The Diffusion of Excellence Initiative helps to identify and disseminate clinical and administrative best practices through a learning environment that empowers its top performers to apply their innovative ideas throughout the system. All practices featured on this page are winners of the national VHA Shark Tank Competition.
Mobile Prosthetic and Orthotic Care (MoPOC)
Expanding access to world-class VA Orthotic & Prosthetic clinical services
My Life, My Story (MLMS)
Listening to Veterans. Honoring their stories.
National Center for Lung Cancer Screening (NCLCS)
Reducing lung cancer deaths
Pain University (Pain U)
Know Pain, Know Gain
Parenting and Problem Solving Group for Veterans & Their Families
Program for Veteran’s and their families to help parents develop/improve positive communication between themselves and their children, decrease negative or undesirable behaviors and to teach life skills to their children in the areas of problem solving, emotional regulation and frustration tolerance.
Perinatal Reproductive Education Planning and Resources (PREPARe)
A wrap-around, multi-disciplinary approach to Veteran Perinatal Care.
Perioperative Nurse Residency Program
All residents successfully transition to independent surgical OR nursing
Physical Therapy Embedded Within PACT
Embedding PT in PACT improves access to care, function, and Veteran satisfaction by providing immediate care and reduces community care and cost.
Preventing Contextual Errors Program
Taking into account each Veteran’s unique circumstances to plan effective care
PRIDE In All Who Served
Improving Care for LGBTQIA+ Veterans through a Health Promotion Group
Reducing Hospital Admissions and Amputation Prevention: Remote Temperature Monitoring
Eliminating amputation, reducing ER visits and hospital admissions
Sexual Health and Fertility in SCI: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Let's talk about sex! Assessment of sexual health concerns in spinal cord injury (SCI) and education on sexual health and intimacy in SCI.