Care & Transformational Initiatives
Testing New Models of Care
for Transformational Impact
Care & Transformational Initiatives (CTI) is focused on testing and refining innovative care models and transformational initiatives that can be meaningfully scaled to impact Veteran care. CTI works closely with a variety of institutions from academia, industry, non-profits, and other government agencies.
Our Focus Areas
Care Models
Changing the way VHA thinks about and
delivers care, understanding that traditional care models are not one-size-fits-all
Veteran-Facing Solutions
Developing solutions that are informed by direct Veteran feedback and address the most pressing and impactful challenges throughout the Veteran community
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Precision Medicine
Delivering a strategy that will drive clinical decision support to the point of care, enabling providers to create individualized treatments that work for Veterans
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3D Printing
Leading the way in developing and scaling hospital-based 3D printing, providing a pathway for innovations that directly impact patient health including presurgical planning models, orthotics, prosthetics, and beyond
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Artificial Intelligence
Exploring how to apply complex algorithms
and machine learning tools to improve Veteran care throughout the largest integrated
health care system in the United States
Immersive Technology
Using augmented and virtual reality to help Veterans and
providers apply new frontiers for interactive imaging and immersive therapies for a
variety of health applications
Joshua Patterson
Director, Care & Transformational Initiatives
“The work of CTI is to define what’s possible and disrupt what’s normal. We have no ambition to make great names for ourselves, but we do aim to set the pace for transforming healthcare, while keeping in mind that everything we do, we do for our Veterans, for VA, and for health care worldwide.”