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2007 HSR&D Annual Meeting Abstracts

HSR&D National Meeting 2007
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Bikson
Improving Interdisciplinary Care Delivery: A Qualitative Case Comparison Study
PLENARY
Goldstein
Group Medical Visits to Improve Hypertension Chronic Disease Management
PLENARY
Kanwal
Quality of Care in Chronic Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection
PLENARY
Smith
Discontinuation of VA Pharmacy Use for Chronic Medications after the Copayment Increase
PLENARY
Valenstein
The Impact of a Pharmacy-Based Intervention on Antipsychotic Adherence Among Patients with Serious Mental Illness
PLENARY
Alvarez
An Evaluation of Cognitive Processing Therapy to Treat Male Veterans in a PTSD Residential Rehabilitation Program
ORAL
Barnett
Long Term Use of Beta Blockers in White and Black Patients after Acute Myocardial Infarction
ORAL
Barnett
Comparison of Risk of Cerebrovascular Events in an Elderly VA Population with Dementia between Antipsychotic and Non-Antipsychotic Users
ORAL
Gage
The Cost of Substance Use Rehabilitation across the Continuum of Settings
ORAL
Bennett
Augmenting FDA and Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Passive Pharmacovigilance Efforts: Potential Benefit of Collaboration with VA Pharmacovigilance Program
ORAL
Bosworth
The Veterans’ Study to Improve The Control of Hypertension (V-STITCH): A Patient and Provider Intervention to Improve Blood Pressure Control
ORAL
Butchart
Are Providers Looking at Adherence before Leaping to Intensify Medications? A Medical Record Review
ORAL
Calhoun
Prevalence of Hazardous Alcohol Use and Risk Reduction Counseling among OIF/OEF Veterans
ORAL
Cheng
Multiple Imputation of Right-Truncated Laboratory Data
ORAL
Chinman
Feasibility of Implementing Computerized Self-Assessment in Routine Care Settings Serving Patients with Severe Mental Illness
ORAL
Chou
Identifying Organizational Characteristics in Facilitating the Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices in VAMCs
ORAL
Chou
Application of Information-Technology in the Management of Patients with Diabetes Mellitus
ORAL
Christiansen
Checking for Seasonal Changes in Patient Outcomes
ORAL
Chumbler
The Impact of a Cancer Care Coordination/Home-Telehealth Program on Preventable Health Service Utilization: A Case Control Study
ORAL
Donovan
Developing a Computer Adaptive Measure of Functional Cognition for TBI: Conceptualizing Functional Cognition across the Continuum of Care
ORAL
Egede
Longitudinal Effects of Depression on Glycemic Control in Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes
ORAL
Fihn
Effect of Reporting Worrisome Results to Primary Care Providers on Processes and Outcomes of Care
ORAL
Fish
Understanding the Impact of a Cancer Diagnosis on Desire to Quit Smoking among Family Members of Lung Cancer Patients
ORAL
Frank
Effectiveness of AUDIT-C as a Screening Test for Alcohol Misuse in Three Race/Ethnic Groups
ORAL
Friedmann
Soporific Intervention to Enhance Sleep and Treatment of Alcoholism (SIESTA)
ORAL
Gifford
HIV Testing in Adults Receiving Care from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
ORAL
Goetz
Implementation and Evaluation of a VISN-Based Program to Improve HIV Screening and Testing: One Year Outcome
ORAL
Goulet
Measuring Performance Using the VA Electronic Medical Record: A Comparison with External Peer Review
ORAL
Knight
Patient Preferences for Prostate Cancer Treatment: A Qualitative Study of Health State Attributes
ORAL
Helfrich
Assessing an Organizational Culture Instrument Based on the Competing Values Framework: Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses
ORAL
Hoang
Comprehensive Care Clinic Visits are Associated with Better Control of HIV
ORAL
Hogan
Harnessing the Power of VA Data for Identifying Medication Adherence for Hypertension
ORAL
Hope
Racial Differences in Neurologist Diagnosis and Treatment of Older Veterans with New Epilepsy
ORAL
Hysong
The Impact of VA's Intramural Research Program on Physician Recruitment and Retention
ORAL
Jha
Where Do Black Veterans Receive Hospital Care? Variability in Disparities within the VA Healthcare System
ORAL
Katzburg
A Patient-Centered Smoking Cessation Program: Integrating Women Veterans’ Preferences and Expert Advice to Design a New Program
ORAL
Kilbourne
Improving General Medical Care for Patients with Bipolar Disorder: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
ORAL
King
How Decision Support System National Data Extracts Can be Linked with Veterans Health Administration Hospital Discharge and Outpatient Data Sets
ORAL
Lenert
Overcoming the Limitations of Health States in Decision Analysis
ORAL
Lin
Impact of a Decision Support System for Hypertension Management (ATHENA-HTN) on New Thiazide Use among Patients with Uncomplicated Hypertension
ORAL
Loveland
Risk Adjustment in VA Populations - A Method for Partial Recalibration
ORAL
McCarthy
Distance Limits Initiation of Mental Health Intensive Case Management Services among High-Risk Patients with Serious Mental Illness
ORAL
McCarthy
VA Treatment for New Episodes of Depression: Does Dual-System Use Explain Poor Performance?
ORAL
Mkanta
Longitudinal Study of Patient Satisfaction with Care in Men with HIV Infection
ORAL
Mohr
Workplace Factors that Increase Employee Satisfaction and Performance
ORAL
Naliboff
Prescription Treatment Strategies for Opiate Medications with Chronic Pain
ORAL
Nelson
Factors Influencing Disease Self-Management among Veterans with Diabetes and Poor Glycemic Control
ORAL
Neugaard
The Effectiveness of a Heart Failure Care Coordination/Home Telehealth Program on Resource Use and Mortality
ORAL
Olsen
Using Mixed Effects Logistic Regression Models for the Analysis of Blood Pressure Control in a Clustered and Longitudinal Trial
ORAL
Oslin
Improving Adherence to HEDIS/EPRP Measures for Newly Prescribed Antidepressants in Primary Care with a Depression Monitoring Program
ORAL
Petersen
Clinical Inertia or Appropriate Care Plan? Effect of Using a Follow-Up Interval on Performance Measures for Hypertension with Co-Existing Conditions
ORAL
Popescu
Declines in VHA Mortality in Association with Organizational Efforts to Improve Care of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes
ORAL
Pugh
Profound Rates of Drug-Drug Interactions among Older Veterans Newly Treated for Epilepsy
ORAL
Pyne
Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Rural Telemedicine Collaborative Care Intervention for Depression
ORAL
Ross
Ambulatory Care Quality at Veterans Affairs Medical Centers
ORAL
Rothendler
Problems in Calculating Medication Adherence from Refill Intervals
ORAL
Rudolph
Improving Safety and Reliability through Organizational Design
ORAL
Rupper
Tele-Health Care Management of High-Utilizing Veterans
ORAL
Sayer
Predictors of Functional Improvement during Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation among Combat-Injured Service Members
ORAL
Sayers
The Importance of Family Readjustment Problems among OEF-OIF Veterans Referred for Behavioral Health Evaluation
ORAL
Shacter
Racial Disparities in Glucose Control: A Qualitative Evaluation of Potential Mechanisms
ORAL
Shokeen
Safety Culture in VA Hospitals
ORAL
Smith
Risk Factors Predicting Pressure Ulcers in Veterans with Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders: An Application of Generalized Ordinal Logistic Regression
ORAL
Spoont
Racial and Ethnic Differences in PTSD Treatment Participation
ORAL
Stecker
Post-Deployment Assessment of Mental Health Needs and Barriers in OIF National Guard Soldiers
ORAL
Stone
The Diabetes Telemonitoring (DiaTel) Study: Three-Month Results
ORAL
Straits-Troster
Gender Differences in VA Healthcare Satisfaction and Health Risk among OIF/OEF Veterans
ORAL
Tiwari
Cost Savings Associated with Guideline-Consistent Depression Treatment in Diabetes
ORAL
Urech
Hospital Community Effects on Racial Disparities in Use of Cardiac Procedures
ORAL
Vaughan Sarrazin
The Effect of Comorbidity on Glycemic Control in Diabetics
ORAL
Wakefield
Short and Long Term Outcomes Following a Home Telehealth Intervention in Veterans with Heart Failure
ORAL
Wang
Organizational Resources for Chronic Care Management
ORAL
Washington
Risk Factors and Propensity for Homelessness among Women Veterans
ORAL
Williams
Medical Comorbidity and its Relationship to Post-Stroke Depression
ORAL
Bonner
Developments in Information Health Technology: Integrating and Evaluating IT to Improve Management of Complexity in Chronic Care
WORKSHOP
Engel
VA and DoD are Innovating to Improve Primary Care for Soldiers and Veterans with Mental Disorders: Research and Implementation Efforts
WORKSHOP
Hedrick
Using the New Geriatrics and Extended Care Referral Form for HSR&D
WORKSHOP
Litaker
Population Health in Veterans with Diabetes: Implementing a New Approach to Quality Measurement
WORKSHOP
Maciejewski
Working with VA and Medicare Data: Matching by Care Type
WORKSHOP
Mallin
Combining Veterans' Health Care Data from VHA and Medicare: Methodological Issues and Research Examples
WORKSHOP
Owen
Bringing Evidence-Based Practices into Regional and National Use: The ReTIDES Example
WORKSHOP
Rittman
Mixed Methodology: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches
WORKSHOP
Safford
Multi-Center HSR&D Intervention Studies: Lessons from the Field
WORKSHOP
Sales
Workshop on Implementation Science
WORKSHOP
Smith
Assessing Cost at Each Stage of Care
WORKSHOP
Velozo
Applications of Item Response Theory Methodologies in Monitoring Healthcare through the Continuum of Care
WORKSHOP
Weaver
Preventing Chronicity and Relapse in SUD/PTSD: Research Issues
WORKSHOP
Bryan
Demystifying the Scientific Review Process: A Simulated Review
WORKSHOP
Abrams
Does Psychiatric Comorbidity Impact Adverse Hospital Outcomes?
POSTER
Agha
Measurement of Physician-Patient Communication during Telemedicine- Results from a Randomized Clinical Trial
POSTER
Anaya
Improving HIV Screening with Nurse-Based Rapid Testing and Streamlined Counseling
POSTER
Bair
Targeting Primary Care Patients with Severe Pain: A Pilot Study of a Clinical Reminder Coupled with Feedback of Pain Information
POSTER
Bean-Mayberry
Do Gender and Race Affect Quality of Care in the VA Healthcare System?
POSTER
Bolkan
Self-Reported Health Care Utilization Rates of Older and Younger Veterans with Depressive Symptomology
POSTER
Boren
Evidence-Based Education for Heart Failure
POSTER
Bryson
Prescription Drug Copayments and Veterans with Hypertension
POSTER
Calhoun
Self-Report and Physician Rated Health in Women with PTSD and Depression
POSTER
Calvitti
Temporal Knowledge Discovery and Data Visualization for Clinical Process Improvement
POSTER
Cannon
Racial Differences in Treatment of COPD Exacerbation within the VA Healthcare System
POSTER
Chaney
Evaluating Implementation of Best Practices for Depression Care: Impacts on Process and Outcomes
POSTER
Chiu
PTSD: A Risk Factor for Comorbid Medical Conditions in Women Veterans?
POSTER
Cho
Diabetic Veterans’ Access to and Use of the Internet: Implications for My HealtheVet Adoption
POSTER
Cowper
Veterans, Multiple System Use, and Stroke Rehabilitation: Who Gets What from Where?
POSTER
Cramer
The Chronic Care Model as a Tool for Organizational Transformation
POSTER
Davis
The Use of Second Generation Neuroleptics for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in VISN-7 FY1999-2005
POSTER
Doyle
The Reliability and Responsiveness of the Burden of Stroke Scale (BOSS)
POSTER
Edinger
Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Primary and Co-Morbid Insomnia
POSTER
Edlund
Risk Factors for Diagnosed Opioid Abuse and Dependence among Individuals Using Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain
POSTER
Egede
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Stroke Awareness among Veterans
POSTER
Eisen
Clinically Meaningful Change in Mental Health Functioning Based on Patient Self-Report and Clinician Assessment
POSTER
Frank
Physicians’ Attitudes Regarding Race-Based Therapeutics
POSTER
French
Prevalence and Cost of Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibitor Use in the VHA in 2004 and 2005
POSTER
Friedemann-Sanchez
Rehabilitation for TBI Patients with Polytrauma: Results of the Rapid Needs Assessment of the Four Polytrauma Rehabilitation Centers
POSTER
Ganz
Will My Patient Fall? A Systematic Review of Risk Factors for Falls in Community-Dwelling Elders
POSTER
Gellad
Variability of Access to Quality Colorectal Cancer Care in the VA Healthcare System
POSTER
Gima
MST Screening and Associated Medical and Mental Health Conditions
POSTER
Goy
Parkinson's Disease at the End of Life: Caregiver Descriptions
POSTER
Green
Symptoms during Recovery from Prostate Cancer Treatment: Opportunities for Improved Management
POSTER
Groeneveld
Racial Differences in Joint Replacement Expectations among Veterans with Osteoarthritis
POSTER
Guihan
Results of a Team-Oriented Pay-for-Performance (TOPP) Program to Improve Clinical Performance and Patient Outcomes in VHA
POSTER
Halanych
Text Searches to Reduce Unknown Race in VistA Data
POSTER
Hastings
The Quality of Pharmacotherapy among Older Veterans Discharged from the Emergency Department
POSTER
Heidenreich
Quality of VA Heart Failure Care: Beta-Blockers Use
POSTER
Heisler
When More is Not Better: Treatment Intensification among Hypertensive VA Patients with Poor Medication Adherence
POSTER
Ho
Continuity of Cardiology Care and Mortality for Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome in the VHA
POSTER
Housen
The Stability of Self-Reported Preferences in VA Nursing Home Residents
POSTER
Houston
Participation of VA Physicians and Non-Physician Primary Care Providers in an Internet Delivered Educational Intervention: The MI Plus Study
POSTER
Ilgen
Predictors of a Suicide Attempt One Year after Entry into Substance Use Disorder Treatment
POSTER
Irmiter
Reinstitutionalization Following Psychiatric Discharges of Patients with Serious Mental Illness: A National Longitudinal Study
POSTER
Jones
Prayer is More Important to Blacks than Whites in Coping with Chronic Osteoarthritis Pain
POSTER
Jones
Depression Screening is Inadequate in Veterans with Cancer
POSTER
Jones
Effect of Antidepressant Treatment Duration on All-Cause Mortality in Veterans with Cancer
POSTER
Jones
No Association between Mental Health Disorders and Clinical Inertia in Veterans with Diabetes
POSTER
Jordan
Predictors of Evidence-Based Depression Treatment in Veterans with COPD and Co-Morbid Depression
POSTER
Kaboli
Lower Health Literacy is Associated with Poorer Medication Knowledge, but Not Adverse Drug Events among Older Veterans
POSTER
Kerr
Prevalence and Causes of Apparent Clinical Inertia among Patients with Diabetes and Hypertension
POSTER
Kimerling
MST Screening and Access to Mental Health Treatment
POSTER
Kovac
Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Pain among Dual NSAID Users
POSTER
Kuno
Systems Approaches to Reduce Missed Appointment Opportunities
POSTER
Li
Patient Care Costs and Nurse Staffing in VA
POSTER
Litaker
New Approaches for Measuring Quality of Care and the Health of Veterans with Diabetes
POSTER
Michel
Usage and Perceptions of ATHENA-Hypertension Decision-Support System by Primary Care Physicians
POSTER
Mills
Results of Aggregate Root Cause Analysis of Adverse Drug Events in the VA System
POSTER
Mooney
Where do Women Veterans Get their Inpatient Care?
POSTER
Mueller
Veterans' Satisfaction with the CWT Program: Results from a Contingency Management Study
POSTER
Munjas
Randomized Controlled Trial of a Mind-Body Therapy for Dyspnea in Advanced COPD
POSTER
Murray-Swank
Family Contact, Experience of Family Relationships, and Views about Family Involvement in Treatment among VA Consumers with Serious Mental Illness
POSTER
Nebeker
Developing Indicators of Adverse Drug Events via Non-Linear Analysis of Administrative Data
POSTER
Nebeker
Barriers to the Adoption of VA Care Management Software
POSTER
Oslin
Telephone Based Referral-Care Management Treatment Outcomes
POSTER
Partin
Maximizing Consent and Minimizing Bias: What is the Best Way to Request Permission to Access Patient Medical Records?
POSTER
Penrod
Risks of Incident Disability and Death in Older Veterans and Non-Veterans
POSTER
Petersen
How Do Common Chronic Coexisting Conditions Affect Quality of Care Measures for Hypertension?
POSTER
Petersen
46 IRB Submissions and Counting: How Variability in the IRB Review Process Impacts Multi-Site VA Health Services Research
POSTER
Phibbs
The Effect of the Computerized Patient Record System and the Bar Coding Medication Administration System on VA Patient Outcomes
POSTER
Polusny
Gender Differences in Predeployment Stressors and Mental Health
POSTER
Polusny
Impact of Previous Combat Exposure on Psychiatric Symptoms among Male and Female National Guard Troops Prior to Deploying to Iraq
POSTER
Powers
The Relationship Between Health Literacy and Hypertension. Do Health Systems Predict Differences?
POSTER
Restrepo
Late Admission to the ICU in Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia is Associated with Higher Mortality
POSTER
Riopelle
Qualitative Description of Palliative Case Management: Implications for Developing Best Practices in the VA System
POSTER
Roberts
Resilience as a Protective Factor against the Development of PTSD Symptoms Following Combat Exposure in OIF/OEF Veterans
POSTER
Roumie
Prevalence of Inadequate Hypertension Control among Diabetics after a Major Cardiovascular Event
POSTER
Salas
Risk for Diabetes Mellitus in Minorities Treated with Second Generation Antipsychotic Medications
POSTER
Saliba
Relationship of Reported Pain Severity to Perceived Effect on Function
POSTER
Sauer
Serum Potassium Monitoring and Hyperkalemia in Veterans using Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone Inhibitors
POSTER
Schutte
Patient and Program Characteristics Predicting Improved Outcomes among Individuals with Co-Occurring Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders
POSTER
Seal
OEF/OIF Veterans with PTSD are High Utilizers of Non-Mental Health VA Services
POSTER
Sharma
A Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS)-Based Decision Support System for Subcutaneous Insulin Administration in the Inpatient Setting
POSTER
Shimada
Are Minorities At Higher Risk of Patient Safety Events in the VA?
POSTER
Siddharthan
Efficacy of Rehabilitation Interventions on OEF/OIF Veterans with Combat Related Injuries
POSTER
Smelson
A Brief Care Coordination Intervention for Individuals with a Mental Health and Substance Abuse Problem: Preliminary Outcomes of a Randomized Trial
POSTER
Smith Hammond
Comparison between Reflexive Cough after Water Swallow to Aerodynamic Measures of Voluntary Cough to Identify Patients with Stroke-Related Dysphagia
POSTER
Smith
Causes of Death for Veterans with Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders
POSTER
Smith
Building QUERI Research-Clinical Partnerships to Disseminate Collaborative Care for Depression
POSTER
Sohn
Dual Use of VA and Medicare Services by Veterans with Prostate Cancer
POSTER
South
Use of Natural Language Processing Techniques to Extract Surveillance Information from Diverse Types of CPRS Notes
POSTER
Spiegel
Improving Adherence with PPI Prescribing Guidelines in High-Risk NSAID Users: A Controlled “Before and After” Study of a CPRS Reminder
POSTER
Stroupe
Guideline-Recommended Care for Veterans with End Stage Renal Disease: Impact of System of Care
POSTER
Stroupe
Effect of Medication Copayment Increase on Medication Acquisition
POSTER
Tan
Negative Emotions and Pain: Where Should the Focus be for Pain Management?
POSTER
Tiet
Ethnicity and VA Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorder Patients
POSTER
Tiet
Substance Use Disorders Interact with Depressive Symptoms to Predict Depressive Outcomes
POSTER
Tipton
Participation of VA versus Non-VA Providers in the Multi-Site MI Plus Study
POSTER
Tseng
Evaluation of Regional Footcare Programs: Uses of Initial and Repeat Lower Extremity Amputation Rates as Quality Improvement Indicators
POSTER
VanDeusen Lukas
The Role of Social Networks in Leadership Effectiveness
POSTER
Vogel
Function-Based Risk Adjustment in Statistical Models: Systems vs. Components
POSTER
Weir
Perceived Threats to Safety Using Electronic Documentation
POSTER
West
AHRQ’s Patient Safety Indicators in Nine Years of VA Inpatient Data: Low Reliability Limits their Use as Performance Measures
POSTER
Whittle
Relationship of Scheduling Interval to Missed and Cancelled Clinic Appointments
POSTER
Williams
Patient and Family Caregiver Characteristics that Predict Development of Post-Stroke Depression
POSTER
Wilt
Preferences and Reasons for Refusal to Participate in Prostate Cancer Treatment RCT
POSTER
Wu
Levels of Preoperative Hematocrit Predict Postoperative Cardiovascular and Fatal Outcomes in Elderly Patients Undergoing Major Non-Cardiac Surgery
POSTER
Yano
Barriers to Achieving Clinical Capacity in Women’s Health Care in VA Facilities
POSTER
Young
Routine Assessment of Functioning: The MIRECC Global Assessment of Functioning Scale (MIRECC GAF)
POSTER
Young
The CHIACC Project: Characterizing Information Technology that Supports Improvement of Chronic Illness Care
POSTER
Zikmund-Fisher
Tolerance of Current Medication Regimes Predicts Whether Patients Have a Problem Adding New Blood Pressure Medications
POSTER
Zillich
A Longitudinal Study of Antibiotic Use Control Guidelines in VA and US Hospitals Predicting Change in Antimicrobial Resistance
POSTER