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.
Stay In VA
Improving employee retention through employee engagement.
Suicide Alert Card (SAC)
Suicide Alert Card reduces response time of MH Team saving Veteran lives
Teaching the Teacher: Faculty Development for VA Clinician Educators (TTT)
Sharing best teaching practices through the lens of VA medicine
TeleRehab Wheeled Mobility Clinic to CNH
Telerehabilitation provides wheeled mobility services to Veterans in contract nursing homes
TeleWound Care Practice - No Wound Left Behind
3D Imaging, ABI, WCUC Char 4 Code, Curbside Consult, and more!
The Surgical Pause
The Surgical Pause Improves Outcomes, Adds Value, and Reduces Cost
Use of Virtual Reality as a Wellness Modality for Veterans on the Mental Health Unit (VR in MHU)
Using Virtual Reality Headsets to Improve Veteran's Mood in the MHU
VA Diversity & Inclusion Advocate Program (VADIAP)
VADIAP Creating A VA Culture of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access!
VA Geriatric Emergency Department Program (Previously GERI-VET)
We provide individualized evaluation targeted at identifying geriatric syndromes in our most vulnerable older veterans.
VA Lactation Program (VALP)
This will provide standardization of lactation support services and increase availability within the VA.
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