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VA Announces New Center for Innovation
New Center builds on 3-year foundation of VAi2
The Department of Veterans Affairs is proud to announce the new VA Center for Innovation (VACI), building on the success of the VA Innovation Initiative (VAi2). Launched in 2010, VAi2 established a portfolio of more than 130 innovation projects that help VA identify, test, and evaluate promising solutions that enhance the accessibility and quality of care and services delivered to Veterans. As a permanent part of the Department, VACI will continue to tap talent from government, industry, the entrepreneurial community, and academia. Also, VACI will add several new programs that expand VA’s capacity to embrace innovative ideas and address VA’s most critical challenges.
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New VACI Innovations Named
13 promising new innovations launched
VACI announced thirteen new awards from its Industry Innovation Competition. These awards respond to needs identified by VA senior leadership and are focused on teleaudiology, prosthetic socket redesign, Blue Button, and automating the sterilization process for reusable medical instruments.
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VACI Releases Stakeholder Report
Full report outlines track record and trajectory of new Center
This report describes the successful strategy that led to 135 investments in innovative improvements to VA benefits and health care services. You will learn how VACI will continue to turn ideas into realities that help us meet the mission of the Department in the 21st century.
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VACI Names First Fellows, EiR
Dr. Adam Darkins, Chief Consultant for Telemedicine at VA, and Dr. Peter Almenoff, Director of the VA Quality and Safety Analytics Center, serve as 2013 Senior Fellows at VACI. Doug Trauner, CEO and founder of Health Analytic Services, Inc. and Co-chair of the FCC mHealth Task Force, has been named Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) at VACI.
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Steve Blank Named VACI Senior Advisor
Vietnam War Veteran, co-founder of E.Piphany, and prime mover behind the Lean Startup movement, Steve is the author of several influential books on entrepreneurship and teaches on the subject at Stanford University. Last year, Harvard Business Review named him a “Master of Innovation.” You can see why we’re lucky to have him.
