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Learn more about the 2024 VHA Shark Tank Competition

Discover VA innovations to adopt at your healthcare facility

We’re a discovery and collaboration tool that curates VA’s promising innovations, encourages their diffusion, and fosters engagement with greater healthcare communities.

Featured Innovations

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Investing in VA Nursing (IVAN)

The St. Cloud VA Health Care System is redesigning recruitment and training of nursing assistants by hiring for potential rather than just reviewing required education. 

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Remembering Our Veterans: A "Living History" Video Memoir Program

A video memoir program in which VA staff and volunteers engage Veterans in meaningful conversations about their military service and other significant life experiences on camera, resulting in HD video recordings.

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ELEGANT-DM2

Has your facility struggled to meet diabetes related matrices? Do Veterans with diabetes and providers caring for them feel overwhelmed managing the expansive field of diabetes therapeutics? Has an access to endocrinology services been a barrier in advancing care for Vets with diabetes?

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Intrapreneurial Products

The VA Intrapreneurial Product Marketplace highlights frontline VA employee innovators and their products available for purchase to put back in the hands of who they were designed with and for, Veterans.

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Nursing

Explore innovations that elevate Veteran care and support VA nurses with the latest advancements in healthcare.

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Veteran Experience

Discover innovations transforming the Veteran experience, improving care, access, and overall well-being.

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Pathology

Learn about innovations in pathology that advance diagnostic precision and enhance care for Veterans.

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Innovation Communities

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Age-Friendly Community

Providing E=evidence-based care guided by the 4Ms – What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility.

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VA Immersive Community

Defining a new reality in health care delivery and experience through immersive technology.

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Suicide Prevention Community

A community where innovation and collaboration unite to inspire hope and protect the lives of Veterans.

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Submit Innovations

VA staff and collaborators are welcome to nominate active innovations for consideration on the Diffusion Marketplace.

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