Large-scale implementation of interprofessional education across the United States Veterans Health Administration has supported advancement of a new model of collaborative practice, the Whole Health System, centering on the patient and what matters most to them. Other health care systems can consider similar educational efforts for health care transformation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has launched an organization-wide transformation to a Whole Health System of Care, which relies heavily on Health and Wellness Coaching. A brief history and overview of Health and Wellness Coaching, in general, is provided, along with specific developments within VA, selected evaluation results, and coordination to date with the Department of Defense. As VA's Whole Health transformation reaches maturity, there is an opportunity to adopt VA's Health and Wellness Coaching approach into the Department of Defense's Total Force Fitness efforts with integration at the unit level.
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