| Office of Academic Affiliations |
| http://www.va.gov/oaa/ |
| The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) conducts the largest coordinated education and training effort for health care professionals in the Nation. Under the direction of the Chief Academic Affiliations Officer, the Office of Academic Affiliations has a substantial impact on the current and future health workforce of the VA health care system and the Nation. VHA has affiliations with 107 of the nation's 126 medical schools and over 1,200 educational institutions. In Fiscal Year 2002, more than 76,000 students received clinical training in VA facilities. |
| VA End-of-Life and Palliative Care Web Site |
| http://www.va.gov/oaa/flp/ |
Highlights include:
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| Palliative Care Network |
| The VA Palliative Care Network (PCN) is an Internet-based virtual learning community for the Department of Veterans Affairs. A section of the PCN will be devoted to fostering VA-community communication and promoting relationships. This public section of the Web site is currently under development. Information about the availability of PCN and links will be posted on http://www.va.gov/oaa/. |
| Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) |
| http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/ |
| The Health Services Research and Development Service (HSR&D) pursues research at the interface of health care systems, patients, and health care outcomes. |
| VA National Ethics Center |
| http://www.va.gov/vhaethics/ |
| The National Center for Ethics promotes ethical health care practices throughout the VA by serving as a resource center for consultations, education, research, ethics program development, and dissemination of information and educational materials. VA staff with VA Intranet access can join the discussion in the Networking section of the Ethics Center Web site and get the Hotline Calls schedule at http://www.va.gov/vhaethics/. |
| Directory of Veterans Service Organizations (VSO) |
| http://www.va.gov/vso/ |
| Veterans service organizations are national, state, and county advocacy and service organizations that play an important role in helping veterans identify and access services and benefits from the VA. |
| VA Pain Management Directive 2003-021 |
| http://www.va.gov/publ/direc/health/direct/12003021.pdf |
| This Veterans Health Administration (VHA) directive provides policy and implementation guidance for the improvement of pain management consistent with the VHA National Pain Management Strategy and compliance with generally accepted Pain Management Standards of Care. |
| The Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP) |
| http://www.hypnoclients.com/inprogress/cherp/ |
| The Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP) has been designated by the VA as a national HSR&D Center for Excellence in Health Services Research. CHERP has funded 11 local projects seeking answers to a broad array of health disparity questions such as: How can end-of-life services be made more ethnically appropriate? It is currently working with VISN 4. |
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This toolkit is provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs National Hospice-Veteran Partnership (HVP) Program. Development of the toolkit was made possible through support by Rallying Points, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, the Center for Advanced Illness Coordinated Care, and other end-of-life care advocates. Information about VAHPC initiatives is made available for use within the Inter-Institutional Collaborating Network on End-of-life Care (IICN) with the assistance of Growth House, Inc.