Best Care Anywhere
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Veterans’ Health Care Eligibility Act of 1996, 127
Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture. See VistA software program
veterans hospitals. See also Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
consumer satisfaction and, 5–6
medical efficiency of, 7–9
quality of care at, 2–6
reputation of, 1–2
veterans groups and, 5
Vietnam veterans, 18–21, 124–26. See also Agent Orange
Vioxx, 40
Vista Health Network, 141–43
VistA software program, 23–25, 79, 80, 113, 118, 119, 123, 139
in action, 35–37
development of, 25–34
identification of environmental factors behind diseases and, 42
identifying ineffective medical procedures and, 41–43
as management tool for doctors, 37–41
natural disasters and, 43
origins of, 26–29
preventing medical errors and, 37–38
safety and, 66
tracking down new disease vectors and, 42
voucher programs, xiii, xviii, xix, 138
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, viii
Washington DC VA Medical Center (DCVAMC), 35
Welch, Jack, xxvii
wellness programs, 84
Wennberg, John E., 91–93
White, Kerr, 106
Wickizer, Bob, 29
Williams, Marjorie, 90–91
Wollstein, Jarret B., 1–2
X-rays, harmful effects of, 95–96
Yalow, Rosalyn, 17
Zakaria, Sammy, 123
About the Author
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Phillip Longman is the author of numerous articles and books on health care, demographics, and public policy. His most recent book (with Ray Boshara) is called The Next Progressive Era: A Blueprint for Broad Prosperity (2009). The Empty Cradle (2004) examines how the rapid yet uneven fall in birth rates around the globe is affecting the evolution of culture and politics. Mr. Longman is also the author of Born to Pay: The New Politics of Aging in America (1987) and The Return of Thrift: How the Collapse of the Middle Class Welfare State Will Reawaken Values in America (1996).
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