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Resources for Clinicians
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Assessing Pain in the Patient with Impaired Communication: A Consensus
Statement from the VHA National Pain Management Strategy Coordinating
Committee, 10/5/2004 (PDF, 29 KB)
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Benefits and Services Information
for National Guard and Reserve Personnel
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Brain Injury Association - Leading national organization serving and representing
individuals, families and professionals who are
affected by traumatic brain injury (TBI).
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Brain Injury Association of Minnesota - State organization representing 94,000 residents living
with brain injury.
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Brain Injury Center, Defense and Veterans (DVBIC)
The mission of the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury
Center is to serve active duty military, their
dependents and veterans with traumatic brain injury
through state-of-the-art medical care, innovative
clinical research initiatives and educational programs.
Funded through the Department of Defense, DVBIC is
a multi-site medical care, clinical research and
education center and a unique collaboration of the
Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs Health Care
System and a civilian partner.
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Care Map - A guide for families who are participating in the VA Polytrauma/TBI Rehabilitation process.
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Center for Outcome Measurement in Brain Injury (COMBI) -
Evaluation tools for the health care professional.
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Chronic Pain Rehabilitation Program, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, Florida
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COLLAGE (VA Intranet Only http://vaww.collage.research.med.va.gov/cgibin/collage/)-
Includes quality improvement information and clinical
practice guidelines for a host of health issues including
PTSD and stroke rehabilitation.
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Explosions and Blast Injuries: A Primer for Clinicians CDC-sponsored information/descriptions for providers.
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IMPROVE Knowledge Portal - As VA shifts to an evidence-based clinical paradigm,
the IMPROVE portal connects VA clinicians to decision
support databases, tools and tutorials.
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Military Facts for Nonmilitary Social Workers - Link to pamphlet available through
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National Rehabilitation Information Center - A compilation of 75,000 resources regarding
rehabilitation and recovery from TBIs, stroke, SCI, etc.
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National Resource Directory
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Pain Management, VHA
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Perspectives Network
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Provides an overview of VA offerings for physical medicine
and rehabilitation for physicians.
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Polytrauma Rehabilitation Centers - Rebuilding Wounded Lives: Brochure, Department of Veterans Affairs
(PDF, 242 KB)
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PTSD, National Center for - Site encouraging communication with people affected
by TBIs.
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Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (National Data Center) - TBIMS program collects data on TBI, and disseminates
new knowledge about course, treatment and outcomes
of the condition.
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Traumatic Brain Injury Survival Guide
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VA Learning Management System
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VA Polytrauma System of Care Home - Link to the 4 Polytrauma Rehabilitation Centers and 21 Polytrauma Network Sites
- Veterans Health Initiative (VHI) is part of the Office of Public Health and Environmental Hazards. This program was developed to recognize the connection between certain health effects and military service, to allow military medical history to be better documented, and to prepare health care providers to better serve their veteran patients.
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Reviewed/Updated Date: January 6, 2009 |
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