Emerging factors shaping the future of the Veterans' Health Administration: A strategic analysis
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large hospital centres into 22 integrated service networks or VISNs to provide structural incentives for efficiency, quality and improved access as well as transitioning the system to one that is grounded in ambulatory and primary care (Ashton et al., 1998). This paper presents a framework for evaluating the successes and/or failures of the recent re-organization efforts of the VHA in bringing together this multitude of medical care 'parts' or modules into an integrated, cost-effective healthcare delivery system. In total, this paper attempts to delineate an analytical framework by which the threats and opportunities as well as the strengths and weaknesses of the VHA are identified. More specifically, this paper addresses the external pressures driving reform in the VHA system and how the Veterans' Administration can respond to these pressures. Implications for the future of the VHA if its reform efforts are not successful are examined.
In response to societal and industry-wide forces, the Veterans' Health Administration (VHA) has undertaken a re-engineering process, changing the operational and management structure from individual, independent, and often competing
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