Rory Cooper, a disabled Veteran, is going to talk to us about his service in the Army, his spinal cord injury, accommodations for people using wheelchairs, and his research that is benefiting those with similar disabilities.

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Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran James “Jimmy” Buckland. Jimmy honorably served for 21 years in Panama, Desert Storm, Khobar Towers, OIF, and OEF.

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Juan passed away on April 25, 2017. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his meritorious achievement in active combat.

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Today, we’re sharing Part 2 of our interview with Associate Chief of Pharmacy, Christina White. She gives us deeper insight into pharmacy life and her personal experience with VA. What role does Pharmacy play in VA’s integrated model of care? Part of the PACT model is having a clinical pharmacy specialist on the team who addresses medication issues. The physician can refer a patient to the pharmacist between visits if they need to focus more intensively on, for example, blood sugar. So, the pharmacist is essential to the PACT team because they help the provider get the patient to their …

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