August 22, 2018

Veterans voice their frustrations at VA hosted town hall in North Bend

NORTH BEND — The Roseburg Veterans Administration Health Care System held a veterans town hall meeting at the North Bend VA Clinic on Tuesday evening. Interim […]
August 17, 2018

VA, Walgreens collaborate to improve care coordination for Veterans

As part of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) efforts to improve care coordination for Veterans, the department is working with pharmacy services provider Walgreens […]
August 17, 2018

Why it is so important for Veterans and their families to get their flu shot and other vaccines

Time for our annual Get Your Flu Shot reminders! Actually, more than just your flu shot. Are you up to date on all the vaccines you […]
August 10, 2018

Hearing Loss Services for Enrolled Veterans – No Referral Needed

Almost half of all Americans over 65 have some form of hearing loss. Hearing loss and tinnitus are the most prevalent service-connected disabilities of all compensation […]
August 4, 2018

Veterans CART study meeting draws big response

A doctor from the Portland Veterans medical facility was surprised by the … aging veterans is seeking volunteers from the rural Oregon counties of Tillamook … […]
July 23, 2018

125,000 times and counting: Veterans using My HealtheVet to manage appointments

Veterans at many participating VA facilities are using VA Online Scheduling to make, request or cancel appointments.  Have you tried it yet? VA Online Scheduling first […]
July 19, 2018

VA and IBM Watson Health extend partnership to support Veterans with cancer

VA and IBM Watson Health announced the extension of a public-private partnership to apply artificial intelligence to help interpret cancer data in the treatment of Veteran […]
July 17, 2018

VEText system transforming VA’s medical scheduling process

VA recently launched VEText, a text messaging appointment-reminder system, which to date has helped VA reduce no-show medical visits by more than 100,000. VA introduced VEText […]
July 13, 2018

Recruiting Local-Area Veterans for Collaborative Aging in place Research using Technology (CART) – A Nationwide Technology-Based Research Study about Aging

Tillamook, Oregon, July 12, 2018 – Researchers from the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Portland, Oregon will be speaking about the Collaborative Aging in place Research […]