Could CVS MinuteClinic alleviate long VA wait times?
The experiment begins Wednesday at the VA’s operations in Palo Alto, California.
Congressman uses veteran status to gain insight on VA health system treatment delays
U.S. Rep Seth Moulton went for care at the VA without revealing his Congressional status.
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Inside an Automated Healthcare Practice: Redesigning Care Around People, Not Paperwork
By reducing administrative burden and redesigning workflows around human needs, it creates space for what matters most: connection between clinicians and patients.
VistA vs. Epic: A tale of two business models and implementations
Over the last few weeks, access to VA health care for veterans has been all over the news. At the same time, the DoD is moving to procure a replacement EHR system. So it seems there is no time like the present to review a recent RAND case study report entitled “Redirecting Innovation in U.S. […]
New Obamacare endgame: The VA for all
Scandal at the Phoenix Veterans Administration lifted the curtain of secrecy on the VA’s secret waiting lists. The VA lies while patients die. This is by no means a new phenomenon. The nation’s single-payer system for veterans has long been greatly overloaded. Congress tried to fix it in 1996 by passing a law requiring that […]
The new leader of the VA needs to use data to fix the system, not to reward or punish
As I wrote about on LinkedIn, instead of blaming “bad managers” or a “lack of integrity” at local VA sites, like Phoenix, we have to look at the system, now that Secretary Shinseki has stepped down. Dr. W. Edwards Deming always said that senior management is responsible for the system. We need to ask who […]
Do veterans have timely access to mental health care?
A front page USA Today article declares Many veterans face frustrating delays for mental health care, and reports that the Department of Veterans Affairs “failed to meet its 14-day goal in 34% of new mental health appointments.” I agree that it’s a problem if veterans aren’t being accommodated in a timely fashion and am happy […]
The Power Behind Enterprise EHR Software for Large Healthcare Systems
Enterprise EHR boosts scalability, interoperability, and governance for large healthcare systems.