COIN: Center for Health Optimization and Implementation Research (CHOIR)
Bedford, MA and Boston, MA
Directors: Barbara Bokhour, PhD (Bedford) and Allen Gifford, MD (Boston)
Website: http://www.choir.research.va.gov/
About the COIN
Mission: Advance coordinated, patient-centered health care for all Veterans through research and quality improvement.
Research Focus Areas
The Center’s work focuses on:
- Evaluating and implementing Veteran-centered virtual care
- Improving Whole Health care for socially and economically marginalized Veterans
- Advancing Veteran-centered shared decision making for precision oncology
CHOIR has a number of other research areas, such as aging and long-term care, electronic health record modernization, and organizational and implementation science.
Partner Offices
Each COIN works closely with operational partners throughout the VA healthcare system. CHOIR's partners include:
- National Center for Ethics in Health Care
- National Center for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention
- National Center for Organization Development
- National Center for Patient Safety
- National Center on Homelessness among Veterans
- Office of Community Care
- Office of Connected Care
- Office of Dentistry
- Office of Electronic Health Record Modernization
- Office of Geriatrics and Extended Care Operations
- Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
- Office of Nursing Services
- Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation/Whole Health Initiative
- Office of Primary Care
- Office of Rural Health
- Office of Specialty Care Services
- Office of Veterans Access to Care
- Pharmacy Benefits Management Services
- VA Bedford Healthcare System
- VA Boston Healthcare System
- VA New England Healthcare System, VISN 1
