Improving primary care access for rural women Veterans: the Boost Team.

Objectives: To improve healthcare access for rural cisgender women and gender diverse Veterans, we created the "Boost Team," a clinician-driven telehealth outreach service to connect this population to Veterans Health Administration (VHA) services.

Methods: Between 9/2021 and 2/2022, we conducted a needs assessment in the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 21 and used those data to develop an outreach intervention. We piloted a clinician-led outreach intervention in 3/2022, and formally deployed an outreach team in 9/2022.

Implementation of a mailed faecal immunochemical test programme for colorectal cancer screening among Veterans.

Background: Screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) with faecal immunochemical test (FIT) is effective at reducing CRC mortality. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with deferred care, especially screening for CRC.

Aim: We sought to develop a mailed FIT programme (MFP) to increase CRC screening and make recommendations for adoption across the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and for other large healthcare systems.

Infections in travelers.

Travel medicine continues to grow as international tourism and patient medical complexity increases. This article reflects the state of the current field, but new recommendations on immunizations, resistance patterns, and treatment modalities constantly change. The US Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization maintain helpful Web sites for both patient and physician.