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The 9 Line
by VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System
Your news and information source for healthcare issues impacting Southern Nevada Veterans. A production of the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System.
Episodes
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Episode 84 - Dentists
Your teeth play a very important role in your life...not only do they help you chew and eat food, but they are also a big part of talking and speaking clearly, and your smile is one of the first things people notice about you when they meet you. Keeping your teeth and gums healthy can also have...
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Episode 83 - Whole Health Update
If you've listened to our show before, you've heard us talk at length about the VA's implementation of the Whole Health concept of caring for our Veterans. Whole Health is an approach to care that supports Veteran health and well-being while centering around preventative education and finding out...
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Episode 82 - Coaching Them Up
When a new year rolls around, it is a tradition for people to make resolutions to change the things they want to improve in their lives. But usually, by the end of February, most resolutions have fallen by the wayside, waiting to be picked up again in 10 more months when the next January arrives....
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Episode 81 - A Sit-Down with VA's Veterans Experience Chief
This week, the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System played host to Mr. John Boerstler, the Chief Veterans Experience Officer for the Veterans Administration. In his role, he oversees all of the surveys and customer service data we use to gauge how satisfied Veterans are with the care they recieve...
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Episode 80 -Eating the Right Way
Eating well in this day and age can be a challenge…from large portion sizes when you go out to eat to highly processed foods in your kitchen when you’re cooking at home, many hurdles exist for those looking to live a healthy lifestyle where your body gets the nutrition it needs. For Veterans, the...
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Episode 79 - Finding A Place For Everyone
Las Vegas was recently chosen as one of six cities of focus for unsheltered Veterans this winter by the Department of Veterans Affairs. VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System (VASNHS) is increasing its outreach efforts to help meet VA’s goal to house 38,000+ Veterans experiencing homelessness...
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Episode 78 - Care That Goes Anywhere
When most people think about the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System's medical facilities, the first thing on their mind is probably our North Las Vegas VA Medical Center. But, that relatively new and modern building isn't the only place we deliver healthcare in our network, as we have four...
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Episode 77 - Be A Quitter
Smoking cigarettes kills close to 500,000 Americans every year, and even for those who do not die from smoking-related illnesses, smoking costs Americans roughly $600 billion a year in lost productivity and health care costs. Veterans are not immune to the impacts of smoking and Veterans have...
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Episode 76 - Quality You Can Trust
Many organizations talk about having "quality," and the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System is no different. But, what exactly "quality," how do you measure it, and how do you become an organization that is a trusted name for customers and employees to rely on? Suffice it to say, providing great...
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Episode 75 - Caregiver Support
The VA's Caregiver Support program exists to provide assistance to those who care for Veterans who can't care for themselves. Taking care of another who needs help with everyday tasks can be a very daunting task, and one that has the potential to take a great toll on the caregiver, both mentally...
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Episode 74 - You Shouldn’t Have to Worry
On our last episode, we highlighted the fact that September is National Suicide Prevention Month and talked about some of the issues surrounding Veteran Suicide. One of the issues we didn't address is the barrier that some Veterans feel exists when they need to access immediate care to keep...
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Episode 73 - The Right Direction
September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and the VA's top clinical priority is preventing suicide among all Veterans, whether they seek their medical care here or not. When it comes to Veteran suicide, the one statistic you may have heard most prominently is "22 Veterans a day take their…
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Episode 72 - Winning Gold
If you're a follower of the show, you know we've had multiple conversations with folks involved in managing our Adaptive Sports programs, which help Veterans who have experienced limb loss or some other debilitating condition get out and be active. However, we've never really had a chance to talk...
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Episode 71: A 5-star Experience
On July 26th, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recognized the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System with a 5-star rating in their Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings. The CMS uses 5 categories to determine if hospitals are doing a good job in the realms of safety of care…
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Episode 70 - PACT Act, One Year Later
The PACT Act is a law that expands VA health care and benefits for Veterans exposed to burn pits, Agent Orange, and other toxic substances, signed into law in August 2022. In just under a year, the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System has screen approximately 48,000 Veterans for toxic substance...
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Episode 69 - It’s O.K. To Not Be O.K.
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD, is something that impacts countless Veterans and if untreated, can have serious consequences for Veterans and for those around them. According to the American Psychiatric Association, those suffering from PTSD may relive a life-threatening event through...
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Episode 68 - Pride Month
The VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System is committed to creating a welcoming environment and improving healthcare for everyone, including Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) Veterans. Part of that welcoming environment is recognizing June as Pride Month, where we celebrate…
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Episode 67 - Faster, Higher, Stronger
Recreational Therapy and Adaptive Sports programs provide Veterans with opportunities for health and healing through a multitude of sports and art programs. These specialized rehabilitation events aim to optimize Veterans’ independence, community engagement, well-being, and quality of life....
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Episode 66 - A Welcoming Place
Going to any hospital can be a stressful experience. The buildings are usually large and it can be easy to get lost, you may have questions about if you're in the right place, and you may not know exactly who you need to talk to. Going to a VA hospital can be doubly stressful when you add in...
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Episode 65 - Get On The Move
For many people, warmer weather means an uptick in the amount of physical activity they end up doing, as they get outside, take walks, and start shaking off the winter rust. That also holds true at the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare system as we use the spring to stress activity among both our...
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Episode 64 - Back On Their Feet
The VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System sees patients every day who have experienced limb loss, or have limb difference requiring them to have prosthetic devices that allow them to live as close to normal as possible. But, the Prosthetics Department here is just part of the story, we also have...
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Episode 63 - Remembering Vietnam
March 29th marks the 50th Anniversary of the removal of American combat troops from the Vietnam War. In 14 years of American involvement in Vietnam, 2.7 million servicemembers saw time in-country and close to 60,000 lost their lives. The war in Vietnam also dramatically reshaped American culture,...
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Episode 62- Training Day
Becoming a medical professional is a lot of work and requires a lot of training. Not only do hopeful future doctors, dentists and optometrists need to complete medical schooling in their chosen profession, but they also have to take part in a residency program that tacks on a few additional years...
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Episode 60 - Back to School
'Degree inflation’: the rising demand for bachelor’s degrees in jobs that didn’t always require one, is something workers in just about every American industry is facing. It is an issue where the people currently doing the work don’t have degrees, but as they retire or leave their positions…
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Episode 59 - Donating Life
Every year, almost five million people will need a blood transfusion, which translates to someone needing a blood transfusion every two seconds. But even with such a vital component of life being needed so frequently and constantly, only three percent of eligible people in the United States…
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Episode 58 - Resolution Coaching
A new year is here and for a lot of people, that means a renews drive to get healthier as part of a New Year's resolution. For some people, it is a resolution to exercise more, for others it is eating healthier. But, as motivated as people can be to stick with their resolutions, by the time...
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Episode 57 - The PACT Act
On August 10th, President Biden signed into law a piece of legislation to address the healthcare challenges brought on by Veterans being exposed to a range of toxins through military service. That law is what is known as the PACT Act, and aims to expand VA health care and benefits for Veterans...
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Episode 56 - Honoring our Veterans
November 11th is Veterans Day, when we come together as a nation to recognize Veterans and the role they've played through history in making America the country that it is today. Here are the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System, our Veterans are our mission and reason for existing, and we honor...
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Episode 55 - Forty Winks
Sleep might be the one thing that can make or break your day before it is even started. Get a good night's sleep, and it sets you up for a good day ahead. Have a poor night of sleep, and chances are you'll be cranky, unfocused, and unproductive. That's why the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare system...
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Episode 54 - Keeping the Lights On
If you ask people what's one thing that gets taken for granted in our everyday life, some people would respond with the creature comforts we enjoy. Things like having lights on in your house, hot water to wash clothes and dishes and air conditioning to keep your house cool. In a hospital setting,...
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Episode 53 - Flu Shots Are Here!
Fall means many things...the temperature starts cooling off, football comes back on TV, and the yearly flu shots start hitting the pharmacies around the country. This flu season has the potential to be a very interesting one as COVID wanes and life gets back to normal for many people. However,...
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Episode 52 - Community Care
We do our absolute best to make sure we can meet all the healthcare needs of our Veterans, but sometimes there is a specific service we can't provide and we have to send one of our Veterans out into the community to get their care. But how exactly does that system work? What's the deciding factor...
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Episode 51 - 10 Year Anniversary
It's always a joyous occasion whenever someone celebrates a birthday or anniversary, and here at the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System, we're in a celebratory mood as we quickly approach the 10 year anniversary of the opening of our North Las Vegas Medical Center. Opening our North Las Vegas...
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Episode 50 - Ready for Anything
As a Healthcare System, we need to be prepared to not only deal with a health emergency that a Veteran may have, like a heart attack or a stroke, but we also have to be ready to deal with any situation life my throw at us like a natural disaster or a pandemic. Since March 2020, we've been...
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Episode 49 - The View From The Top
Healthcare has evolved rapidly and in unexpected directions over the past two years, and the kinds of services we deliver to Veterans and they way we serve them has changed just as rapidly and unexpectedly. It goes without saying the COVID-19 Pandemic has impacted day-to-day healthcare services,...
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Episode 48 - It Takes Two
When you think about Mental Health or Behavioral Health inside of the VA, many people will think about helping Veterans overcome PTSD issues related to service. However, here at the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System, we also offer some help that a lot of people probably don't think of when…
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Episode 47 - Moving Forward
Technology has always been something that promised an easier, more convenient life. From the fantasy of flying cars in the 1960s, or the real application of how the Information Superhighway changed how we go about many tasks in the late 1990s and early 2000s, integrating technology has not only...
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Episode 46 - Lending a Hand
If you've ever been inside one of our medical facilities, chances are very good you have seen, or even had an interaction with, one of our many volunteers. Working in areas ranging from hospitality and our information desk, to clerical and even printing duties, our volunteers are absolutely vital...
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Episode 45 - A Place to Call Home
For some Veterans coming to the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System isn't just a quick trip around the corner. Sometimes they come from many hours away due to the size of our catchment area, and sometimes they're here for a very long time and their families need a place to stay. That's where the...
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Episode 44 - Denim Day
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and statistics show that one in three women and one in four men will be subjected to some form of sexual assault during their lifetimes. Sexual Assault, and how the military and Veteran populations deal with it, has become a hot-button issue in many…
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Episode 43 - Practice How You Play
There are many professions and industries that have simulators to allow staff to practice high-pressure or important scenarios in a practice environment. Airline pilots have very involved simulators that let them see what it is like to suffer any number of technical failures without putting lives...
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Episode 42 - Safety First, Safety Always
The VA strives to provide care to patients that is safe, high quality, and centered on the needs of the patient. But care like that doesn't just happen naturally, it takes a tremendous effort from a multitude of people to ensure the safety of our Veterans. It involves not only the people who...
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Episode 41 - Fighting Homelessness
Homelessness is an issue that impacts every major city in America, but for a variety of reasons from weather to infrastructure, Las Vegas has the fourth highest rate of Veteran homelessness in the country. There's also a lot of factors that contribute to an individual falling into housing...
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Episode 40 - Keeping the Peace
When you think of a hospital, you may think of doctors, nurses, and medical examinations. Chances are you probably don't think a hospital would have its own police force. However, even though the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System has our own police force, our officers aren't out busting crime...
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Episode 39 - Suicide Prevention is Public Health
Every day, 17 Veterans take the actions to end their own life. While this number is a decrease in years past, it is still entirely too high and a main reason that suicide prevention is one of the VA's highest priorities. One of the key facets to this battle is fighting the loneliness and…
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Episode 37 - Looking Back On The Year
2021 has been a year of many hopes, and many challenges for the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System. We've seen the hope brought by the COVID-19 vaccines, and the resurgence of COVID through the Delta variant, in addition to a record number of unique Veterans to our facilities and any number of...
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Episode 36 - You Need The Right Fuel
No matter how motivated you are to eat healthy and provide your body with the nourishment it needs, there are so many factors in today's society working against the right kinds of diet. Convenience of unhealthy food, massive portion sizes, and using food as a means to help eliminate stress are…
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Episode 35 - Kicking the Habit
More than 34 million Americans currently smoke in some form, and according to the Centers for Disease Control, smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease, disability and death in the United States. Acceptance of smoking in public has seen a dramatic decline in recent years, as more and...
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Episode 34 - A Matter of Faith
There are plenty of resources and clinics here at the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System devoted to physical and mental health of Veterans, but one of the pillars of the Whole Health model we use here is that of spiritual health. Spiritual health of Veterans is attended to by our small cadre of...
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Episode 33 - Living Healthy
Whole Health is VA’s cutting-edge approach to care that supports Veteran health and well-being. Whole Health centers around preventative education and finding out what matters to a Veteran, not what is "wrong". This means a Veteran's health team will get to know them as a person, before working…
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