Accelerating VA Innovation and Learning (AVAIL)

Provide subject matter expertise, to design, develop and test novel solutions and accompanying care and service models in a real-world setting (the Veterans Health Administration), ensuring that solutions create meaningful value for VHA clinicians, administrators, caregivers, and most importantly, Veterans, before being scaled into clinical production. Efforts will focus on: (1) Personalized Care; (2) Data Transformation; (3) Digital Care; (4) Immersive Technology; and (5) Care and Service Delivery Models.

The Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning (OHIL) leads VHA efforts to design, develop, and test new healthcare solutions, services (including funding models) and care models of care that can advance VHA s mission to provide world class care and experience to Veterans. The office consists of three core programs: SimLEARN, including the National Simulation Center; The VHA Innovation Ecosystem; and The Center for Care and Payment Innovation. Collectively, these offices create a synergistic and advanced collaborative team which has successfully designed, developed, tested, and scaled multiple healthcare innovations used throughout the American healthcare system.