Practices
Delirium: A Practical Prevention Program
Mr. W., an 82-year-old veteran with coronary artery disease, dementia, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and recurrent falls, has been living alone...
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Developing a Culture of Safety
A positive safety culture is one in which the whole is more than the sum of its parts. Based on a collective commitment to success and mutual...
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Harnessing the Power of Information Technologies for the Visually Impaired
Communication is essential to all humans for life, health, relationships, and employment. Our need to access text and other visual inputs makes...
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Putting a "LID" on Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Novel Paradigm in Health Care Delivery
As life expectancy increases, our population is aging rapidly.
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The Evolution of the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System Hospital at Home Program
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast of the United States as a Category 3 hurricane.
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Supporting Older Veterans After Hospital Discharge: The TransitionaL Care (TLC) Partners Program
Although only about 13% of the U.S.
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Focus on Capabilities Not Disabilities–Sports and Recreation for the Blind and Visually Impaired Service Member and Veteran
Service members of the U.S. Armed Forces and veterans are affected by many visually disabling conditions, including combat eye injury, traumatic...
Clinical Review
Medical Avatars—An Innovative Approach to Fostering Health Promotion and Lifestyle Change
Unhealthy behaviors are highly prevalent in the veteran population.
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The VHA Male Osteoporosis Program: A National Model for Bone Health
As people age, the risk of osteoporotic fracture increases, but much more attention has been given to osteoporosis in women than in men.