U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, recently called on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to adopt health care best practices throughout the Veterans Health Administration to improve health care delivery to veterans and help the VA overcome the many problems it has faced since the department's wait-time scandal in 2014. Isakson noted at a committee hearing that best practices are crucial to ensuring consistency at VA health care facilities across the country. A video of the hearing is available on the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs website. Read excerpts of Senator Isakson's statements on the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs website.

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