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Massive study of veterans’ DNA shows how diversity can help researchers decipher the genome

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Department of Veterans Affairs analyzed data from nearly 636,000 veterans to look for genetic variants associated with more than 2,000 traits, such as height, blood glucose levels, and whether subjects had certain cancers. A team of researchers involved in an ongoing project spearheaded by the U.S.

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Blind employee takes VA to court saying new EHR from Oracle is inaccessible

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A blind employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs is suing the federal agency on grounds that their new electronic health records system makes it impossible for her to do her job.

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An AI model to predict kidney damage, trained on data from veterans, works less well in women

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The results were so promising that the Department of Veterans Affairs, which supplied de-identified patient data to help build the AI, said in 2019 that it would immediately start work to bring it to the bedside. Read the rest…

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STAT+: Health plan formularies lowered barriers to fair access to some drugs, analysis finds

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Department of Veterans Affairs. Almost uniformly, the 19 formularies made the medicines available fairly when judged on three criteria: eligibility based on clinical data, restrictions placed on prescribers, and step therapy, which requires patients to try other medicines before an insurer will approve a prescription.

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STAT+: Health plan formularies lowered barriers to fair access to some drugs, analysis finds

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Department of Veterans Affairs. Almost uniformly, the 11 formularies made the drugs available fairly when judged on three criteria: eligibility based on clinical data, restrictions placed on prescribers, and step therapy, which requires patients to try other medicines before insurers approve a prescription.

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STAT+: Cancer drug shortages have plagued the U.S. for years. Can they be fixed?

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Department of Veterans Affairs, described the agonizing decisions that doctors must make when critical medicines are in short supply. Speaking at a March 22 Senate hearing on drug shortages, Schuman, a head and neck surgeon at the U.S.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: More than 9 in 10 pharmacy techs report drug shortages; Yale and VA strike deal over ketamine patent royalties

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Department of Veteran Affairs for ketamine-related inventions, Reuters notes. Yale Enjoy, and see you soon. … Yale University and one of its professors agreed to settle allegations that they wrongly withheld patent royalties from the U.S.  Yale and professor John Krystal agreed to pay $1.5