Veterans Health Administration
2014 Patient Access Data Archive
NOTE: For data released in 2015, go to http://www.va.gov/health/access-audit.asp
VA posted regular data updates showing progress on its efforts to accelerate access to quality health care for Veterans who have been waiting for appointments. The facility-level data show the current status of VA's:
- 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.
- 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
- Total Appointments Scheduled: Every appointment scheduled at the facility except surgery and medical procedures.
December 18 Data
December 5 Data
Wait Times Calculated Using Preferred Date for All Patients
Pending Appointments | Completed Appointments
- As of December 5, 2014, VA will discontinue reporting the "Wait Times Calculated Using Create Date for New Patients and Desired Date for Established Patients" data sets. Ongoing releases will continue to include updates for the "Wait Times Calculated Using Preferred Date" data sets, the calculation outlined in VA’s Report to Congress, in accordance with VACAA.
November 20 Data
Wait Times Calculated Using Create Date for New Patients and Desired Date for Established Patients
Pending Appointments | Completed Appointments
Wait Times Calculated Using Preferred Date for All Patients
Pending Appointments | Completed Appointments
November 5 Data
On November 5, 2014, VHA released an update of facility-level patient access data. This release included wait time data for each facility down to the Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) level. After the release, an error was discovered in the code used to populate the average wait time data tables. The coding error resulted in the transposition of data. VHA has identified and repaired the coding error. This website has been updated with the most recent facility-level patient access data.
Wait Times Calculated Using Create Date for New Patients and Desired Date for Established Patients
Wait Times Calculated Using Preferred Date for All Patients
- The wait times calculated using preferred date for all patients is a newly provided data set on November 5 that reflects data calculated measuring 30 days from the date a Veteran prefers to be seen, or the date determined to be medically necessary by their physician.
- CBOC (Community Based Outpatient Clinics) data is included in the November 5 data release.
- VA has redefined its wait-time goals for purposes of the Veterans Choice Program. For more details see the VA Report to Congress.
September 18 Data
Pending Appointments, Printer Friendly Version | Pending Appointments, Condensed Chart Version
August 28 Data
Pending Appointments, Printer Friendly Version | Pending Appointments, Condensed Chart Version |
- With the August 28 data release, pending and completed appointments are separated into different documents. Additional detail about completed appointments is now available as well.
August 14 Data — Printer Friendly Version | Condensed Chart Version
- 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.
July 31 Data — Printer Friendly Version | Condensed Chart Version
July 17 Data — Printer Friendly Version | Condensed Chart Version
July 3 Data — Printer Friendly Version | Condensed Chart Version
June 19 Data — Printer Friendly Version | Condensed Chart Version
June 9 Data — Printer Friendly Version | Condensed Chart Version
Initial data published for 5/15/14 contained accurate data except for the count and percent of appointments less than 30 days. The timeliness for new patients were erroneously computed using the "desired data" for the Veterans' appointment versus the date the appointment was initially created. The net effect of this error is that, as published, the 6/9/14 report represents 6.7% more appointments occurring within 30 days. This current posting of data corrects this error.
