When Army OIF Veteran Casey Gauthier entered the Housing and Urban Development-VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program in Biloxi, Mississippi, in 2017, he was homeless.
VA has dramatically improved Veterans’ health care access. The total amount of care delivered is up. The number of visits with VA’s community care providers is up. Veteran satisfaction is up.
Patient safety is always a primary concern for everyone involved in patient care at VA medical centers. “The people caring for our Veterans are the ones who ensure high quality and safe patient care.”
This week’s Borne the Battle episode features Army Veteran Major General Pete Aylward (Ret.). He discusses his military career, mentors, how he became the national director of the Vietnam War Commemoration and how the program adapted events during COVID.
Dr. Margaret Craighill was the first woman doctor to receive a commission during World War II and the first VA female physician and consultant on the medical care of women.