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Original Research
VA Academic Affiliations Matter in the Era of Community Care: A Model From California
Joanna Sells is a US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Quality Scholar Psychology Fellow. John McQuaid is Associate Chief of Staff for Mental Health, both at the San Francisco VA Health Care System and Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry Weill Institute of Neuroscience, UCSF. Correspondence: Joanna Sells (joanna.sells@va.gov)
Author disclosures The authors report no actual or potential conflicts of interest with regard to this article.
Disclaimer The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of Federal Practitioner, Frontline Medical Communications Inc., the US Government, or any of its agencies.
Given changes from VACAA and the VA MISSION Act, VA and academic affiliates should be active partners in planning for future health care by providing input and feedback on VA structure to help shape federal and state systems moving forward. Institutions can take steps to steer their futures and meet growing clinical, training, and research needs. The VA and its academic partners in health care research are well positioned to develop projects to assess the effects of these changes. Evaluation of key variables including patient care, education, and research productivity are warranted to guide policymakers as they assess whether these changes in the VA are achieving the expressed goals of improving veteran care. Other opportunities to collaborate in the wake of the MISSION Act remain to be discovered within each academic affiliation. By strengthening working relationships between VA and academic teams, these deeply important partnerships can continue to produce clinical, research, and education outcomes that meet the needs of our veterans, our federal and state health care systems, and our country.
Acknowledgments
Dr. Sells was supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Office of Academic Affiliations VA Quality Scholars Advanced Fellowship Program.
