VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

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'Veterans Health Administration' (VHA) is the component of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that implements the medical assistance program of the VA through the administration and operation of numerous VA outpatient clinics, hospitals, medical centers and longterm healthcare facilities (i.e., nursing homes). The origin of the VHA dates all the way back to the first federal military veterans hospital (Hand Hospital) in Pittsburgh in 1778.[1]

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List of Veterans Affairs medical facilities

Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture
Be cautious when using the inititals VHA, as there is a company, VHA Inc. that also works in the health care sector.

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Veterans Health Administration (VHA)

"The Best Care Anywhere" by Phillip Longman, ''Washington Monthly'', January/February 2005

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