“As part of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) modernization efforts to improve efficiency in care coordination for Veterans and meet a presidential executive order for reorganizing the executive branch, VA plans to realign several programs within its Veterans Health Administration (VHA) into four offices.”
“A requirement of Executive Order 13781, Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch, the realignment, which will begin Nov. 25, is designed to enhance quality care for Veterans by improving coordination of services in the areas of population health; education and training of health care professionals; research, academic affiliations; engineering services; and human resources (HR)…”
“Population Health will consolidate six programs into one new office to reduce administrative burden on the Veterans Integrated Services Networks (VISNs) and hospitals. This consolidation will enable facilities to target issues common to their market area and, based on the populations’ health in the region, align with other federal agencies to promote best practices based on public and private institutional standards…”
“The Office of Academic Affiliations (OAA) and Office of Research and Development (ORD) will realign under the new Discovery, Education and Affiliates Networks (DEAN) office to foster a collaborative environment that will address the most complex health concerns facing Veterans, while improving medical care for all Americans.”
“On June 22, Dr. Carolyn M. Clancy moved from executive in charge of VHA to oversee the DEAN office…” Read the full press release here.
Source: VA realigns several program offices to improve efficiency in meeting Veterans’ health care needs – November 21, 2018. VA.gov.
