department of veterans affairs phone number TECi crowned winner of Brain Trust

On April 21, Secretary Robert A. McDonald crowned Laurine Carson’s idea as the winner of VA’s Brain Trust: Pathways to InnoVAtion, a two-day event designed to facilitate innovative ways to help Veterans living with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Carson won for her cognitive, electronic application idea called TECi, which stands for Trusted, Empathic, Calming, and Insightful, that will serve Veterans as a trusted companion by learning, understanding, and interacting with them during rehabilitation and recovery of their injuries.

Carson, who has worked for the Veterans Benefits Administration for 27 years, was ecstatic but shocked when the Secretary announced her idea as the winner. “I kept saying, ‘no way!’” she said. “I work on the benefits side of the house, and my idea mattered in a room full of VHA people?” Competition was fierce and included innovators, who already had sponsorship and prototypes of their ideas.

“I did not think it was possible to have my idea gain such traction,” Carson said.

Read more at http://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/27460...

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