1. The Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Education System Organizational Change 2010 Patricia Carman
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3. Under Secretary for Health Robert A. Petzel, MD Chief Employee Education System Officer Joy W. Hunter Chief Secretary Department of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki President of the United States Barack Obama
4. Employee Education Resource Centers Long Beach, California Northport, New York Central Office, Washington, DC St. Louis, Missouri Birmingham, Alabama Little Rock, Arkansas Minneapolis, Minnesota Salt Lake City, Utah Cleveland, Ohio
5. WORKSHOPS Face to Face Conferences Web Based Training Live Meeting/ Conference Calls
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deploy a Patient Care Medical Home Model , in which a primary care team provides a “medical home” for the Veteran where s/he receives guidance and nurturing as health care needs changeVHA will implement comprehensive health promotion and preventive care programs including the development of a behavioral health program that encompasses both healthy behavior coaching and promotion of psychological wellness and resilience. over time. Develop and implement innovations in non-institutional long-term care that increase access to home & community based services and other less restrictive services for dependent Veterans. increase healthcare quality transparency by participating in existing and evolving systems of reporting and comparing health system performance and, more importantly, identifying Veteran-centered needs for healthcare value (including service quality) that are most critical for advancing the VHA brand. (1) implement the VA Point of Service (VPS) program , which will develop, deploy and maintain small, stand-alone devices that will enable Veterans to efficiently and easily perform a variety of administrative, financial and clinic tasksVHA will expand “real time” virtual medicine (Telehealth) to meet the needs of Veterans and their families. This entails delivering the right care in the right place in the right time and to establish the home and local community as the preferred place of care whenever appropriate and in accordance with the Veterans’ wishes. (16) expand virtual medicine for Veterans (non-telehealth modalities) to provide Veterans and their health care providers with the ability to communicate electronically as an effective and desirable supplement to traditional health care interactions. implement comprehensive health promotion and preventive care programs including the development of a behavioral health program that encompasses both healthy behavior coaching and promotion of psychological wellness and resilience.
deploy a Patient Care Medical Home Model , in which a primary care team provides a “medical home” for the Veteran where s/he receives guidance and nurturing as health care needs changeVHA will implement comprehensive health promotion and preventive care programs including the development of a behavioral health program that encompasses both healthy behavior coaching and promotion of psychological wellness and resilience. over time. Develop and implement innovations in non-institutional long-term care that increase access to home & community based services and other less restrictive services for dependent Veterans. increase healthcare quality transparency by participating in existing and evolving systems of reporting and comparing health system performance and, more importantly, identifying Veteran-centered needs for healthcare value (including service quality) that are most critical for advancing the VHA brand. (1) implement the VA Point of Service (VPS) program , which will develop, deploy and maintain small, stand-alone devices that will enable Veterans to efficiently and easily perform a variety of administrative, financial and clinic tasksVHA will expand “real time” virtual medicine (Telehealth) to meet the needs of Veterans and their families. This entails delivering the right care in the right place in the right time and to establish the home and local community as the preferred place of care whenever appropriate and in accordance with the Veterans’ wishes. (16) expand virtual medicine for Veterans (non-telehealth modalities) to provide Veterans and their health care providers with the ability to communicate electronically as an effective and desirable supplement to traditional health care interactions. implement comprehensive health promotion and preventive care programs including the development of a behavioral health program that encompasses both healthy behavior coaching and promotion of psychological wellness and resilience.