The Quality of Veterans Healthcare Administration Cardiovascular Care
A total of 9 million veterans receive care in a unique healthcare system, the Veterans Healthcare Administration (VHA), with nearly 50% reporting at least one cardiovascular disease. Despite evidence for high quality of health care in the VHA, more veteran care is being moved to the non-VHA communit...
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| author | D. Elizabeth Le, MD Bhaskar L. Arora, MBBS Faith R. Kelly, MD Stephen W. Waldo, MD Merritt Raitt, MD Paul Heidenreich, MD, MS Samit M. Shah, MD, PhD Ali E. Denktas, MD Kreton O. Mavromatis, MD |
| author_facet | D. Elizabeth Le, MD Bhaskar L. Arora, MBBS Faith R. Kelly, MD Stephen W. Waldo, MD Merritt Raitt, MD Paul Heidenreich, MD, MS Samit M. Shah, MD, PhD Ali E. Denktas, MD Kreton O. Mavromatis, MD |
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| description | A total of 9 million veterans receive care in a unique healthcare system, the Veterans Healthcare Administration (VHA), with nearly 50% reporting at least one cardiovascular disease. Despite evidence for high quality of health care in the VHA, more veteran care is being moved to the non-VHA community. An assumption of this shift in care is that the quality of non-VHA care is at least comparable to VHA care. This paper reviews the quality of cardiovascular care delivered by the VHA in comparison to community care, which is care delivered in non-VHA facilities by non-VHA providers and is authorized and paid for by VHA, examining quality metrics and highlighting novel national care programs. The critical examination of this data is valuable for deriving health care policy, sharing novel and effective quality initiatives throughout the healthcare sector, and will help veterans and their providers make important healthcare decisions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-704988f2ec7d4a99b779ac04ca83c8d12025-01-19T06:26:59ZengElsevierJACC: Advances2772-963X2025-02-0142101533The Quality of Veterans Healthcare Administration Cardiovascular CareD. Elizabeth Le, MD0Bhaskar L. Arora, MBBS1Faith R. Kelly, MD2Stephen W. Waldo, MD3Merritt Raitt, MD4Paul Heidenreich, MD, MS5Samit M. Shah, MD, PhD6Ali E. Denktas, MD7Kreton O. Mavromatis, MD8Division of Cardiology, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon, USADivision of Cardiology, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon, USADivision of Cardiology, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USADivision of Cardiology, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, Colorado, USA; CART Program, VHA Office of Quality and Patient Safety, Washington, DC, USADivision of Cardiology, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon, USADivision of Cardiology, Veteran Affairs Palo Alto Healthcare System, Palo Alto, California, USADivision of Cardiology, VA Connecticut Health Care System, West Haven, Connecticut, USADivision of Cardiology, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas, USADivision of Cardiology, VA Atlanta Health Care System, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Address for correspondence: Dr Kreton Mavromatis, Atlanta VA Healthcare System, 1670 Clairmont Road 111B, Decatur, Georgia 30033, USA.A total of 9 million veterans receive care in a unique healthcare system, the Veterans Healthcare Administration (VHA), with nearly 50% reporting at least one cardiovascular disease. Despite evidence for high quality of health care in the VHA, more veteran care is being moved to the non-VHA community. An assumption of this shift in care is that the quality of non-VHA care is at least comparable to VHA care. This paper reviews the quality of cardiovascular care delivered by the VHA in comparison to community care, which is care delivered in non-VHA facilities by non-VHA providers and is authorized and paid for by VHA, examining quality metrics and highlighting novel national care programs. The critical examination of this data is valuable for deriving health care policy, sharing novel and effective quality initiatives throughout the healthcare sector, and will help veterans and their providers make important healthcare decisions.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772963X24008135CART programcommunity carequalityveterans Affairsveterans health Administration |
| spellingShingle | D. Elizabeth Le, MD Bhaskar L. Arora, MBBS Faith R. Kelly, MD Stephen W. Waldo, MD Merritt Raitt, MD Paul Heidenreich, MD, MS Samit M. Shah, MD, PhD Ali E. Denktas, MD Kreton O. Mavromatis, MD The Quality of Veterans Healthcare Administration Cardiovascular Care JACC: Advances CART program community care quality veterans Affairs veterans health Administration |
| title | The Quality of Veterans Healthcare Administration Cardiovascular Care |
| title_full | The Quality of Veterans Healthcare Administration Cardiovascular Care |
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| title_short | The Quality of Veterans Healthcare Administration Cardiovascular Care |
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| topic | CART program community care quality veterans Affairs veterans health Administration |
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