# VA HSR&D Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation & Policy (CSHIIP)

> **NIH VA I50** · VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM · 2024 · —

## Abstract

The mission of the VA HSR&D Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation & Policy
(CSHIIP) is to develop and test innovations that markedly improve the effectiveness and value of VA health
care, from system, provider, and Veteran perspectives, while advancing scientific methods for accelerating
adoption, implementation, spread, and scale-up of evidence-based practice. Our vision is to promote delivery
of proactive, personalized, and patient-driven care that is evidence-based and continuously improving. We will
leverage our 25-year focus on provider behavior and implementation science to achieve these priority goals:
Goal #1: To improve primary care delivery, with an emphasis on access, team function, and care coordination
in the context of VA’s medical home model (PACT) and medical neighborhood within and outside VA;
Goal #2: To increase implementation, accessibility, and impacts of gender-sensitive comprehensive care for
women Veterans through innovative care models and multilevel stakeholder engagement;
Goal #3: To improve care quality, patient experience, and outcomes among high-risk, high-need Veterans,
focused on subpopulations with serious mental illness, homelessness, substance use, as well as older adults,
and acute care patients;
Goal #4: To develop, test, and implement novel care models in emerging areas, including complementary and
integrative health/whole health, specialty care, and emergency management/disaster preparedness;
Goal #5: To recruit, train, mentor and retain researchers in our recognized areas of expertise, including health
systems interventions, implementation science, and partnered research; and
Goal #6: To accelerate our research impacts through strategic partnerships, Veteran and employee
engagement, implementation and dissemination, and internal evaluation and communication.
Leadership: CSHIIP is directed by Elizabeth M. Yano, PhD, MSPH, with overall responsibility for the Center’s
strategic plan, scientific oversight and successful engagement of the Center’s Executive Steering Committee
(ESC), academic affiliates, and principal VA partners. She is supported by Center Associate Director David
Ganz, MD, PhD, and Chief Officers for Administration (Gooding, Caraveo), Training (Saliba), and scientific
development in areas of Innovation and Dissemination (Taylor) and Implementation and Policy (Hamilton), as
well as a Leadership Committee of senior HSR&D investigators. Comprised of our principal partners, affiliates,
and experts in research, policy, and implementation, our ESC provides critical guidance on a regular basis.
Primary Partners and Major Collaborations: Our VA principal partners are the Offices of Primary Care
(Denietolis), Women’s Health Services (Hayes), and Organizational Excellence (Francis), VISN 22 (Revote),
and VA Greater Los Angeles. Affiliates include UCLA Schools of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, and
RAND Health. Our investigators actively collaborate with PIs at all of the othe...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 11110375
- **Project number:** 5I50HX002734-05
- **Recipient organization:** VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
- **Principal Investigator:** ELIZABETH M YANO
- **Activity code:** I50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** VA
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** —
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-10-01 → 2023-09-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/11110375

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 11110375, VA HSR&D Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation & Policy (CSHIIP) (5I50HX002734-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/11110375. Licensed CC0.

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