The alarm shrieked, tearing into slumber’s sweet serenity before the crimson sun even had a chance to dress itself in its golden robes. Adam jolted awake, his sight still in the custody of the night’s plaster. He awoke as if...
ACA Tag: VA
Chiropractor Recognized as Clinician of the Year at Fargo VA Health System
American Chiropractic Association (ACA) member Kevin Bjorlie, DC, of Fargo, N.D., recently received the Fargo VA Health Care System’s 2022 Clinician of the Year Award. After many years of working to integrate chiropractic care into the VA system, Dr. Bjorlie...
Dr. Morgan Price on Reaching Underserved Populations Through Integrative Care
Morgan Price, DC, is a staff chiropractor at the Veterans Administration’s (VA) Puget Sound Health Care System. She will participate in “Integrative Care for Underserved Populations: A Comparative Discussion,” which is one of several virtual education programs available at Engage...
A New Cohort Joins the VA Chiropractic Residency Program
A new cohort of residents has joined the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system’s Chiropractic Residency Program this year. Three chiropractors participating in the program – Vivian Ly, DC, Danielle Aslan, DC, and Dr. Jamie Zeman, DC – will...
Communicating Chiropractic: An Algorithm to Answer Difficult Questions
Although the culture of health care is shifting and complementary and alternative options are being implemented in hospital and primary care settings, many allopathic practitioners are not necessarily familiar with the common conditions chiropractors treat or the mechanism behind manipulation....
Veterans Affairs Whole Health: A Holistic Approach to Care
Starting this year, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is launching its Whole Health System in each of the 18 Veterans Integrative Service Networks (VISN). This will be done via one flagship site in each VISN to assist veterans through...
Communicating Chiropractic in an Integrated Healthcare Setting
Five years ago, as a second-quarter student, I attended my first National Chiropractic Leadership Conference (NCLC) in Washington, D.C. The conference not only serves as a meeting place for the Student American Chiropractic Association (SACA) and the House of Delegates,...
VA Chiropractic Residents: Where Are They Now?
Part of a series on the chiropractic residency program in the VA health care system The blog posts in the VA Chiropractic Residencies series thus far have been focused solely on the current residents’ experiences as they unfold throughout the...
Congress Passes Legislation Expanding Veteran Access to Nondrug Chiropractic Services
Arlington, Va. -- The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) announced today that Congress, with the passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018, has approved a plan to expand access to chiropractic’s nondrug approach to pain relief to veterans, many of...
10 Tips for Building Professional Relationships
Part of a series on the chiropractic residency program in the VA health care system Whether your desire is to work in private practice or in an integrated setting such as a hospital, working with other health care providers is...
