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Groundbreaking for New Women Veterans' Health Clinic
This past week, the Providence VA Medical Center held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new Women Veterans' Health Clinic. The new Clinic will feature three examination rooms, a GYN procedure room, and...
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PVAMC Staff Recognized for Dedication to Returning Veterans
Colonel Brian Trapani of the Rhode Island National Guard recognizes several members of the Providence VA Medical Center during an awards ceremony at the Providence VAMC. "On behalf of the Rhode Island...
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New technology allows the Dental Clinic to do amazing things
Dr. Peter Latham, Chief of Dental Service, explains: “The lengthy process of providing our Veterans with a crown or bridge has been in place for a long time. My staff and I had worked to tightened up...
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Local Scouts Donate Socks to Homeless Veterans
Webelos Scouts, paid a special visit to the Providence VA Medical Center’s Homeless PACT Clinic. Their mission: to deliver and present 15 packages of socks to homeless Veterans.
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Providence VAMC Hosts PDHRA for Returning Aviators
On February 2nd and 3rd, the Providence VA Medical Center hosted a Post-Deployment Health Readiness Assessment (PDHRA) for members of the 126th Aviation Regiment. The event was the fifth PDHRA...
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PVAMC Pain Management Program Welcomes New Provider
Pain Management is a highly specialized field of medicine that is growing. Not every community or VA Medical Center has clinicians who specialize in pain medicine. The Providence VAMC has had an...
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Lowe’s Heroes Project Donates Two Storage Sheds
As part of its commitment to the community--Lowe’s established the ‘Lowe’s Heroes Project’ and, each year, seeks to identify a project in the community for which Lowe’s volunteers can volunteer their...
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Vet2Vet Enters 5th Year
The Providence VA Medical Center's Vet2Vet program has reached a milestone facilitating wellness groups for five years. Vet2Vet facilitators are Veteran facilitators--Veterans helping Veterans. They...
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Live Enactments Honor Black History Month
Providence VAMC staff and volunteers performed live character enactments as part of February's Black History Month celebration. Featured were Charles Drew, M.D., Creator of Blood Plasma; Benjamin...
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Veterans Helping Veterans on the Path of Recovery
The Providence VA Medical Center's Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center (PRRC) creates a healing environment that allows Veterans to help other Veterans on the path of recovery....
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We've Re-Designed Our Entire Website!
Our new look is designed to help you easily and quickly access information with intuitive and easy-to-use navigation. We know that you consider this website our front door. And we want you to feel...
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Providence VA Medical Center Honors Nurses
During the week of May 6-12, the Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center honored the dedicated men and women who we consider to be the compassionate backbone of the Veterans' health-care system -...
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Sterile Processing Service Achieves 100% Cert
The PVAMC set a goal to demonstrate our commitment to excellence by having all Sterile Processing Service (SPS) staff certified in sterile processing. Certification is optional, and the examination is...
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Two Vets Take Home Honors at Fishing Tournament
The RI Lions Sight Foundation (RILSF) hosted their 6th Annual VIP Fishing Tournament for Visually Impaired Persons (VIP’s) of RI on a chartered boat off Galilee, RI. 16 Blind Veterans were included in...
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Explore Long Term Services, Supports—Just in Case
Explore your long term care services and supports now, while you don't need them. Personal proactive planning can provide you peace of mind for yourself and those you care about.
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Mayor Cuts Ribbon on Renovated New Bedford Clinic
"The improvements here are excellent examples of the VA's commitment to provide high-quality, accessible health care to Veterans in our community," said Dr. Susan MacKenzie, director of the Providence...
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Tap, Tap, Row
Providence Veterans Get Oars Wet in New All-Blind Vets' Crew Team by Amber Vaillancourt, blind rehabilitation outpatient specialist, Providence VA Medical Center. It may not be the Providence River or...
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PVAMC Garden to Serve Homeles & At-risk Veterans
PVAMC H-PACT broke ground on a new community garden. The garden will be tended to by Veterans and volunteers and will supply homeless, at-risk, and low-income Veterans with home-grown, fresh vegetables...
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My World War II Parents
There's a rumor that my parents may be the last Rhode Island married couple who both served in WW II. I tell everyone this and they blush -- they were doing what they were supposed to, they say, and it...
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It Takes a Community
The third annual Mental Health Summit brought together more than 100 clinicians, Veterans and their family members, and others to explore how the community can work together to enhance the mental...
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A Long Time Coming
"We were all lined up," recalled Harten during the presentation ceremony. "And there was a tap on my shoulder, and the guy said, 'We can’t find the paperwork, you won't be getting your medal today.'"...
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Hospital-in-Home Alternative to Hospital Stay
Ray Edington, a Woonsocket, R.I., resident and Navy Seabee Veteran of Vietnam, had an infection that required intravenous antibiotics. This would normally mean a hospital stay, but he was offered an...
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WWII 29TH ID Vets Meet for the First Time at VA
"You remember the Germans on the hill with the 88?" Cucca asked McCarthy, speaking of the 88mm gun used by the German Army during World War II. “We were the lucky ones. We lost a lot of friends that...
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VA-DOD Training Partnership at the Providence VAMC
Many Veterans come to the Providence VAMC, but some come while still in uniform. Often they come for medical board evaluations or care relating to a service-connected injury, but some come for...
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Spring into Health Day, Health Fair
A successful Health Day/Health Fair held on March 25th outdoors at the HPACT was full of advice, nutrition and education from multiple departments from within the VA Medical Center to Veterans. Read...
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Give a Little, Get so Much
I volunteered ... at the Amp Surf Clinic in Narragansett, R.I. with the Boston VA. I was serving our American heroes with my passion and nursing skills, but they served me so much more. Read the full...
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VA New England Adaptive Summer Sports Clinic
"There is a learning curve, but being disabled doesn't mean much once you know what you can do," said Paul Nyerick, a U.S. Marine Corps Veteran of Vietnam from Granby, Conn., who has multiple...
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OSDRI Operation Keep 'em Warm Coat Drive at PVAMC
Operation Stand Down Rhode Island's third annual Keep 'em Warm winter clothing give-away hosted by the Providence VA Medical Center Oct. 28, 2016, in collaboration with the PVAMC's Homeless Veteran...
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Bill -- A MOVE! Success Story
“My primary care doctor, Monty VanBeber and nurse practitioner, Cheryl Collins, said my EKG results suggested I may have had a heart attack in my sleep,” said Lewis, a Marine Corps Veteran. Read the...
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Telehealth Offers Convenience, Reduced Waiting
Clinical telehealth touches many branches of care, including dermatology, endocrinology, mental health, audiology, allergy, pharmacy, surgical, neurology, cardiology, and more. Read the full story
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Stop the Bleeding
“One of our functions as a VA medical center is to be able to provide support to local responders during a mass-casualty event ... ” said Dr. Susan MacKenzie, director of the Providence VA Medical...
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To Dad Across the Miles
Joseph Zarrella sent a poem home to his father, Vincent Zarrella, a WWI Navy Veteran. It was published in the newspaper June 9, 1945. More than 70 years later, Derek Annese-Zarrella found the clipping...
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Spring Into Health Resource Fair
"Events like this are an important way to reach homeless and at-risk Veterans, and connect them with the services they've earned through their service," said Dr. Susan MacKenzie, director of the...
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VA Secretary Shulkin Visits R.I.
The new Rhode Island Veterans Home is being built using updated designs to maximize independent living. "It's a testament to the good that can happen when we collaborate with our state and local...
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Celebrating PVAMC Research
"The innovations VA researchers develop advance health care not only for Veterans, but for all Americans," said Dr. Susan MacKenzie, director of the Providence VA Medical Center. Read the full story
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Adaptive Summer Sports Clinic
This was the second year for Army Veteran Tina Lavallee, a patient of the Providence VAMC. "I was a shut-in before I started this," she said. "Last year I found myself and I exploded — you can't keep...
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The Red Coats are Here for You
Some volunteers at the Providence VA Medical Center are wearing red this winter, but it has nothing to do with the holiday season. It is part of the nationwide Red Coat Ambassadors program. Read the...
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Serving in Providence and Africa
“I went to medical school because I wanted to deliver health care to populations without it,” said Parker. “Medicine is a calling and I’ve seen how it can change the life of an individual, and entire...
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Mindfulness Study for Chronic Pain
“This work is an important step towards improving outcomes of ... mind-body interventions, by helping to understand how they work ...” said Dr. Benjamin Greenberg, VA Center for Neurorestoration and...
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Help Stop Service Dog Fraud
“When untrained pets posing as service dogs behave badly, it can affect attitudes toward people who truly need assistance dogs,” said Stephanne Proske, patient experience officer of the Providence VA...
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tDCS Studied for Low Back Pain
"This was a small study, so the results need to be replicated ... but there is encouraging potential here," said lead author Dr. Timothy Mariano, a researcher with the VA Center for Neurorestoration...
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Providence VAMC at Stand Down Weekend
“Our sincere thanks to Operation Stand Down Rhode Island for organizing and hosting Stand Down Weekend every year,” said Dr. Susan MacKenzie, director of the Providence VA Medical Center. Read the full...
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Upper Limb Amputation Study of Women Veterans
"Women are more likely to reject or abandon upper limb prostheses, in part due to dissatisfaction with devices and a lack of appropriately gendered prostheses," said Dr. Linda Resnik about the study....
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Hand-Made Hats for Homeless Vets
Andree and William were married for 64 years, raising four children When William passed away in 2016, Andree found herself without many of the roles that had played central parts in her life, such as...
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Suicide Prevention Discussion Panel
"We want to enroll as many at-risk Veterans as possible, but we also want to equip communities to help Veterans get the right care, wherever they need it," said Dr. Susan MacKenzie, director of the...
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PVAMC Physician and Researcher Honored
A distinguished researcher on pulmonary circulation, Rounds supported the ATS Foundation’s efforts to advance the careers of promising young investigators, chairing the committee that selects grant...
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Women Veterans: Stronger Together
“This project is very close to my heart, as I’ve experienced first-hand the help that the caring people of the Veterans Crisis Line provide,” said Mitchell. “It made a dramatic difference for me.” Read...
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Spirituality and Mental Health
The topic was "The Importance of Spirituality on Mental Health Outcomes and Suicide Prevention and Postvention,” featuring Dr. Marek S. Kopacz from the VISN 2 Center for Suicide Prevention in...
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Harwood Groundbreaking
Upon completion, scheduled for the fall of 2020, the new facility will be dedicated to the Providence VAMC Research Service, which is experiencing a rapidly growing need for more space. Read the full...
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VA Providence HCS Welcomes Director
Connell previously served as chief of staff for the Veterans Health Administration, in Washington, D.C. A retired Army colonel, he served more than 30 years as a medical service officer and medical...
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