{"id":1662,"date":"2017-04-19T00:19:19","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T04:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/?p=1662"},"modified":"2024-02-13T08:33:19","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T13:33:19","slug":"va-explores-new-veteran-centric-treatments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/va-explores-new-veteran-centric-treatments\/","title":{"rendered":"VA explores new Veteran-centric treatments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced the launch of the Center for Compassionate Innovation (CCI), which will explore emerging therapies that may enhance Veterans\u2019 physical and mental well-being.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, VA is accepting proposals to fulfill CCI\u2019s mission of finding innovative approaches to health care, which may support those Veterans who are unsuccessful with conventional treatment. Proposals may be submitted through <a href=\"http:\/\/links.govdelivery.com\/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTcwNDE4LjcyNDI2MDIxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE3MDQxOC43MjQyNjAyMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MTkwODUwJmVtYWlsaWQ9a3Jpc3Rlbi5zZWxsYXNAbWFpbC5ob3VzZS5nb3YmdXNlcmlkPWtyaXN0ZW4uc2VsbGFzQG1haWwuaG91c2UuZ292JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&amp;&amp;&amp;100&amp;&amp;&amp;https:\/\/www.va.gov\/healthpartnerships\/\"><u>https:\/\/www.va.gov\/healthpartnerships\/<\/u><\/a> and will be evaluated through a rigorous algorithm that critically assesses the safety and efficacy of the innovation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVA is unique in our approach to health care,\u201d said <a href=\"http:\/\/links.govdelivery.com\/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTcwNDE4LjcyNDI2MDIxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE3MDQxOC43MjQyNjAyMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MTkwODUwJmVtYWlsaWQ9a3Jpc3Rlbi5zZWxsYXNAbWFpbC5ob3VzZS5nb3YmdXNlcmlkPWtyaXN0ZW4uc2VsbGFzQG1haWwuaG91c2UuZ292JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&amp;&amp;&amp;101&amp;&amp;&amp;https:\/\/www.va.gov\/opa\/bios\/docs\/shulkin.pdf\"><u>Veterans<\/u><\/a><u> Affairs Secretary David J. Shulkin<\/u>. \u201cWe are committed to offering Veterans cutting-edge and innovative care. That means carefully exploring every avenue that will promote well-being.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CCI explores innovations in the health-care industry as well as innovative practices currently being piloted on a small scale within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). CCI is primarily interested in innovations that address post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, chronic pain and suicidality. However, CCI will explore any safe and ethical innovation intended to improve Veterans\u2019 health and well-being.<\/p>\n<p>CCI is not an implementation office intended to conduct research, clinical treatment or establish a vendor relationship. CCI is strategically positioned to spotlight cutting-edge therapies and treatment modalities emerging in private industry. CCI is an example of VA\u2019s quest to continue as a leader in providing innovative and effective treatments for Veterans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced the launch of the Center for Compassionate Innovation (CCI), which will explore emerging therapies that may enhance Veterans\u2019 physical and mental well-being. In addition, VA is accepting proposals to fulfill CCI\u2019s mission of finding innovative approaches to health care, which may support those Veterans who are unsuccessful &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/va-explores-new-veteran-centric-treatments\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">VA explores new Veteran-centric treatments<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-benefits","category-general-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1662"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1663,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1662\/revisions\/1663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}