March 2023 — MHCE
News from MHCE MARCH 2023 EDITION Ohio Army Veteran Diagnosed with Schizophrenia Receives 9K Settlement After He was Beaten by Jail Officer See page 14 Monthly Newsletter WWW.MHCE.US like my dad, my brother, and me." VA Deputy Secretary Donald Remy Stepping Down April 1 The No. 2 official at the Department of Veterans Affairs will step down on April 1, he told colleagues in an email on Wednesday. Since July 2021, Deputy Secretary Donald Remy has overseen the VA's rocky rollout of a new electronic health record system that was first launched in Spokane, Wash., in 2020. As the department's chief operating officer, his other responsibilities have included adapting VA care to the COVID-19 pandemic and implementing a law Congress passed in 2022 that expands benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxic hazards. The VA confirmed Remy's departure in a news release after The Spokesman-Review obtained the internal email, in which the deputy secretary, a retired Army captain, thanked his fellow VA employees for their "unwavering dedication to fighting like hell for those we serve: people "As I said when I was sworn in, there is no greater mission than ours at the Department of Veterans Affairs," Remy wrote, "and I couldn't be more proud of all that we have accomplished together for Veterans, their families, caregivers, and survivors." Remy took office soon after VA Secretary Denis McDonough postponed the deployment of the computer system, developed by Oracle Cerner under a billion contract, due to reports of widespread problems at Spokane's Mann-Grandstaff VA Continued on page 8
