“As the senior population booms, agencies and health care systems continue to look for cost effective ways to provide quality in-home care. But even before industry giants were targeting innovation, an unlikely pioneer — the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) — was leading the charge.”
“With reports of system-wide negligence and arbitrary caregiver dismissals making headlines over the years, VA has long been mired in controversy. But despite scandals and the challenges of bureaucracy, the department’s innovative home health services have been lauded for decades. In fact, least one observer compares VA to Tesla, the Elon Musk-led electric car company that has become shorthand for ambitious innovation — despite some notable stumbles…”
“As a trailblazer of several now popular practices — such as supporting social and behavioral components of health — some have compared VA’s innovation to that of Tesla.”
“The thing about Tesla is that they’re tailored,” Dr. Christine Ritchie, professor in clinical translational research and aging in the division of geriatrics at the University of California San Francisco Department of Medicine, told HHCN. “They’re forward thinking, energy efficient and have [the] driver in mind…” Read the full article here.
Source: Why the Department of Veterans Affairs is the Tesla of At-Home Care – By Bailey Bryant, January 2, 2019. Home Health Care News.
