title: Cutting costs while maintaining quality: how the VA has leveraged simulation.
abstract: Simulation training in the Department of Veterans Affairs has saved money and improved outcomes and is now being used throughout the organization.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boggs
authors.forename: Yasuharu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okuda
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans; D006801:Humans; D008348:Manikins; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States