VA Establishes Analytics Team to Improve Acute Care for Rural Veterans

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Oct 2, 2024

Announces the Emergency Medicine Analytics Team through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration Office of Rural Health in an effort to improve healthcare for rural veterans. The team will focus on access to acute services and the quality of emergency care with attention to evaluation, innovation, and dissemination of effective practices. Notes the high costs to the VA for veterans that receive emergency care at non-VA emergency departments.

Emergency department and urgent care services · Healthcare quality · Inpatient care · Veterans