VIReC Data Issues Brief - 2007 Archive

1. FY07 Year-End Med SAS and DSS CNDE Files Available
2. New Pharmacy Variable Available from PBM
3. Decision Support Office Reports Problem with "Primary CPT Code" Datafield
4. FY07 Diagnostic Cost Group Data Available at CFD
5. 2007 AMIA Invitational Conference on Secondary Use of Health Data
6. January Clinical Informatics Cyber Seminar
7. AcademyHealth 2008 National Health Policy Conference
8. Call for Presentations for VHA 2008 VeHU Conference
9. Call for Abstracts AcademyHealth 2008 Annual Research Meeting

1. VA Researchers Should Use VIReC INTRAnet Web Site
2. DSS Files Sorted and Indexed by SCRSSN
3. DSS Medical Record Book FY2008 Available
4. New SAS OEF/OIF Transition Patient Advocate Files Available at Austin CFD
5. CMS Signals It Will Switch to ICD-10 Codes
6. November Clinical Informatics Cyber Seminar
7. Fourth Nationwide Health Information Network Forum December 11-12 in Long Beach CA

1. VA Researchers Should Use VIReC INTRAnet Web Site
2. New FY06 Inpatient and Outpatient MedSAS Research User Guides
3. Final FY07 MedSAS Files Available at End of October
4. Weekend Access to FY07 Outpatient MedSAS Datasets Terminated During October
5. Vital Status Update (Re-build) Notice to Users
6. Review of Real SSN Access Privileges
7. OEF/OIF Cohort Data Available Online
8. OEF/OIF Roster File Contact Information
9. October Clinical Informatics Cyber Seminar
10. American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium November 10-14, 2007

1. Improved Data Issues Brief Archive
2. Acronyms Database Enhanced
3. ESM Releases Complete Redesign of Web Site
4. VeHU 2007 Presentations Now Available
5. Proposed CMS DRG Changes for FY08
6. September Clinical Informatics Cyber Seminar
7. ResDAC to Hold Workshop on the Use of Medicare Data
8. Society for Medical Decision Making Meeting October 21-24, 2007
9. American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium November 10-14, 2007

1. DSS NDE File Structure Changes
2. 2007 Corporate Databases Monograph Issued
3. Pre- and Post-Deployment Health Data for Discharged and Non-Discharged Service Members
4. August Clinical Informatics Cyber Seminar
5. ResDAC To Hold Workshop on the Use of Medicare Data
6. Society for Medical Decision Making Meeting October 21-24, 2007
7. American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium November 10-14, 2007

1. VIReC Seeking a Technical Director
2. VIReC Seeking a Data Analyst
3. VA Research Data Security & Privacy
4. Changes at the Enterprise Systems Management Office
5. Change in Identification of Community Nursing Home Stays in MedSAS Inpatient Datasets
6. Under Ascertainment of Medication Use in Pharmacy Datasets
7. July Clinical Informatics Cyber Seminar
8. AHRQ Sponsors Theme Issue for Health Services Research
9. NIH Conference on Dissemination and Implementation in September 2007
10. Society for Medical Decision Making Meeting in October 2007
11. VHA eHealth University Held August 21-23 in Orlando

1. VA Research Data Security & Privacy
2. VHA Directive for Screening and Evaluation of Possible Traumatic Brain Injury in OEF and OIF Veterans
3. Chemical and Biological Agent Exposure Database – VA
4. Real SSN Processing from Single File for Users with Real SSN Access
5. Change Notes for VHA’s MedSAS Files Posted on VIReC Web Site
6. VIReC Web Site Provides Information on VHA IE Files at AAC
7. FY06 Frequencies for Select Variables in VHA MedSAS Datasets Available on VIReC Web Site
8. FY06 Proc Contents for VHA MedSAS Datasets Updated on VIReC Web Site
9. NIH Conference on Dissemination and Implementation in September 2007

1. VA Research Data Security & Privacy
2. New Orlando VA Hospital Using Facility Number 675
3. VHA Discontinues Quarterly and Regional Medical SAS Files
4. New HERC Guidebook Released: Preference Measurement in Economic Analysis
5. VA Revises Appendices A, B, and C of Schedule for Rating Disabilities
6. May Clinical Informatics Cyber Seminar
7. AcademyHealth 2007 Annual Research Meeting Offers Methods Seminars

1. Updates to VA Research Data Security & Privacy Web Site
2. METRIC Instruments Now Archived on VA HSR&D Web Site
3. MyHealtheVet Product Web Site
4. April Database and Methods Cyber Seminar
5. April Clinical Informatics Cyber Seminar
6. AcademyHealth 2007 Annual Research Meeting Offers Methods Seminars
7. ERIC Summer Session Not Held in 2007
8. American Journal of Public Health Calls for Manuscripts on Health Care for Veterans
9. VHA VeHU Calls for Presentation Abstracts for Summer 2007 Session

1. Protecting VA Research Information
2. VA Vital Status Files Now Available
3. CFD (formerly: AAC) Introduces Yearly Versioning in SAS Catalog
4. March 2007 Clinical Informatics Cyber Seminar
5. American Journal of Public Health Calls for Manuscripts on Health Care for Veterans

February National Meeting Special Edition

1. Agenda for 2007 VA HSR&D National Meeting
2. Visit the VIReC Exhibit Booth at the 2007 VA HSR&D National Meeting
3. VIReC Breakfast Session at 2007 VA HSR&D National Meeting
4. National Meeting Sessions Relating to the Use of Medicare Data
5. National Meeting Informatics Session

1. VA Diagnostic Cost Group Files Available at CFD (formerly: AAC)
2. VA Dementia Registry Summary Tables Now Available
3. Means Test Thresholds for Calendar Year 2007
4. Pressure Ulcers to be Reported and Tracked
5. VIReC Presentations at VA HSR&D National Meeting
6. ResDAC To Hold Medicare and Medicaid Data Training in La Jolla CA
7. American Journal of Public Health Calls for Manuscripts on Health Care for Veterans
8. 2007 Database/Methods & Clinical Informatics Cyber Seminars