Initial Public Reporting of Quality at Veterans Affairs vs Non–Veterans Affairs Hospitals

New approaches to academic health center affiliations: public hospitals and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Improving quality: lessons from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

In 1967, the first multicenter randomized controlled trial of treatment for hypertension was published by the newly created Veterans Administration Cooperative Studies Program, demonstrating the remarkable effectiveness of drug treatment for what would now be considered severe hypertension (average diastolic pressure 115 to 129 mm Hg).1 During the ensuing 4 decades, there have been remarkable s...

Editorial Improving Quality Lessons From the Department of Veterans Affairs

In 1967, the first multicenter randomized controlled trial of treatment for hypertension was published by the newly created Veterans Administration Cooperative Studies Program, demonstrating the remarkable effectiveness of drug treatment for what would now be considered severe hypertension (average diastolic pressure 115 to 129 mm Hg).1 During the ensuing 4 decades, there have been remarkable s...

Public Affairs Quarterly

The purpose of this essay is to offer criteria for the identification of propaganda as a type of discourse, and for the analysis and evaluation of argumentation used in propaganda.1 Ten essential characteristics (as well as several other typical properties) of propaganda as an identifiable type of discourse are given. Some advice is given on how to analyze argumentation in propaganda, and to re...

Diabetes in the Department of Veterans Affairs.

A core mission of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Epidemiologic Research and Information Centers (ERICs) is to contribute to knowledge on the frequency and causes of health conditions and their outcomes in U.S. veterans. The Seattle ERIC selected the growing burden of diabetes in veterans as a priority area and with our colleagues prepared this supplement. Our goals are 1) to provide an...