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Join
the VA Office of Health Equity for the official roll out
of the VHA National Veteran Health
Equity Report as we kick off the FY2017 Focus on Health
Equity & Action Cyberseminar series.
Release
of the Inaugural VHA National Veteran Health Equity Report
Thursday, October 27, 2016 3-4 PM EST
Register Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1921772980113953028
The
VA healthcare system represents an equal access system. However, disparities
still exist in key health indicators for vulnerable Veteran groups. Until now,
a national report detailing the state of care and key outcome metrics for
vulnerable Veteran patients in VHA care did not exist. The National Veteran
Health Equity Report is designed to provide basic comparative information on
the sociodemographics, utilization patterns and rates of diagnosed health
conditions among groups over which the VHA Office of Health Equity has
responsibility.
Panelists
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Uchenna S. Uchendu, MD
Chief Officer, Office of Health Equity
VA Central Office, Washington DC
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Donna L. Washington, MD, MPH
Director, OHE-QUERI Partnered Evaluation Center
VA HSR&D Center for the Study of Healthcare
Innovation, Implementation & Policy
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
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Elizabeth M. Yano, PhD, MSPH
Director, VA HSR&D Center for the Study of
Healthcare Innovation, Implementation & Policy
VA Greater Los Angeles
Healthcare System
Visit
the Office of Health Equity website at www.va.gov/healthequity for more details about VHA’s strategic plan to
achieve health equity for Veterans (VHA Health Equity Action Plan) and to sign up for updates.
Target audience: Researchers, clinicians,
care coordinators, policy makers, educators, Veteran stakeholders and
representatives of vulnerable Veteran groups who are interested in
understanding health disparities and/or promoting equitable health among all
Veterans.
Background reading: VA Office of Health Equity. 2016. National Veteran Health Equity Report—FY2013.
US Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. Available online at http://www.va.gov/healthequity/NVHER.asp.
The
VA Office of Health Equity in partnership with the VA Health Services Research and Development
(HSR&D)
announce the FY2017 Focus on Health
Equity and Action Cyberseminars. The cyber
seminars occur on the following Thursdays from 3-4 PM EST:
- October 27, 2016
- November 17, 2016
- January 26, 2017
- February 23, 2017
- March 30, 2017
- April 27, 2017
- June 29, 2017
- July 27, 2017
- August 31, 2017
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September 28, 2017
Each
cyber seminar will spotlight activities that promote the implementation of the VHA Health Equity Action
Plan (HEAP),
which is intended to:
- Catalyze, synergize, and coordinate VHA programs, projects, and
initiatives to effectively identify, understand, seek and implement solutions
to diminish and where possible eliminate health disparities;
- Demonstrate alignment with other federal partners working to achieve
health equity;
- Bring focus to VHA efforts to provide a more equitable, individualized
and patient-driven health care delivery system;
- Improve overall quality of care through equity in all policies and the
achievement of health equity for all;
- Incorporate the innovative ideas and input of all users in order to
encourage a bottom up approach while maintaining a strong connection to the
overarching goals of the VA;
- Capitalize on the existing network of advocates and programs in both
administrative and clinical realms to weave health equity dialogue and cultural
attunement into training and other activities within and outside the health
care system; and
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Serve as a guide and/or starting place that would remain a living
document which is open to modification and adaptation to continuously meet the
needs of the Veterans entrusted to the VHA.
Session
and presenters will be updated closer to the event date. Visit www.va.gov/healthequity/ or sign up for the OHE listserv to receive updates and to
learn more about Veteran health equity issues.
The
VA Office of Health Equity has revised some pages of
the recently released National Veteran Health Equity Report—FY2013.
The
updated report and errata file are now available on the report website. File names for the impacted files have been
updated to include the corresponding date of the revision found in the errata
file.
Thank
you for your continued interest in Veteran health equity issues!
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