Emergency medicine in the Veterans Health Administration-results from a nationwide survey.

ABSTRACT:

Study objective

We describe emergency physician staffing, capabilities, and academic practices in US Veterans Health Administration (VHA) emergency departments (EDs).

Methods

As part of an ongoing process improvement effort for the VHA emergency care system, VHA-wide surveys are conducted among ED medical directors every 3 years. Web-based surveys of VHA ED directors were conducted in 2013 on clinical operations and academic program development. We describe the results from the 2013 survey. When available, we compare responses with the previously administered survey from 2010.

Results

A total of 118 of 118 ED directors filled out the survey in 2013 (100% response rate). Respondents reported that 45.5% of VHA emergency physicians are board certified in emergency medici

SUBMITTER: Ward MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4476937 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature