Our Mission
National Centers for Innovation to Impact (NCI2I) fosters collaboration between partners and select VA Medical Centers to address VHA's most pressing health care challenges. While each Center is designed to have a unique "sweet spot," the tie that binds these Centers together is the collective objective to bridge VHA strategic priorities with frontline solutions that are transformational, scalable, and responsive to Veterans' needs. This vision can only be realized through frontline-lead incubation, co-development, and testing of solutions with Veterans themselves and support from a diverse cadre of internal and external partners from academia, industry, nonprofits, and other government agencies. These partners can serve as force multipliers and will help build both the culture and capacity for innovation across VHA.
National Center for Collaborative Healthcare Innovation
NCCHI collaborates throughout VA, across government offices, and with the private and public sector to create a far-reaching positive impact on Veteran care.
New England Center for Innovation Excellence
NECIE operationalizes health care innovation by targeting technology solutions for chronic conditions, improving rural access to care, and offering tailored solutions for aging Veterans.
Digital and Remote Health Center for Innovation
DRHCI acts as a central resource hub to streamline clinical implementation of digital and remote patient monitoring (RPM) solutions for Veterans.
Innovation, Development, Education, Advanced Implementation, Solutions (IDEAS) Center
IDEAS Center for Innovation empowers frontline employees to leverage their clinical expertise, fosters creative problem-solving, and collaborates with industry and academia to develop solutions that drive health care advancements for Veterans.
Our National Centers
Featured Successes
Augmented Reality and 5G
This (collaboration) brings cutting-edge wireless health care solutions, including augmented reality for clinical training, presurgical planning and operative guidance. The partnership (collaboration) includes innovative wireless health care solutions, including 5G wireless connectivity from Verizon, clinical augmented reality software from Medivis, and HoloLens 2 headsets from Microsoft.
