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Charleston

The Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center (RHJVAMC) is a level 1A (complex) health care facility located in Charleston, South Carolina and the primary hospital of the RHJ VA Health Care System (RHJVAHCS). Our system supports seven Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) serving over 102,000 Veterans in coastal South Carolina and Georgia. Our facility, closely affiliated with the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), ranked as the country’s top rated 1A facility in 2024 and stands as a national leader in clinical care and research, placing among the country’s top 10 VA facilities in total research funding. In addition to an entire complement of clinical training programs, we offer advanced fellowships in quality improvement, health systems research, and mental health research & treatment. Our facility has a robust quality improvement and patient safety (QI-PS) culture and offers a full range of healthcare training programs, including:

VA Chief Resident for Quality and Safety funded by the Office of Academic Affiliations
Health Services R&D Center for Innovation (COIN): the Charleston Health Equity and Rural Outreach Innovation Center (HEROIC). Through HEROIC, our facility enjoys ongoing QI and funded research collaborations with VISN-7 leadership, VISN-7 sister facilities, the VA Office of Community Care, the Office of Rural Health, and the Office of Health Equity. Learn more about HEROIC here
Charleston, Providence, and Iowa City Evidence-Based Policy Evaluation Center funded by the VA Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI)
Center of Excellence for Value-Based Care: Center for Care and Payment Innovation (CCPI)