{"id":22392,"date":"2024-01-30T08:13:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T13:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22392"},"modified":"2024-01-30T08:13:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T13:13:37","slug":"improving-communication-and-access-for-prosthetic-limbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22392","title":{"rendered":"Improving communication and access for prosthetic limbs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VA provides care for more than 45,000 Veterans with major limb loss, including those with amputations secondary to combat. Veterans with major limb loss who use VA for prosthetic limb care require a high degree of care coordination to ensure their needs are met.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/128023\/improving-communication-access-prosthetic-limbs\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/128023\/improving-communication-access-prosthetic-limbs\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"60\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width: 250px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png 418w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:&nbsp;<\/strong>The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov) VA provides care for more than 45,000 Veterans with major limb loss, including those with amputations secondary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,7],"tags":[1120,1118,87,245,1119],"class_list":["post-22392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-technology","category-veterans-benefits","tag-prosthetic-pedorthic-clinical-services-program-office","tag-prosthetic-limbs","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-health-care","tag-vhas-orthotic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22393,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22392\/revisions\/22393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}