• Eligible Veterans can get free Portal

    Eligible Veterans can now receive free Portal from Facebook video calling devices thanks to a partnership with Facebook and the American Red Cross Military Veteran Caregiver Network. The devices help Veterans connect with their caregivers, families and friends to reduce isolation and improve social connectivity.

  • Reaching out in crisis with telehealth

    Dr. Mike McBride was providing telehealth when telehealth wasn’t cool. The Milwaukee VA psychiatrist, who is also an Iraq and Afghanistan Veteran, was the first provider here to use mental health telehealth in someone’s home about three years ago. McBride was treating a Veteran with severe post-traumatic stress who couldn’t leave the house because of other medical issues.

  • Using VA Video Connect to guard against infection

    VA is leveraging telehealth technology to help protect you and your family from the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).

  • New rules for electronic health information sharing deliver better care

    Starting April 17, 2020, your community providers who are in VA’s network and participate in VHIE will be able to securely and seamlessly access your VA electronic health information in order to care for you.

  • New technology in use at VA

    If you’ve read about a new technology, there’s a good chance VA is already using it. We’re living in an era of communications miracles, and telehealth is a tool VA uses to consult remotely with rural patients. We’re even tele-consulting to prepare transitioning Veterans for employment outside the Armed Forces.

  • Mobile OPS pilot looks to expand VA prosthetic care

    Matthew lost part of his left leg while serving in Iraq. VA Puget Sound developed a program to help patients, like Matthew, who have travel challenges and need prosthetic care.

  • 3D printing solutions exceed Veterans’ expectations

    With the help of the Prosthetics Service and 3d printing at the San Antonio VA, Army Veteran David Cromwell has cultivated a passion for sharpshooting.

  • ATLAS debuts at U.S. Senate, demonstrates ‘The Future of Health Care’

    ATLAS will allow Veterans to be examined at their local VSO post through virtual appointments with medical professionals across the Nation.

  • VHA Innovation Experience showcased The Power of Partnerships

    This year’s Veterans Health Administration Innovation Experience (iEx)--on October 22-23--showcased the power of partnerships and innovation.This year’s Veterans Health Administration Innovation Experience (iEx)--on October 22-23--showcased the power of partnerships and innovation.

  • Hands on with life-changing, life-saving innovation at this year’s VHA Innovation Experience

    The role of innovation is to make change real, personal, and accessible to Veterans wherever they live or receive care. It’s also a major goal of the October 22 and 23 VHA Innovation Experience (iEx). Participants will see and experience for themselves how innovation is reaching Veterans and changing their lives.

  • Light-emitting diode (LED) therapy program works for this Veteran

    Diagnosed with traumatic brain injury, a Gulf War Veteran was treated with a light-emitting diode (LED) therapy program. The results, in his words, were, “Amazing. I have the energy to go do things.”

  • Korean War Vet regains ability to walk

    The Charles George VA Medical Center is employing a life-changing prosthetic device that helps Veterans regain the ability to walk.