“Seven new VA medical centers (VAMCs) throughout the country have joined the VHA Innovators Network (iNET) to expand the web of VHA employees impacting Veteran care through innovation. By empowering employees to design their own innovative solutions for problems they experience firsthand, as well as fostering a VHA-wide culture of innovation through education in innovation-related principles, iNET delivers innovative solutions to challenges that Veterans are facing today.”
“The Orlando VA Healthcare System (HCS), Sheridan VAMC, Charlie Norwood VAMC, San Francisco HCS, Durham VA HCS, VA Greater Los Angeles HCS, and VA Eastern Colorado HCS will join 32 previously established iNET sites around the country to approach and solve problems differently. Employees will receive world-class training on how to build, test, iterate, grow, market, pivot and spread their innovative ideas.”
“’As a complex health care system well on its way in our journey for high reliability, the Durham VA Health Care System is dependent on an engaged workforce that is continuously improving our processes and systems in new ways,’ said Durham VA HCS Director Paul Crews. ‘Becoming a part of iNET fosters innovation mindfulness across our workforce and shows leadership engagement in out-of-the-box…” Read the full article here.
Source: The VHA Innovators Network is growing – By Matthew Razak, February 11, 2021. VAntage Point.
