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Data Issues Brief - 2004 Headlines

  1. Medical SAS Datasets Final for FY2003
  2. New Variable Labels and Formats In SF and SE Files
  3. Report Issued on Survey of VHA Intensive Care Units
  4. HDR / Data Standardization News
  1. FY2005 DSS Identifiers and Three-Tier Co-payment Rates for Outpatient Services
  2. Directive on “VHA Site Tracking (VAST) System”
  3. VHA Issues Operating Procedures for Use of VA Medicare Data
  4. Fact Sheets on HealtheVet and MyHealtheVet
  5. New Issue of “Data Warehouse/Data Marts Newsletter”
  6. New Issue of “DSS Matters” Newsletter
  7. AcademyHealth Issues Call for Abstracts
  1. Closeout of FY2004 Medical SAS Datasets
  2. Data Quality Issues Related to Period of Service (POS) Variable
  3. VA Medicare Data for Research Available for 2002
  4. VHA Office of Information Project Will Improve Data on Date of Death
  5. New Email Addresses for VIReC, VIReC Help Desk, and Staff Members
  1. VIReC Web Site Changed
  2. Latest Report From Gulf War Veterans Information System
  3. October 6-8, 2004, Workshop on Using Medicare Data for Research
  4. New Cyber Seminars from ERIC Summer 2004 Course
  5. VIReC Web Site Has Proc Contents for VHA Medical SAS® Datasets
  6. August-September Issue of DSS Matters
  7. DSS FY05 Technical Conversion Guidelines Handbook Released
  8. Analysis of VistA Laboratory Application
  1. Procedures for Collecting New Data, Including Race and Ethnicity
  2. New VHA Data on Combat Veterans
  3. VIReC Research User Guide to DSS Clinical National Data Extracts
  4. New Navigation Being Tested For VIReC Web Site
  5. Self-reported Height and Weight Data for Veterans from CDC
  6. AHRQ-Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project 2002 Nationwide Inpatient Sample Data
  1. Select Variable Frequencies for FY2003 Medical SAS Data on Web
  2. FY2004 DSS National Data Extracts Technical Guidebook Released
  3. New Stroke QUERI Web Site
  4. New Advisory Board Replaces DSS National Steering Committee
  5. New Version of Clinical Reminders Software
  6. QUERI Papers in Journal of American Medical Informatics Association
  7. VA Organizational Briefing Book Online
  1. HIPAA Privacy Issues For Researchers Requesting Date or Confirmation of Death
  2. SAS® Proc Contents for VA Data at CFD (formerly: AAC) Now Online
  3. VA Health Care Atlas on Internet
  4. Two New VHA Handbooks of Interest to Researchers
  5. News About VA Information Technology Conference
  6. Presentations from VA eHealth University (Formerly Camp CPRS) Online
  1. New Listing of SAS® Files at Austin Automation Center
  2. Policy Issued on Defining and Recording Observation Patients
  3. VHA Data Quality Information Online
  4. “Registry Research and Medical Privacy”
  5. Focus on Outcomes Research
  6. Spring Issue of HDR / CPRS-R Newsletter
  7. Federal Agencies Focus on Health Information Technology
  1. Estimates & Projections of Veteran Dementia Prevalence and Incidence
  2. 2004 Corporate Databases Monograph Issued
  3. VIReC Becomes Member of VHA Data Consortium
  4. Course on “VA Databases for Research” at Seattle ERIC Summer Session
  1. FY2003 & FY2004 Medical SAS Datasets Missing Race & Ethnicity Data
  2. VIReC Exploring Options For Researchers Needing Data on Race
  3. New Office of Research & Development Contact for Real SSN Access
  4. Financial and Clinical Data Marts (FCDM) Open For Business
  5. VIReC Beta Testing Redesigned Web Site
  1. DSS Medical Records Technical Documentation Manual
  2. DSS SAS National Laboratory Results Data To Be Available for FY2001
  3. New HIPAA Privacy Rule Information for Clinical Researchers
  4. AMIA Conference on Implementation of Electronic Medical Records
  5. VA InfoSec Conference June 21, 2004
  6. New Details About VA Information Technology Conference August 9-12, 2004
  7. 2003 National QUERI Meeting Presentations Addressing Data and Informatics Issues
  1. Latest Issue of VA Decision Support System’s Newsletter DSS Matters
  2. VHA 2004 eHealth University Annual Conference Scheduled May 24–28, 2004, in Dallas, TX
  3. VA Information Technology Conference August 9-12, 2004, Austin, TX
  4. ResDAC To Hold Medicare and Medicaid Data Training in Tampa FL
  5. DHHS/AHRQ Issues National Reports on Healthcare Quality and Disparity