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Office of Discovery, Education and Affiliate Networks

VHA 2024 State of Innovation

Welcome to the 2024 State of Innovation Report, an annual publication from VHA's Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning! With the theme of "From Promise to Progress: Evolving Veteran Healthcare."

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Celebrating 75 years

In 2021, VA celebrated 75 Years of partnering with medical schools to meet the needs of Veterans and the Nation.

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Research Collaboration

VA-Academic Research Brochure - Read how VA’s 75-year partnership with academic affiliates continues to improve the Nation’s healthcare.

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State of Innovation Celebrating 75 years Partnered Research

The Office of Discovery, Education, and Affiliate Networks (DEAN) actively enhances Veterans' health care within the Veterans Health Administration. Our focus centers on three main areas:

1. Elevating Care: We actively seek new methods to deliver superior health care to Veterans, incorporating the latest treatments and ensuring accessible care.

2. Empowering Learning: We ensure that Veterans' health care providers receive the most current education in medicine and health care, leading to high-quality care from well-informed professionals.

3. Enhancing Collaboration: We collaborate with various groups and experts, sharing ideas and resources to discover innovative and improved ways of serving Veterans.

DEAN commits to providing Veterans with the highest quality health care possible through these efforts.

OUR PARTNERSHIPS

VHA is committed to pursuing public-private partnerships and exploring new and innovative ways to support VA’s mission. To meet large scale and complex challenges requiring cross-sector solutions and collaboration, VHA engages public-private partnerships that leverage the full range of our Nation’s talent, ingenuity, and commitment to action. These partnerships build capacity and create platforms for sharing resources to better serve Veterans, their families, caregivers, survivors, and other beneficiaries.