VA has issued a sources sought in support of the VHA Center for Compassionate Care Innovation (CCI) whose intent is “to obtain information and open dialog with external and internal stakeholders interested in sharing details about health care innovations. The focus of this RFI is on the topic of suicidality and suicide prevention. Responses to this RFI should include an innovation in health care that is aimed to help reduce incidence of suicide, lower risk of suicide, and/or help prevent suicide, as well as reducing risk factors significantly correlated with suicide such as chronic pain, depression, and substance abuse.”
“CCI is in the process of gathering information from internal and external stakeholders on treatments focused on reducing the risk and/or incidence of suicide, as well as reducing risk factors significantly correlated with suicide such as chronic pain, depression, and substance abuse. These innovations may already be available within VA but are not available broadly, or may not currently be available in VA. VHA will use this information to gain a better understanding of emerging therapies in the healthcare industry that support VA priorities, such as reducing the number of Veteran suicides.”
Responses are due by June 18, 2018.
