Open AccessThe Development of a Veterans Health Administration Emergency Management Research Agenda
Author(s) -
Aram Dobalian,
Maria Claver,
Deborah Riopelle,
Tamar Wyte-Lake,
Ismelda Canelo
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
plos currents
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.282
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 2157-3999
DOI - 10.1371/currents.dis.c0c84b1b680388649227be71823e6adf
Subject(s) - emergency management , workforce , medicine , health care , resilience (materials science) , homeland security , work (physics) , administration (probate law) , portfolio , public relations , medical emergency , business , political science , mechanical engineering , physics , finance , terrorism , law , thermodynamics , engineering
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), the largest integrated healthcare delivery system in the United States, is charged with ensuring timely access to high-quality care for veterans during disasters, and supporting national, state, local, and tribal emergency management and homeland security efforts. In 2008, the VHA Office of Public Health (OPH) sponsored the first VHA Emergency Management Research Agenda-setting conference to develop research priorities that address the needs of veterans and to position VHA as a national leader in emergency management by having VHA serve as a "laboratory" for the development of evidence-based emergency management practices.