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SWOT Analysis OF THE Veterans Affair Medical Services

SWOT Analysis

Strengths

1. There is utilization of technology in the provision of services which lead to improvement in the quality and consistency of the services.

2. There is caregiver support program which affiliated with benefits such as mental health care and health insurance.

3. Availability of transformation plan which bolsters mental health services (Nelson et al., 2016).

4. The department has several fully equipped branches across the country.

5. There is a collaboration with the private sector for the adoption of more new inventions and technologies.

Weaknesses

1. There is a shortage of staffs resulting in an increased workload, the death of patients and more liabilities.

2. The patient files have backlogs, and there is inadequate information.

3. Long delays in processing the needs of the veteran (Siu et al., 2016).

4. There is waste of money in training services which have reduced credibility.

Opportunities

1. The organization has loyal employees and streamlining of the internal organization will increase productivity (Chinman et al., 2015).

2. The organization goals will be attained through satisfying employees need.

3. There is also a room for innovation and through the adoption of new services.

Threats

1. The organization depends on the government for funds thus face the threat of being privatized. Privatization will reduce accessibilities of the organization properties.

2. There is increased mortality of veteran due to diseases and aging (Siu et al., 2016).

3. The services can be politicized reducing the benefits to the veteran.

The strategic goal of the analysis is to depict the weakness within the organization so as to utilize them to make necessary improvements.

References

Chinman, M., Oberman, R. S., Hanusa, B. H., Cohen, A. N., Salyers, M. P., Twamley, E. W., & Young, A. S. (2015). A cluster randomized trial of adding peer specialists to intensive case management teams in the Veterans Health Administration. The journal of behavioral health services & research, 42(1), 109-121.

Nelson, K. M., Helfrich, C., Sun, H., Hebert, P. L., Liu, C. F., Dolan, E., ... & Sanders, W. (2014). Implementation of the patient-centered medical home in the Veterans Health Administration: associations with patient satisfaction, quality of care, staff burnout, and hospital and emergency department use. JAMA internal medicine, 174(8), 1350-1358.

Siu, A. L., Bibbins-Domingo, K., Grossman, D. C., Baumann, L. C., Davidson, K. W., Ebell, M., ... & Krist, A. H. (2016). Screening for depression in adults: US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. Jama, 315(4), 380-387.

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