Community services for vets with PTSD. Spinal fluid test predicts Alzheimer’s disease. Hospitals and nursing homes found to be shortchanging staff on overtime pay.
Easier access to benefits and treatment to begin this week.
Senators press military leaders to improve efforts to address traumatic brain injuries, suicide and other wounds suffered by soldiers returning from wars.
Seattle Times’ Hal Bernton reports that Seattle researchers have found “long-term changes in brain functions of Iraq veterans exposed to blast shock waves.”
Revised application provides enhanced navigation features to make it easier and faster for Veterans to apply.
Money and medicine
KUOW looks at the salaries of Seattle’s top docs and charity care Washington non-profit hospitals give
John Ryan, a reporter for Seattle’s Public Radio affiliate KUOW, looked at how much Seattle-area hospitals, most of which enjoy the tax benefits of non-profit status, pay their top officials and how much charity care they provide.
Salaries, Ryan [...]
Study found that formal swimming lessons can reduce a young child’s risk of drowning by 88 percent.
The US Veterans Affairs Administration said today it is expanding a pilot program designed to streamline the disability evaluation process over the next several months to 17 additional military installations, including the Naval Medical Center in Bremerton.
The goal of the pilot is to test “a new process that eliminates duplicative, time-consuming and often confusing elements [...]
Invisible Families: The homeless you don't see
They squeeze in with relatives, couch surf with friends or camp out in cars. More families are quietly becoming homeless, driven to the edge by a lack of jobs and affordable housing. The Seattle Times and its local news partners tackle the topic together. Project home
E-Health Records: Seattle is ahead of the curve
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