News releases

Dr. Michael Charness, chief medical officer of VA Boston Healthcare System, was presented with the 2023 Mark Wolcott Award for Excellence in Clinical Care Leadership May 22, 2024, during the Veterans Health Administration Governance Board meeting in Washington, D.C.

A VA Boston researcher was approved for $6 million in funding Tuesday, April 23, 2024, by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to study a comprehensive, personalized intervention for patients who have experienced intimate partner violence, commonly known as IPV.

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced today that Veteran trust in VA Boston Healthcare System has risen to 94.4 percent — up from 90.6 percent in 2018, the first year VA began conducting this survey.

VA Boston Healthcare System is now recruiting caregivers for its Medical Foster Home program.

There was a fire Tuesday morning, March 19, 2024, near the MRI suite in Building 1B of the Jamaica Plain VA campus.

There was a fire this morning, March 19, 2024, near the MRI suite in Building 1B of the Jamaica Plain VA campus.

As part of VA’s nationwide homelessness goals, VA Boston Healthcare System housed 359 homeless Veterans in 2023.

The Veterans Health Administration is sending letters to 46,677 Veterans notifying them of the potential disclosure of limited information that may have been sent to another VA patient.

Boston University, VA Boston and other researchers said AI-based tools can assist musculoskeletal radiologists by triaging imaging examinations, helping with interpretation and decreasing reporting time, according to commentary published in the journal Radiology Jan. 2, 2024.

VA Boston Healthcare System’s Home-Based Primary Care team was recognized as an Age-Friendly Health System participant Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023.