Why Doctors Should Partner with the Boaz Ramos Veterans Association (BRVA)

1. Bridge Critical Access Gaps

• Veterans often wait 20+ days or travel 30–60 miles for VA care.
• By opening your practice to VA-eligible patients—or joining BRVA’s telehealth and mobile clinics—you deliver timely, local care to those who’ve served.

2. Translate Clinical Encounters into Policy-Changing Evidence

• Every PTSD screen, treatment outcome and wait-time you log becomes a powerful datapoint for reform.
• Embed standardized tools (PHQ-9, PCL-5, transition mental-health checklists) into your workflow. Your de-identified data, pooled regionally, shows lawmakers where delays persist and which interventions save lives.

3. Shape Veteran Health Policy from the Front Lines

• Collaborate on white papers, briefing memos and legislative testimony grounded in your firsthand insights.
• Help BRVA target specific reforms—mandatory transition-period screenings, rural telehealth grants, uniform suicide-prevention protocols—using the hard numbers you’ve gathered.

4. Advance Your Career & Professional Impact

• Co-author peer-reviewed studies on veteran-focused interventions, backed by BRVA’s pilot-grant opportunities.
• Earn CME credits through our trauma-informed care and policy-advocacy workshops.
• Serve on BRVA’s Clinical Advisory Board or testify at hearings—building your reputation as a national thought leader in veteran health.

5. Practical Ways to Get Involved

  1. Screen & Document: Add veteran status and validated mental-health tools to your intake forms.

  2. Share Data Securely: Join BRVA’s HIPAA-compliant platform to contribute de-identified metrics on access and outcomes.

  3. Volunteer Clinical Hours: Offer a half-day per month at BRVA community clinics or telehealth sessions.

  4. Advise & Advocate: Join policy-design workshops or co-author legislative briefs with our advocacy team.

By partnering with BRVA, you won’t just treat individual veterans—you’ll help build the evidence base that reshapes national policy, reduces suicide rates, and guarantees timely, high-quality care for all who served.