1 is a core investigator at the Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care (CIVIC) at the VA Portland Health Care System in Portland, Oregon. is a sociology PhD candidate at the University of Iowa Graduate College in Iowa City. is a qualitative analyst, is associate director, and is an investigator, all at the Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation Center, at the VHA Office of Rural Health, Veterans Rural Health Resource Center-Central Region and at the Iowa City VA Health Care System. is a resident physician at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. Dr. Ono is an assistant professor at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland. Dr. Reisinger is an assistant professor and Dr. Kaboli is a professor, both at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in Iowa City. is an assistant professor at University of Iowa College of Public Health in Iowa City. is a program analyst at the VHA Blind Rehabilitation Service in Washington, DC.
Improved communication and increased education may enhance the experience and outcomes for veterans using multiple health care systems, according to this qualitative assessment of health care provider views.