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Africa Innovations: 15 Ideas Helping To Transform A Continent
A mobile phone database for dairy farmers and a strain of sweet potato that can help fight child blindness. These are just two of the imaginative new ideas that are tackling Africa's old problems Read More »
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Bizarre And Sad: Defense Dept. Runs 900+ Suicide Prevention Programs
The Defense Department has more than 900 suicide prevention programs and plans to whittle down that number based on a cost-effectiveness ratio, according to this missive from the Military Health System. Read More »
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Fighting A War Against An Invisible Enemy, Soldiers Battle PTSD
Desperation, depression — and an overwhelming feeling of desertion — are the dangerous components that have contributed to the rising tide of suicide and mental health problems in the military. Just this week it was announced that for the sixth year in a row, suicide among members of the armed forces is on the rise... Read More »
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How Can Government Battle A 'Suicide Epidemic' Among Veterans?
The Fort Hood shooting is an extreme and shocking example of what has become a chronic concern for the military: soldiers with mental-health problems taking their own lives. And it's not just the active-duty military who face what has become an increasingly daunting problem.
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Inside The Quest To Prevent Suicides Through Better Data
Something as impersonal and mundane as incomplete datasets could be exacerbating a national tragedy: the suicides of thousands of veterans and hundreds of active-duty service members every year...
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Military And Veteran Suicides Rise Despite Aggressive Prevention Efforts
The good news: most people with military service never consider suicide. Contrary to popular perception, there is no "epidemic" of military-related suicides -- even though President Barack Obama used the word in a speech this summer at the Disabled American Veterans Convention. [...] The bad news: the number of military and veteran suicides is rising, and experts fear it will continue to rise [...]. Read More »
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Military Suicides Are Up, Despite 900 Prevention Programs
The Defense Department runs 900 suicide prevention programs, yet the number of military suicides has more than doubled since 2001, the head of the Pentagon’s suicide prevention office told lawmakers Thursday. Read More »
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More Americans Now Commit Suicide Than Are Killed In Car Crashes
Suicide is the cause of more deaths than car crashes, according to an alarming new study. Read More »
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Suicide Among Veterans Receiving Less Attention Than Active-Duty Deaths
Many family members noticed dramatic changes in their loved ones after they returned from the war and before committing suicide. Read More »
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Suicides Outpacing War Deaths For Troops
The suicide rate among the nation’s active-duty military personnel has spiked this year, eclipsing the number of troops dying in battle and on pace to set a record annual high since the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan more than a decade ago, the Pentagon said Friday. Read More »
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VA Researching Natural Language Processing In EHRs To Prevent Suicide
The U.S. Department of Veterans affairs is researching the use of natural language processing within its electronic health records system to automate suicide risk alerts. Read More »
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VA Researching Natural Language Processing In EHRs To Prevent Suicide
The U.S. Department of Veterans affairs is researching the use of natural language processing within its electronic health records system to automate suicide risk alerts.
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Veterans Affairs Sets Sights On Suicide Prevention
Twenty-two veterans die by suicide every day in the U.S. Any suicide statistic is too great a number, but taking into consideration the total U.S. population (315 million) and the number of veterans (22 million), that percentage is disproportionately high. Read More »
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Why Suicide Prevention Is Part of Population Health Strategy
As hospitals and health systems recognize the need to devote more time and attention to population health management and improving community health, more effort correspondingly must be focused on behavioral health services. In response, the American Hospital Association has launched an initiative to assist hospitals with behavioral health...
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Why VA Health Care Is Different
Is VA health care really “all that different” from what veterans would find in the private sector? As someone who spent more than 25 years managing private sector health care organizations and recently joined VA as its under secretary for health, I’ve had the unique opportunity to compare the health care systems. Over the past several months, I’ve met with veterans and their families, veterans service organizations, VA clinicians, facility staff, and veteran employees at all levels...
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