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See also: The Clinical
Informatics Cyber Seminar Series
Faculty from the VA Information Resource Center and
guest lecturers present this series of monthly informational
seminars to assist VA researchers in accessing and using
VA databases for research.
Seminars are held on the first Tuesday of the month
from 12 – 1 pm (Eastern). The following is
a list of past and upcoming seminars (in reverse chronological order).
For more information on the series content or to be
placed on the mailing list for this series, please contact Joanne Stevens..
To register for an upcoming
course or access a past presentation (with audio),
please refer to the HSR&D
Cyber Seminar catalog.
2007 Calendar of Seminars
April 3, 2007
Risk Adjustment Using VA Data
(slides)
Amy Rosen, PhD
The following is the course outline:
- Introduction to risk adjustment
- VA data for risk adjustment
- Examples of different risk-adjustment systems to use in VA
- Comparing results from different systems
- Conclusions and implications
2006 Calendar of Seminars
November 7, 2006
VA-Medicare Data
(slides)
Kathy Mallin, PhD and Kristin Koelling, MPH
This session focuses on assessing non-VA health care
use using VA-Medicare data. The following is the session agenda:
- Why use VA-Medicare Data?
- Learn about the VA-Medicare Data Merge Initiative and available data
- Understand how to request VA-Medicare data
- Learn where to go for help
October 3, 2006
Using VA Pharmacy Data
(slides)
Todd Lee, PhD
This session focuses on providing:
- An overview of VA databases with information on prescription use or fills
- An example of a VA study that has measured prescription use
- "Best Practices": things to consider when using VA pharmacy data
September 12, 2006
Assessing VA Health Care Use: Outpatient
(slides)
Denise Hynes, PhD, RN
This is the second of a two-part series on how to assess health care
use within the VA. This following is the session agenda:
- Overview of Medical SAS outpatient databases
- Finding information in the Medical SAS outpatient database
- Examples of VA studies that have measured VA outpatient healthcare utilization
- Where to go for more help
August 1, 2006
Assessing VA Health Care Use: Inpatient
(slides)
Kevin Stroupe, PhD
This is the first of a two-part series on how to assess
health care use within the VA. This session focuses on:
- How healthcare utilization has been measured in VA studies
- Overview of Medical SAS inpatient databases
- Finding information in the Medical SAS inpatient database
- Examples of VA studies that have measured VA inpatient healthcare utilization
- Audience questions
April 4, 2006
Death Where is Thy Record: Death Ascertainment for Veterans
(slides)
Denise Hynes, PhD, RN
Mortality is one of the most frequently studied outcomes
in health services research and clinical trials. This
cyber seminar presents the results of a recent VIReC
study that:
- examined the completeness and reliability of death
dates found in VA data sources
- determined the costs and benefits associated with
use of alternative sources for death ascertainment,
and
- developed a strategy for building a central database
or registry of death data that would be used by VA
researchers for death ascertainment.
March 7, 2006
Introduction to VIReC Tools for Using VA Databases
(slides)
Denise Hynes, PhD, RN
This session provides an overview of the tools and resources
available from VIReC and how to access and use the resources
on the VIReC website.
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