Suchergebnisse

When working in policy, operationalizing change and functional leadership can be challenging. At the Veterans Affairs central office, a nutrition field advisory committee (NFAC) successfully leads the change from policy to practice. This model provides the benefits of field experience, implements change, and offers staff professional growth opportunities. Nutrition and Food Services (NFS) in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) provides veteran-centric nutrition care for the US' veterans. This includes procurement, preparation, and delivery of safe and healthy food and tube feedings for veterans receiving care in the 152 VHA medical facilities throughout the nation and Puerto Rico. Additionally, NFS provides inpatient and outpatient medical nutrition therapy and nutrition education for all veterans who desire or require services. Once a month, these leaders meet with the NFAC subcommittee chairs to discuss NFS programs. Each month, one or two subcommittees present their current progress. As each subcommittee has a diversity of projects and some 20 SMEs, they created a NFAC dashboard in Microsoft Excel and posted it on a Sharepoint site. Adapted from the source document.