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Former POWs receive COVID-19 vaccination at BVAHCS
- The only living POWs in the Birmingham area, Lee Creel, Newton Duke and Norman Hale were first in line to receive COVID-19 vaccinations at the Birmingham VA Health Care System.
Veteran enhances eye recognition technology
- For Army National Guard Veteran Dustin Fast, developing an advanced eye recognition software, obtaining an award for his contributions and pursuing a doctorate degree are becoming a reality.
BVAHCS selected for COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
- The Birmingham VA Health Care System has started clinical trials for the single-dose investigational COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson.
BVAHCS Virtual Care Serve Veterans During Pandemic
- During the COVID-19 pandemic, Veterans in northern and central Alabama are using virtual care through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to connect with their providers and safely attend visits from home.
BVAHCS Employee Nationally Recognized for 50 Years
- The Department of Veterans Affairs recognized Geneva Robinson of the Birmingham VA Health Care System with a lifetime achievement award for her 50 years of service to Veterans.
Veteran regains speech with help from the BVAHCS
- Purple Heart recipient has a lot to say as of recent. Causey is BVAHCS first recipient of an “artificial larynx” device that substitutes sound/vibration source in the absence of a voice box.
Family shares thanks even in loss of brother
- Carson McSherdon recently preached his brother's funeral. “There were four brothers and all served in the military except me...”. He added "The Birmingham VA was especially good to him.”
Birmingham VA reducing wait times for chemotherapy
- Nurses, pharmacists, physicians, supportive and quality improvement staff at the Birmingham VA Health Care System has implemented a process to reduce wait times for chemotherapy patients waiting for laboratory results.
BVAHCS Nurses Go Above During Nurses Week
- BVAHCS nurses assist Veterans at the Bill Nichols State Veterans Home. Group includes husband and wife, both nurses who worked side by side, departing on their 27th wedding anniversary
Birmingham VA garners national recognition
- The Birmingham VA Health Care System announced it is part of a movement to improve health care for older adults, contributing to a goal of 20 percent of U.S. hospitals and health systems becoming age-friendly by 2020.