Russell B. Lemle, PhD

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Critical Access for Veterans Bill Would Undermine VA Care

Author:: Russell B. Lemle, PhD

Publish date: August 25, 2025

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Pending Legislation Puts VA Health Care at Risk

Author:: Russell B. Lemle, PhD

Publish date: July 27, 2023

Legislators must first determine whether further ...

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Veterans Will Benefit if the VA Includes Telehealth in its Access Standards

Author:: Russell B. Lemle, PhD

Publish date: May 9, 2023

VA choice not to include telehealth in wait time calculations c...

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The SHOW UP Act Threatens VA Telehealth

Author:: Russell B. Lemle, PhD

Publish date: March 7, 2023

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VA Gets it Right on Suicide

Author:: Russell B. Lemle, PhD

Publish date: October 25, 2022

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Community Care Program Lacks Essential Data for Health Care Decisions

Author:: Russell B. Lemle, PhD

Publish date: February 4, 2022

Veterans, Firearms, and Suicide: Safe Storage Prevention Policy and the PREVENTS Roadmap

Author:: Russell B. Lemle, PhD

Publish date: September 3, 2020

Suicide prevention requires a multimodal approach, and attention to firearms access must become a more salient component of the President’s Roadmap...

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VA Forges a Historic Partnership with the National Shooting Sports Foundation and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to Prevent Veteran Suicide

Author:: Russell B. Lemle, PhD

Publish date: February 15, 2019

The collaboration seeks to reduce the nearly 7 in 10 US veteran suicides that result from firearms.

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Overemphasizing Communities in the National Strategy for Preventing Veteran Suicide Could Undercut VA Successes

Author:: Russell B. Lemle, PhD

Publish date: December 5, 2018

In June 2018, the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued its National Strategy for Preventing Veteran Suicide, 201...

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Choice Program Expansion Jeopardizes High-Quality VHA Mental Health Services

Author:: Russell B. Lemle, PhD

Publish date: February 22, 2018

Last summer, the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) published the most comprehensive analysis of veteran suicide in our nation’s history. That stud...