Research and policy recommendations from the SOTA XVI: State of the Art Conference on VA Emergency Medicine.

ABSTRACT: To better understand and prioritize research on emergency care for Veterans, the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Health Services Research and Development convened the 16th State of the Art Conference on VA Emergency Medicine (SAVE) in Winter 2022 with emergency clinicians, researchers, operational leaders, and additional stakeholders in attendance. Three specific areas of focus were identified including older Veterans, Veterans with mental health needs, and emergency care in the community (non-VA) settings. Among older Veterans, identified priorities included examination of variation in care and its impact on patient outcomes, utilization, and costs; quality of emergency department (ED) care transitions and strategies to improve them; impact of geriatric ED care improvement initiatives;

SUBMITTER: Ward MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11166248 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature