Reinventing VA Health Care
Systematizing Quality Improvement and Quality Innovation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9104498 |
|---|---|
| Authors | KENNETH W KIZER (0000-0003-3762-2340, National Quality Forum, corresponding author), John G Demakis (Department of Veterans Affairs), John R Feussner (Department of Veterans Affairs) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 6 Suppl 1 |
| Pages | I-7-I-16 |
| Publication date | 2000-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00005650-200006001-00002 |
| PMID | 10843266 |
| OpenAlex | W2335093665 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 29 |
| References cited | 14 |
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) in the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) manages the largest fully integrated health care system in the United States. In 1995, the VHA initiated a reinvention effort that included the most radical redesign of VA health care to occur since the veterans health care system was formally established in 1946. The 2 paramount goals of this reinvention effort were to ensure the predictable and consistent provision of high-quality care everywhere in the system and to optimize the value of VA health care. Although still a work in progress, dramatic results have been achieved toward these ends during the past 5 years. This article provides an overview of the veterans health care system, and it highlights selected aspects of the system's reengineering. It also describes various steps that have been taken to better manage performance and to systematize quality improvement and quality innovation. This information provides a global context that should facilitate understanding of the genesis and purposes of the Quality Enhancement Research Initiative that is described in other articles in this issue of Medical Care
Business · Business process reengineering · Context (archaeology) · Health care · Health care quality · Medical emergency · Political science · Public relations · Quality (philosophy) · Veterans Affairs · Work (physics) · Engineering · Healthcare cost, quality, practices · Healthcare Quality and Management · Marketing · Medicine · Nursing · Primary Care and Health Outcomes
Partnership for Implementation of Evidence-Based Mental Health Practices in Rural Federally Qualified Health Centers
Willful Misconduct”
Agreement Between Electronic Medical Record-based and Self-administered Pain Numeric Rating Scale
Risk-Adjusted Mortality as an Indicator of Outcomes
Dual Use of Veterans Affairs Services and Use of Recommended Ambulatory Care
Measuring Performance Directly Using the Veterans Health Administration Electronic Medical Record
The Veterans Affairs Healthcare System
Incorporating Public Health More Closely Into Local Governance of Health Care Delivery
Differences in Covid-19 Risk by Race and County-Level Social Determinants of Health among Veterans
Change in health status and mortality as indicators of outcomes
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Severity and Socioeconomic Factors Associated with Veterans Health Administration Use among Women Veterans
Designing a Model Health Care System
The Veterans Health Administration
Changes in Veterans’ Use of Outpatient Care From 1992 to 2000
Use of Administrative Claims Models to Assess 30-Day Mortality Among Veterans Health Administration Hospitals
Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (Queri)
Good Diabetes Care
Quality Improvement Strategies for Hypertension Management
Risk-Adjusted Mortality Rates as a Potential Outcome Indicator for Outpatient Quality Assessments
Clinical Management Strategies and Diabetes Quality
The Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (Queri)
Benchmarking Veterans Affairs Medical Centers in the Delivery of Preventive Health Services
Length of Stay as a Source of Bias in Comparing Performance in VA and Private Sector Facilities
Differences in Length of Stay in Veterans Health Administration and Other United States Hospitals
Developing and Validating Process Measures of Health Care Quality
Facility-Level Factors Influencing Chronic Heart Failure Care Process Performance in a National Integrated Health Delivery System
Health Information Technology and Implementation Science
Quality of Preventive Medical Care for Patients With Mental Disorders
Predicting Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations
| Unique citing works | 29 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,12 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2021 (22) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |