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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched a new program designed to identify veterans who are at risk of suicide. With an average of 20 veterans taking their lives each day, the agency is hoping their efforts will help reduce the number of suicides.<\/p>\n

The system is called Recovery Engagement and Coordination for Health \u2014 Veterans Enhanced Treatment, or REACH VET. It uses several algorithms to predict suicidal behavior by evaluating 61 variables. Among these are patients\u2019 past suicide attempts, chronic pain, mental illness, recent emergency room visits, clinical history, missed appointments, unfilled prescriptions, and even a rural or urban residence. <\/p>\n

According to the VA, the program analyzes data from six million health records to identify patients who are \u201cat a statistically elevated risk for suicide, hospitalization, illness or other adverse outcomes.\u201d Once at-risk veterans are identified, they are contacted by their VA doctors. The program is designed to help vulnerable veterans (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched a new program designed to identify veterans who are at risk of suicide. With an average of 20 veterans taking their lives each day, the agency is hoping their efforts will help reduce…<\/span><\/p>\n

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