Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning
Transformative initiatives to improve the well-being of our Veterans
Who Are We?
Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning (OHIL)
The Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning (OHIL) brings together VHA
Innovation
Ecosystem (VHA IE), the Simulation Learning, Evaluation, Assessment and Research Network
(SimLEARN), and the Center for Care and Payment Innovation (CCPI) .
Through these core
programs, HIL advances VHA healthcare delivery and service by (1) fostering
the discovery
and spread of grassroots and strategic innovative solutions, practices and products across
VA; (2) promoting competencies in innovation and simulation;
(3) combining clinical
simulation and training to further enhance the utilization and uptake of emerging healthcare
technology in clinical practice; (4) developing innovative approaches to
testing payment and
service delivery models; and (5) advancing the use of clinical training and
simulation to
further VHA’s mission of becoming a high reliability organization.
Functions
Drives transformational change for VA and cements the organization as a global leader in healthcare innovation.
Leads cross-agency collaborations to develop and implement innovative solutions to improve Veteran care delivery and services.
Provides a foundation to enable the spread of mission-driven health care innovation.
Fosters the development of strategic industry partnerships centered around the advancement of innovation initiatives within VHA.
Pioneers advances in clinical care and services through innovation, simulation and clinical learning, and pilot initiatives.
Creates culture, tools and patterns of behavior needed to further VA as a learning organization and facilitates quick and efficient knowledge transfer throughout the enterprise.
Provides standardized, repeatable processes for identifying and maturing innovations to help systematize problem solving.
Sets the standard for healthcare with reliable, relevant and data driven simulation-based clinical education and tools, robust assessment, and research that add enterprise-wide impact and value.
Achieves costs savings with innovative approaches to payment and service delivery models, while enhancing quality of care.
Enables discovery and spread of mission-driven healthcare innovation, to advance delivery and service for the Veteran community.