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2. Patient advocacy - Wikipedia

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   Patient advocacy, as a hospital-based practice, grew out of this patient rights movement: patient advocates (often called patient representatives) were needed to protect and enhance the rights of patients at a time when hospital stays were long and acute conditions—heart disease, stroke and cancer—contributed to the boom in hospital growth.

3. United States Department of Veterans Affairs - Wikipedia

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   The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet-level executive branch department of the federal government charged with providing lifelong healthcare services to eligible military veterans at the 170 VA medical centers and outpatient clinics located throughout the country. Non-healthcare benefits include disability ...

4. LGBT healthcare in the United States Veterans Health ...

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   The United States Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has an LGBTQ+ Program through the Office of Patient Care Services. [1] The “+” sign captures identities beyond LGBTQ, including but not limited to questioning, pansexual, asexual, agender, gender diverse, nonbinary, gender-neutral, and other identities.

5. Survey shows trust rises among veteran patients at Wilkes ...

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   On Thursday, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that veteran trust in Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center has risen to 94.3% — up from 87.9% in 2018 (the first year since VA began ...

6. Surrogate decision-maker - Wikipedia

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   The Patient Self-Determination Act guarantees a patient's right to formally designate a surrogate to make treatment decisions for the patient if the patient becomes unable to make their own decisions. A surrogate decision-maker, or durable power of attorney for health care (DPA/HC), must be documented.

7. Veterans Health Administration - Wikipedia

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   The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the component of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) led by the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health [2] that implements the healthcare program of the VA through a nationalized healthcare service in the United States, providing healthcare and healthcare-adjacent services to veterans through the administration and operation ...

8. D'Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families

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   The D'Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) is an interdisciplinary research institution that informs and advances the policy, economic and wellness concerns of the America’s veterans and families. [3] It is housed in the National Veterans Resource Center at Syracuse University. The IVMF annually serves thousands of U.S ...

9. Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Wikipedia

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   Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center (MEDVAMC) is a hospital affiliated with and operated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. [1] It is one of the department's largest hospitals, serving Harris County, Texas and 27 surrounding counties. [2]