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NEWS OF INTEREST: Wounded Soldiers Optimistic While Health Care Improves
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Military Medicine
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July 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright Association of Military Surgeons of the United States Summer 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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DoD and Veterans Affairs are making progress in improving the medical care of returning injured soldiers and military veterans. Defense secretary Robert M. Gates, Veterans Affairs secretary James B. Peake, Deputy Defense secretary Gordon R. England and Deputy Veterans Affairs secretary Gordon H. Mansfield have all been meeting weekly to watch the implementation and progress of recommendations made by several commissions.
According to Gates, Defense and VA collaborations are making veterans outpatient care better, tracking patients long-term recovery through one system that is jointly administered by both the VA and DoD, streamlining disability medical evaluation procedures, simplifying ...
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