Accelerating Access to Care Initiative Pending Appointments - Report 2016 January 1

<p>VA is posting regular data updates showing progress on its efforts to accelerate access to quality health care for Veterans who have been waiting for appointments. These access data updates will be posted at the middle and end of each month at VA.gov. The facility-level data show the current status of VA's: 1) New Enrollee Appointment Request (NEAR) List: The total number of newly enrolled Veterans that have asked for an appointment during the enrollment process. Out of an abundance of caution, VA reviewed the NEAR data from the past decade to identify any individual who: has enrolled for care since the inception of enrollment, indicated they desired an appointment on the enrollment form, and has not yet had a scheduled appointment in the VHA health care system. 2) Electronic Wait List (EWL) Count: The total number of all new patients (those who have not been seen in the specific clinic in the previous 24 months) for whom appointments cannot be scheduled in 90 days or less; and 3) Total Appointments Scheduled: Every appointment scheduled at the facility except surgery and medical procedures. The term 'pending' has replaced the term 'prospective,' which predicts the availability of scheduled appointments in the future for new Veterans on a given date, and the term 'completed' replaced the term 'retrospective,' which indicates when appointments actually occurred.</p>

美国退伍军人事务部（VA）定期发布数据更新，展示其在加速为等待预约的退伍军人提供优质医疗保健方面的努力进展。这些访问数据更新将于每月中旬和月底在VA.gov网站上发布。设施级别的数据展示了VA当前的状态：1) 新注册用户预约请求（NEAR）列表：在注册过程中请求预约的新注册退伍军人的总数。出于审慎考虑，VA回顾了过去十年的NEAR数据，以识别以下个体：自注册制度实施以来已登记接受护理，已在注册表格上表明希望预约，但在VHA医疗保健系统中尚未安排预约。2) 电子候诊名单（EWL）计数：所有新患者（在过去24个月内未在特定诊所接受过治疗的患者）中，在90天内或更短时间内无法安排预约的人数；3) 总预约数：设施内除手术和医疗程序外的所有预约。‘待定’一词已取代‘前瞻性’术语，该术语预测特定日期新退伍军人预约的可用性，而‘已完成’一词则取代了‘回顾性’术语，该术语表示预约实际上发生的日期。