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Screening and Treating Hepatitis C in the VA: Achieving Excellence Using Lean and System Redesign.

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: The national effort to redesign care using Lean management strategies, develop local and regional teams, and centralize support allowed VA to maximize available resources to achieve higher rates of testing and treatment of patients with hepatitis C virus than that of any other health care system in the US.

Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)

Authors: Angela Park, Rachel Gonzalez, Maggie Chartier, Shari Rogal, Vera Yakovchenko, David Ross, Timothy R Morgan

Institutions: University of Pittsburgh, Veterans Health Administration, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, VA Long Beach Healthcare System

Language: English

Topic: Hepatitis C virus research

Subfield: Hepatology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2988984095

FWCI: 1.723

Cites: 11

Cited by: 25

Related to: 10