New nurse liaison program to extend healthcare services for PA veterans
UPMC and Veteran Affairs (VA) Health Care have partnered up to provide a community nurse liaison program that extends services to veterans statewide.
The model would place VA registered nurses into eight UPMC hospitals around the state, including UPMC Hamot in Erie.
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Those nurses familiar with the needs of veterans will streamline their care, helping to coordinate therapy, provide prescriptions and more.
"This nurse liaison helps in many ways — the veteran use the VA as a payer source, enroll in VA benefits, plan for discharge and receive follow-up care in both VA and its community partners," said Mark Migala, director of veteran care services at UPMC.
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Migala said this program will be implemented in a phased approach over the next year and benefit veterans who may be a patient of upmc around Pennsylvania.
