Course overview
Radical Redesign of Care: VA Whole Health
This course will expand our understanding of what defines healthcare to truly meet the needs of our Veterans and ensure we address the whole person, their values, and their health and well-being goals, not just their symptoms and/or diseases.
Faculty
Kavitha Reddy, MD, FACEP, ABOIM
Alison Whitehead, MPH, RYT
Conference Series
AIHM 2019 Annual Conference
Required Lessons
1
Time to Complete
1 hour 15 min
Non-CME Eligible*
0 Credits
What you will learn
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Course Summary
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By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Summarize the 3 key components of the VA's Whole Health System of care.
- Describe the interprofessional roles included in this large-scale system transformation.
- Explain the limitations in our current disease-centered healthcare model.
- Discuss the successes and challenges in implementation of Whole Health within VHA.
Course includes:
Included in this course
Course Faculty
Kavitha Reddy, MD, FACEP, ABOIM
About Kavitha
Dr. Kavitha Reddy is currently an Emergency Medicine physician at VA St. Louis Healthcare System in Missouri and an Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine at the Washington University School of Medicine. She serves as the Whole Health System Clinical Director for the VA St. Louis Healthcare System. She is currently is the Lead Whole Health Champion for the Integrative Health Coordinating Center under the Office of Patient-Centered Care and Cultural Transformation.
About Alison
Ms. Whitehead served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic and earned her Master’s in Public Health from Columbia University. She joined VA Women’s Health Services in 2010 as a Presidential Management Fellow. In September 2015 she transitioned to National Program Manager for the VA Integrative Health Coordinating Center, Office of Patient Centered Care & Cultural Transformation. In this role Ms. Whitehead leads development of programs and policies for integrative health implementation across VA. Alison is the Chair for the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health Policy Working Group.
Alison Whitehead, MPH, RYT
*CME/CEU Credits
The CME for this course has expired, however you will continue to have access to your purchased content.