Listed here are resources and documents generally helpful
to researchers who use VA data. Some of these items are
also available elsewhere on the Web site.
We welcome suggestions for additions to this collection;
please send any comments to the VIReC Help
Desk .
Acronyms
The Acronyms page
of the VIReC Web site incorporates entries from a number
of VA acronym lists
Links
The VIReC listing of Useful
Links
Slide Presentations
Slides from selected
workshops presented by VIReC staff
VA and VHA Publications
A useful set of links for
VA researchers.
Bibliographies
Bibliographies from
VIReC Research User Guides help users become familiar
with the research applications of VA data.
Cyber Seminars
Cyber
Seminars presented by VIReC staff
Data Issues Brief
Current and archived issues of VIReC's monthly Data
Issues Brief
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions ( FAQS )
about using VA data
HIPAA
VIReC information about Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) issues
of data privacy and security as they affect researchers
. Includes Web links to additional sources of information
Historical Documents
Listed here are historical
documents that may be of interest to VA esearchers.
Some of the material was authored by VIReC while other
documents were collected from elsewhere within the
VA.
Citations for VIReC Published Works
Toolkit for New Users of VA Data
The VIReC
Toolkit intended as a starting point for new users
of VA data
VIReC Insights
All issues of the monograph VIReC
Insights
Now retained as VIReC historical documents 
VIReC Research User Guides
VIReC produces Research
User Guides for selected VA data sources that
are utilized by researchers. The guides describe the
contents of the data sources, give information on requesting
access, and provide bibliographies of reported research
applications of the data.
VIReC Technical Reports
VIReC
Technical Reports are issued periodically to share
research results or summary information on VA data
quality and research utility issues, informatics isues
in general, and other related areas.
USH Report
Research
Findings From The VA Medicare Data Merge Initiative :
Veterans' Enrollment, Access and Use of Medicare and
VA Health Services (XVA 69-001) is VIReC's September
2003 report to the Under Secretary for Health (7,095KB)
