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VA is transforming into a Whole Health system of care. Rather than islands of medical care focused on disease management, a Whole Health system is comprised of teams of professionals who build lasting partnerships with Veterans and develop personalized health plans based on an individual Veteran’s values, needs, and goals. VA’s Whole Health model, often illustrated as the Circle of Health, encourages and supports Veterans as they take an active role in improving their own health and well-being.

HSR’s Whole Health research studies every aspect of this emerging model, including implementation science, cost-effectiveness, outcome measurement, and integration with technology and virtual care. Health systems researchers develop and evaluate Whole Health program components such as personal health planning, complementary and integrative health, coaching, peer support, and well-being programs focused on areas such as nutrition, stress reduction, movement, or healthy relationships. 

Each section below is populated by a search of the HSR website. Search results are generated based on the search term "Whole Health" . Results are updated as new data are available.

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Citations

(recent WHOLE HEALTH publications)



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Publication Briefs

(recent WHOLE HEALTH Publication Briefs )


  • Veterans’ Use of VA Whole Health Care Is Associated with Increased Completion of Psychotherapy for PTSD
    This quality improvement study examined the relationship between VA Whole Health (WH) care—comprised of WH services (e.g., health coaching, wellness groups) and complementary and integrative health (CIH) therapies—and evidence-based psychotherapy (EBP) completion (i.e., completing 8 EBP sessions within 14 weeks). Findings showed that use of Whole Health care at various points in the EBP treatment ...
    Date: October 24, 2025
  • Medical Care Supplement Presents Research and Strategies for Measuring Well-Being of the Whole Person
    To evaluate priorities for measuring well-being in healthcare, VA’s Health Systems Research (HSR) sponsored a State-of-the-Art (SOTA) conference in 2023 on “Measuring What Matters.” This Medical Care supplement reports on research surrounding well-being and Whole Person outcomes and measurement, as well as the SOTA’s discussion and conclusions about how, through measurement, healthcare systems can...
    Date: December 1, 2024
  • VA/HSR&D Research on Complementary and Integrative Health Therapies within VA
    Funded by HSR&D, this special issue of Medical Care highlights how research on complementary and integrative health (CIH) therapies in the VA healthcare system has progressed along the QUERI (Quality Enhancement Research Initiative) Implementation Roadmap – from pre-implementation to implementation to sustainment. CIH approaches are becoming more available throughout VA, due to: 1) increased imple...
    Date: September 1, 2020

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Studies

(recent WHOLE HEALTH projects )

Project No.  Title  PI  Funding End   
HSR2-011-24W Prescription Produce for Food Insecure Veterans at Cardiometabolic Risk Drake, Connor 2030-12-31
IIR 23-125 IMPROving care for VEterans with Persistent Critical Illness (IMPROVE PerCI) Viglianti, Elizabeth 2028-09-30
RCS 23-082 HSR&D Research Career Scientist Award Taylor, Stephanie 2028-09-30
CDA 21-208 Optimizing the Implementation of Whole Health Coaching for Veterans with COPD Anderson, Ekaterina 2028-08-31
IIR 22-221 Complementary and Integrative Health Approaches to Improve TBI Outcomes in Veterans Zeng, Qing 2028-08-31

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HSR Briefs, Reports, Newsletters

"If You Really Want to Be Successful, You Need to Be Engaged": Virtual Whole Health Groups Can Change Veteran Views On Health and Well-Being (03-26-2025)

Whole Health (05-14-2024)

FORUM (12-31-2021)

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Cyberseminars

The most recent "Whole Health" seminars are displayed.
Date Title Presenter(s)
9/26/2024 Whole Health Program Evaluation: Best Practices and Strategic Planning Kawentel, Linda  
Bowersox, Nick  
7/18/2024 Can Implementing a Whole Health System Facilitate Uptake of CIH for Chronic Pain? It Depends! Bolton, Rendelle  
5/7/2024 A Mixed-Methods Evaluation Demonstrates the Impact of a Whole Health Based Chronic Pain Management Program for Veterans Haun, Jolie  
Fowler, Christopher  
2/15/2024 Primary Care Brief Mindfulness Training for Veterans with Psychological Distress: Intervention Description and Trial Results Possemato, Kyle  
1/9/2024 Reaching Rural Veterans: Applying Mind-Body Skills for Pain Using a Whole Health Telehealth Intervention (RAMP). Protocol for a Hybrid 2 Effectiveness-Implementation Trial Evans, Roni  
Hadlandsmyth, Katherine  
Burgess, Diana  

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Videos


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Podcasts


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