Identifying Priorities for the Department of Veterans Affairs Strategic Plan: A Rapid Multi‐Method Evaluation
Our findings suggest shared priorities to emphasize as VA looks to the future: improving care access, efficient and effective benefits processing, ensuring the needs of special Veteran groups are met, and sustaining an adequate workforce. However, further work should focus on understanding how Veterans and staff engage with the system to guide the investment of limited organizational resources. This work serves as an example of how rapid evaluation could be applied for strategic planning in other settings.
Authors
- Nicholas W. Bowersox (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9867-4326)
- Jessica L. Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2514-5391)
- Kaylee Burgan
- Linda M. Kawentel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6669-7950)
- John P. Donnelly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0646-9470)
- Gezan M. Yahya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9756-3197)
- Jessica A. McDonald
- C. Ann Vitous
Institutions
- University of Michigan (US)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- VA Center for Clinical Management Research (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Learning Health Systems
- Published
- 2026-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/lrh2.70068
- Primary Topic
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Quality Enhancement Research Initiative