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Summer may have ended, but VA hopes to stay on top of the increase in heat-related illnesses

Published: Oct. 3, 2023, 2:51 p.m.

b"Veterans may not be the only ones suffering heat-related illnesses\\xa0(HRI) from rising temps around the nation, but the Veterans Affairs Department nonetheless wants to make sure it addresses the\\xa0increasing number of HRI cases its seeing at its facilities. Recently, the agency published an assessment that shows 18 years' worth\\xa0of\\xa0HRI-related data\\xa0among Veterans. To get a breakdown of what trends\\xa0the agency\\xa0found and what it's doing to address them, Federal Drive Executive Producer spoke to Thomas Osborne, the director of VA's National Center for Collaborative Healthcare Innovation.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"