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Data Issues Brief - 2006 Headlines

  1. MDS and OASIS Data Now Available from VIReC
  2. Final FY06 Runs for Monthly and Quarterly VA DSS NDEs
  3. VA DSS Offers New Views of Data Contained in NDE TRT
  4. VHA Directives Define Policy for the Primary Care Management Module
  5. Clinical Informatics Cyber Seminar January 16, 2007
  6. VHA eHealth University Call for Presentation Proposals
  7. ResDAC To Hold Medicare and Medicaid Data Training in La Jolla CA
  1. Change in Speaker for November 21 Clinical Informatics Cyber Seminar
  2. Access to Real SSN Processing at VHA CFD (formerly: AAC) Now Available at 3 Levels
  3. Year End Processing of VA Files Frequently Used by HSR&D Researchers
  4. New Issue of DSS Newsletter Available
  5. Database and Methods Cyber Seminar December 5
  6. Clinical Informatics Cyber Seminar Series December 19
  1. VIReC Medicare Documentation Update Provides Info about Data Usability
  2. New VA Vital Status Datasets at CFD (formerly: AAC) Will Improve Mortality Ascertainment Research
  3. Database and Methods Cyber Seminar Series
  4. Clinical Informatics Cyber Seminar Series
  5. American Medical Informatics Association Meeting November 11-15
  1. VIReC’s Intranet Website Address Has Changed
  2. Report on 2005 Survey of Veterans from the VA Office of the ADUSH for Policy and Planning
  3. Reassignment of ADUSH Monthly Enrollment File to New Austin Automation Center Name Space
  4. Encounter Data Available at CFD (formerly: AAC) for Inpatients Who Receive Outpatient Services
  5. New DSS Reports
  6. Database and Methods Cyber Seminar Series
  7. Clinical Informatics Cyber Seminar Series
  1. VIReC’s Internet Website Address Has Changed
  2. Use Principal Diagnosis (DXPRIME) When Studying Impatient Diagnoses
  3. VistA Wins Innovations in American Government Award
  4. VHA Directive for Using CMS Coding Modifier for VA Care Provided by Physician Residents
  5. Clinical Informatics Cyber Seminar Series
  6. Database and Methods Cyber Seminar Series
  7. ResDAC To Hold Medicare and Medicaid Data Training in Minneapolis
  1. VIReC’s Intranet Website Address Has Changed
  2. Scope Changes to Function Task Codes for VA CFD (formerly: AAC) Dataset Access
  3. VA Event Capture Data Available in National FY2006 Dataset (DSS NDE)
  4. VA NHCU Treating Specialties
  5. Paper Published on New VA Race/Ethnicity Data Collection Standards
  6. July 18 Clinical Informatics Cyber Seminar Series Focuses on Health Information Technology and Health Information Exchange
  7. ResDAC To Hold Medicare and Medicaid Data Training in Minneapolis
  1. VIReC’s Internet Website Address has Changed
  2. Cyber Security and Privacy Training for FY2006 due by June 30
  3. June 20 Clinical Informatics Cyber Seminar Features Evaluation and Clinical Informatics
  4. Data Sources Outside the VA
  5. New VHA Directive for Surgical Case Coding
  6. New HERC Guidebook Released: Researchers’ Guide to ALBCC
  7. New Issue of DSS Newsletter Available
  1. May 16 Clinical Informatics Cyber Seminar Features How to Request Changes to VA Information Systems
  2. Full Stay and Bed Section Stay Recodes Removed from the VA Medical SAS Inpatient Datasets Effective 7 April 2006
  3. VIReC Technical Report 2: VA-NDI Mortality Data Merge Project
  4. Social Security Administration “Death” File available at Austin Automation Center
  5. New Lab Results Added to VA DSS National Data Extracts in FY 2006
  6. Release of New VHA Directive for Patient Care Data Capture
  7. New Open-Access Journal on Implementation Science
  1. Clinical Informatics Seminars
  2. Recorded HSRD 2006 Cyber Seminars on VA Databases and Clinical Informatics Now Available
  3. Updated VHA Coding Handbook Available
  4. Two New Products Regarding VA Patients Enrolled in Medicaid Available from HCFE
  5. HEC Creates Registry File for POWs
  6. GAO Issues Report on VA and DOD Health Care Resource Sharing
  7. NHCU Services Categorized into Identifiable Units and Defined by New Codes
  8. ProClarity Classes Offered by VSSC
  1. HSR&D 2006 Cyber Seminars on VA Databases and Methods Offered by VIReC
  2. AMIA 2006 Biomedical and Health Informatics Conference: Abstracts Due March 15
  3. New Issue of DSS Newsletter Available
  4. HERC Guidebook Update
  5. Information about 2001 National Survey of Veterans Available on VIReC Web Site
  6. New Veteran Indicator Flag (VETIND) Added to Outpatient Medical SAS Datasets
  1. VIReC Bids Farewell to Assistant Director
  2. FY2006 DSS Identifiers and Changes to Co-payment for Outpatient Services
  3. New Information on VIReC Web Site
  4. VHA Directive Defines Data Entry Requirements for Administrative Data
  5. AHRQ Patient Safety and Health IT Conference
  6. Data and Database Methods Presentations at HSR&D National Meeting
  1. New Treating Specialty Codes for VA Nursing Home Care Unit Admissions
  2. Means Test Thresholds for Calendar Year 2006
  3. VHA Directive Redefines Policy for Provider Classification
  4. National Clinical Reminder for OIF/OEF Screening Revised
  5. HERC Issues Technical Report on Fee Basis Data
  6. New Issue of DSS Newsletter Available
  7. New Issues of Data Warehouse / Data Marts Newsletter Available
  8. Micro-Cost Methods for Determining VA Healthcare Costs Updated
  9. VIReC Presentations at HSR&D National Meeting