VA's Continued Effort to Reduce Health Care Gender Disparities; Obama Administration Invests in Public Health; Sleep Deprivation and PTSD Risk; and more

In a press release dated August 28, 2012, the VA announced improvement in gender disparities in 12 out of 14 Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures in the VA since 2008. Screening, prevention, and chronic disease management are areas of care measured by 90% of U.S. health plans using HEDIS measures. An analysis of both genderspecific and gender-neutral HEDIS measures shows that the VA consistently scores higher than private sector health care.