Agenda (draft)

skip to page content

HSR&D » Meetings » 2008

2008 HSR&D National Meeting – Implementation Across the Nation: From Bedside and Clinic to Community and Home

Other agendas:

HSR&D National Meeting Breakfast Sessions (47KB, PDF)
HSR&D National Meeting Special Interest Group Meetings (48KB, PDF)
HSR&D National Meeting "Agenda at a Glance" - one page overview (256KB, PDF)
Career Development Conference (invitation only) (44KB, MSWord)

Updated 1/25/08

HSR&D National Meeting Agenda

(+/-) Show/Hide ALL Workshops & Papers

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

TIME	LOCATION	EVENT
1:00pm-5:00pm	Harborside Ballroom Salon A	Research Proposal Development Workshop Lee Sechrest, PhD Judith Babcock-Parziale, PhD
3:00pm-7:00pm	Grand Ballroom Foyer	Registration
3:30pm-5:00pm		Advanced Methods Workshops show/hide Location: Essex BC Cindy Christiansen, PhD Multilevel Models in Health Services Research Location: Kent AB XH Andrew Zhou, Ph.D Statistical Methods for the Analysis of Health Care Costs Location: Laurel AB Susan Zickmund, PhD Maximizing Mixed-Methods Data: Hands-on Training in Qualitative Computer Software Technology
5:00pm-6:30pm	Grand Ballroom Salon VI	Poster Session A

Thursday, February 14, 2008

TIME	LOCATION	EVENT
7:00am-8:00pm	Grand Ballroom Foyer	Registration
7:00am-8:00am	Grand Ballroom Foyer West	Continental Breakfast
8:00am-7:30pm	Grand Ballroom Foyer West	Exhibit Session
8:00am-8:30am	Grand Ballroom	Welcoming Remarks and Conference Highlights Gary Rosenthal, MD Director, Center for Research in the Implementation of Innovative Strategies in Practice VA Iowa City Health Care System Seth Eisen, MD, MSc Director, HSR&D Department of Veterans Affairs Washington, DC
8:30am-9:15am	Grand Ballroom	Keynote Speaker Carolyn Clancy, MD Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Washington, DC
9:15am-10:45am	Grand Ballroom	Plenary Paper Session (top 5 papers) show/hide David Hickam, MD Effectiveness of Home-based Monitoring to Improve Blood Pressure Control Kevin Stroupe, PhD Pre-Dialysis Nephrology Care and Healthcare Costs and Outcomes after Dialysis Initiation in Veterans with Chronic Kidney Disease Bonnie Wakefield, PhD, RN A Comparison of Low- and High-Intensity Monitoring in Veterans with Co-Morbid Diabetes and Hypertension Donna Washington, MD, MPH VA and Community Mental Healthcare Use by Women Veterans Who Screen Positive for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder William Weeks, MD, MBA Using a Comprehensive Dataset to Understand the Characteristics, Utilization, Efficiency, and Outcomes of VA Patients' VA and Non-VA Inpatient Care
10:45am-11:15am	Grand Ballroom Foyer West	Break
11:15am-12:30pm		Workshops show/hide Location: Waterview AB Martha Bryan, EdD Demystfying the Scientific Review Process Location: Grand Ballroom Salon VIII David Edelman, MD Group Medical Visits: Approaches to their Implementation and Evaluation Location: Grand Ballroom Salon IX Yu-Fang Li, PhD, RN Measuring Nurse Staffing Levels: VA and Non-VA Perspectives Location: Dover AB Ruth Perrin, MA National Clinical Data for VA Research: the VA Corporate Data Warehouse Location: Grand Ballroom Salon X Scott Sherman, MD, MPH Social Marketing to Providers: Theory and Practice Location: Waterview CD Jennifer Sullivan, PhD Strengths and Challenges of an Action Research Approach in Implementing New Clinical Practices Location: Essex AB Todd Wagner, PhD Research and My HealtheVet
12:45am-2:30pm	Harborside Ballroom	Luncheon with Award Presentation
1:15pm-1:30pm	Harborside Ballroom	Special Guest Remarks Garth Stewart, Iraq Veteran
1:30pm-1:45pm	Harborside Ballroom	Welcoming Remarks Joel Kupersmith, MD Chief Research and Development Officer Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC
1:45pm-1:55pm	Harborside Ballroom	Remarks and Presentation of Under Secretary's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Health Services Research Michael J. Kussman, MD, MS, MACP Under Secretary for Health Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC
1:55pm-2:30pm	Harborside Ballroom	Awardee Presentation
2:45pm-4:00pm		Concurrent Paper Sessions
	Waterview AB	Biostatistics show/hide Moderator: Andrew Zhou, PhD 2:45-3:00pm Mark Glickman, PhD Differential Item Functioning in a Graded Response IRT Model: A Bayesian Approach to Item Discrimination 3:00-3:15pm Joseph L. Goulet, PhD, MS Comparing Methods for Clustering Comorbidity Data 3:15-3:30pm Ian Kudel, PhD Identification of Latent Groups using Veterans’ Responses on the HIV Symptom Inventory 3:30-3:45pm Maria Mor, PhD Comparison of Statistical Methods to Account for Missing Race in VA Administrative Data 3:45-4:00pm David Scott Obrosky, MS A Data Security Framework for Research Study Databases Using Metadata
	Grand Ballroom Salon VIII	Chronic Disease I show/hide Moderator: Hayden Bosworth, PhD 2:45-3:00pm Chris Bryson, MD, MS Combined Medication Adherence to Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Therapy 3:00-3:15pm Christopher Erbes, PhD Psychiatric Distress in a Cohort of Deployed National Guard Soldiers 3:15-3:30pm Shannon Kehle, PhD Relationship between Pre-Deployment Alcohol Consumption, Pre-Deployment Psychiatric Symptoms, and In-Theater Psychological Functioning 3:30-3:45pm Todd Lee, PharmD, PhD Medication Safety in COPD Patients: The Risk of Respiratory and Cardiovascular Deaths Associated with Treatment in Veterans with COPD 3:45-4:00pm Matthew Maciejewski, PhD Which Veterans Were Most Adversely Impacted by the VA Medication Copayment Increase?
	Waterview CD	Equity and Special Populations I show/hide Moderator: Said Ibrahim, MD, MPH 2:45-3:00pm Diana Burgess, PhD Patient Race and Physicians’ Decisions to Prescribe Opioids for Chronic Low Back Pain 3:00-3:15pm Leonard Egede, MD, MS Racial Differences in Mortality among Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes 3:15-3:30pm Rachel Kimerling, PhD MST in Veterans Returning from Iraq and Afghanistan: The “Other” Deployment Stressor 3:30-3:45pm B. Josea Kramer, PhD Healthcare for American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans in VHA and IHS 3:45-4:00pm Alan West, PhD Reliance on Medicare over VA Hospitalizations is Less for Urban Than Rural Veterans
	Dover AB	Implementation and Management I show/hide Moderator: Allen Gifford, MD 2:45-3:00pm Peter Kaboli, MD, MS The VA Project to Implement Diuretics (VAPID): A Patient-Oriented Intervention Study 3:00-3:15pm Richard Owen, MD Comparison of Strategies to Improve Antipsychotic Monitoring and Management for Schizophrenia 3:15-3:30pm Anju Sahay, PhD Heart Failure Network of VA Providers: An Innovative Strategy for Implementation 3:30-3:45pm Jason Saleem, PhD Approaches to Design and Implementation of Clinical Decision Support in the VA: Relationship to Staff Sufficiency 3:45-4:00pm Usha Subramanian, MD,MS Effect of Nurse Practitioner CHF Case Management on Resource Utilization
	Essex AB	Nursing Research show/hide Moderator: Bonnie Wakefield, PhD, RN 2:45-3:00pm Frank Drews, PhD The Frequency and Impact of Task Interruptions in the ICU 3:00-3:15pm Kathy Horvath, PhD, RN Dementia Caregiver Implementation of Safety Recommendations: The Veterans Home Safety Study 3:15-3:30pm Chuan-Fen Liu, PhD Nurse Staffing and Direct Inpatient Care Costs 3:30-3:45pm Helene Moriarty, PhD, RN Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Dimensions of the Lower Urinary Tract Symptom Experience in Men with Parkinson's Disease 3:45-4:00pm Joanne Robinson, PhD, APRN, BC An Explanatory Study of the Lower Urinary Tract Symptom Experience and Quality of Life in Men with Parkinson’s Disease
	Grand Ballroom Salon IX	Research Methods show/hide Moderator: John Piette, PhD 2:45-3:00pm Elizabeth Hannold, PhD Identifying Veteran-Centered Outcomes Using Qualitative Methods 3:00-3:15pm Melissa Partin, PhD Validation of Self-Reported Colorectal Cancer Screening Behavior Data Collected from a Mixed-mode Survey of Veterans 3:15-3:30pm Steven Pizer, Ph.D. Does Fragmented Financing Undermine Coordination of Care? 3:30-3:45pm Michael Rubin, MD, PhD An Agent-Based Modeling Approach to Surveillance of Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections 3:45-4:00pm Mark W Smith, PhD Comparing Outpatient Cost Data in the DSS National Pharmacy Extract and the PBM Database
	Grand Ballroom Salon X	Quality and Effectiveness I show/hide Moderator: Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD 2:45-3:00pm Sylvain DeLisle, MD, MBA Using the Electronic Medical Record to Reduce Both the Delay and the Work-Load Required to Detect an Influenza Epidemic 3:00-3:15pm Jeffrey Harrow, MD, PhD Pressure Ulcers and Occipital Alopecia in Polytrauma: Research Translation Opportunities 3:15-3:30pm Donald Robinaugh, MA Are We Underestimating Blood Pressure in the Clinic? Concerning Discrepancies between Manual and Automated Measurements 3:30-3:45pm Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSHS Adherence to Colonoscopy Quality Indicators in a Large Regional VA Healthcare System 3:45-4:00pm Alexander Young, MD, MSHS The Quality of Medication Management for Schizophrenia: An Update
4:00pm-4:30pm	Grand Ballroom Foyer West	Break
4:30pm-6:00pm		Workshops show/hide Location: Waterview AB Mark Canning, BA Behind the VA Firewall and in the Trenches: Perspectives on Data Security from the Field Location: Grand Ballroom Salon VIII Leslie Gonzalez-Rothi, PhD Emerging Therapies and Technologies in Brain Rehabilitation Location: Grand Ballroom Salon IX Mary Hogan, PhD, RN Medical Record Data in an Era of Electronic Records Location: Dover AB Audrey Nelson, PhD Enhancing Success for Nurse Investigators Location: Essex AB Marta Render, M.D. Developing and Validating Quality Metrics for Acute Care Location: Waterview CD Michael Rubin, MD, PhD An Introduction to Agent-Based Simulation in Health Services Research Location: Laurel CD Nina Sayer, PhD Traumatic Brain Injury in OIF/OEF Veterans: Opportunities and Challenges for Health Services Research
6:00pm-7:30pm	Harborside Ballroom	Poster Session B

Friday, February 15, 2008

TIME	LOCATION	EVENT
7:00am-8:00am	Grand Ballroom Foyer West	Continental Breakfast
7:00am-8:00am		Special Interest Group Breakfast Sessions (29KB, MSWord)
8:15am-9:45am	Grand Ballroom	Implementation Research Plenary Session/Panel Carole Estabrooks, RN, PhD Knowledge Utilization Studies Program University of Alberta, Canada Panelists: Peter Almenoff, MD Network Director, VISN 15 Brian Mittman, PhD QUERI Consultant VA Greater Los Angeles David Atkins, MD, MPH Director, VA Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC Recognition of Post-Doctoral Poster Award
9:45am-10:15am	Grand Ballroom Foyer West	Break
10:15am-11:45am		Concurrent Paper Sessions
	Grand Ballroom Salon VI	Chronic Disease: Diabetes and Renal Disease show/hide Moderator: Leonard Pogach, MD, MBA 10:15-10:30am Elly Budiman-Mak, MD, MPH The Association Between Obesity and Charcot Arthropathy in a Diabetic Population 10:30-10:45am Michael Fischer, MD, MSPH Venue of Predialysis Nephrology Care and Dialysis-Related Health Outcomes 10:45-11:00am Joanne LaFleur, PharmD, MSPH Recognition and Treatment of Male Osteoporosis Is Low in at Least One VISN 11:00-11:15am Katherine Neiderer, DPM, MPH Skin Temperature Monitoring Reduces the Risk for Diabetic Foot Ulceration in High-Risk Patients 11:15-11:30am Ann O'Hare, MA MA Prognostic Importance of Albuminuria: Does Level of Kidney Function Matter? 11:30-11:45am Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD A Randomized Controlled Trial of Strategies for Weight Loss
	Grand Ballroom Salon IX	Chronic Disease II show/hide Moderator: Peter Kaboli, MD 10:15-10:30am Neale Chumbler, PhD The Impact of a Care Coordination/Home-Telehealth Program on Mortality 10:30-10:45am Stephan Fihn, MD MPH Trends in Mortality following Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Veterans Health Administration and Medicare-Funded Hospitals 10:45-11:00am Todd Lee, PharmD, PhD Risk of All-Cause Mortality Associated with Long-Acting Beta-Agonist Use in Veterans with COPD 11:00-11:15am Martina Mueller, PhD Longitudinal Effects of Medication Adherence on Glycemic Control in Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes 11:15-11:30am Adam Rose, MD MSc The Accuracy of Clinician Perceptions of “Usual” Blood Pressure Control 11:30-11:45am Tracey Taveira, Pharm.D. Pharmacist-Led Group Medical Visits for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Diabetes
	Kent AB	Equity and Special Populations II show/hide Moderator: Donna Washington, MD, MPH 10:15-10:30am Barbara Bokhour, Ph.D. Barriers and Facilitators to Routine HIV Testing in VA 10:30-10:45am Amy Kilbourne, PhD, MPH Quality of Care for Cardiovascular Disease-Related Conditions in Veterans with Mental Disorders 10:45-11:00am John McCarthy, PhD, MPH Mental Health Access and Use of Non-VA Services in VA Patients with Bipolar Disorder 11:00-11:15am Maureen Murdoch, MD, MPH Association between Perceived Local Social Norms and the Reported Severity of Men's and Women’s Military Sexual Harassment 11:15-11:30am Craig Rosen, PhD Demand for and Utilization of VA Outpatient Mental Heath Care for PTSD: 2001 - 2006 11:30-11:45am John Zeber, PhD Medication Adherence, Ethnicity, and the Influence of Multiple Psychosocial and Financial Barriers in Veterans with Bipolar Disorder
	Essex AB	Health Services Research I show/hide Moderator: Somnath Saha, MD, MPH 10:15-10:30am Shirley Fitzgerald, PhD Epidemiology and Cost of Falls in Veterans with a Spinal Cord Injury 10:30-10:45am Matthew Goetz, MD Implementation and Evaluation of a VISN-based Program to Improve HIV Screening and Testing: Two-Year Outcomes 10:45-11:00am Valerie Hoffman, PhD Eating Disorders, PTSD, and Sexual Assault Histories in Female Gulf War and OIF/OEF Veterans: Worrisome Associations 11:00-11:15am Mandi Klamerus, MPH Treatment Decisions for Complex Patients: Differences between Primary Care Physicians and Mid-level Providers 11:15-11:30am Jeanne Schaefer, PhD Making the Transition from Intensive Substance Use Disorder Outpatient Treatment to Continuing Care: Predictors of Alcohol and Drug Abstinence 11:30-11:45am Carolyn Zhu, PhD A Longitudinal Analysis of the Effects of Using Data from One System for Dual VA and Medicare Users with Dementia
	Laurel AB	Health Services Research II show/hide Moderator: Louise Walter, MD 10:15-10:30am Zia Agha, MD, MS Patient-Centered Communication during Telemedicine versus In-Person Medical Consultations 10:30-10:45am Diane Cowper Ripley, PhD Geographic Access to VHA Rehabilitation Services by OEF/OIF Veterans 10:45-11:00am Laura Jones, PhD Beyond the Traditional Prognostic Indicators: The Impact of Primary Care Utilization on Cancer Survival in the VHA 11:00-11:15am Melissa Polusny, PhD Prospective Predictors of In-Theater Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms in a Cohort of National Guard Soldiers Deployed to OIF 11:15-11:30am Karen Seal, MD, MPH Escalating Prevalence and Incidence of Mental Health Disorders in over 200,000 OEF/OIF Veterans Utilizing VA Healthcare, 2001-2007 11:30-11:45am W. Bruce Vogel, PhD Rehabilitation Costs for VA Stroke Patients: Is Subacute Care Really Less Costly?
	Laurel CD	Implementation and Management II show/hide Moderator: Paul Heidenreich, MD 10:15-10:30am Kelly Burkitt, PhD A National VA Initiative to Decrease Nosocomial MRSA Infection: A Pre-Post Survey of Employee Knowledge, Attitudes, and Prevention Practices 10:30-10:45am Duncan Campbell, PhD Implementation Research and Suicide Risk: Qualitative Analysis of an Assessment Process for Suicide Risk in a Sample of Depressed Veterans 10:45-11:00am Matthew Chinman, PhD Improving Care for Schizophrenia: Process Evaluation of Implementation in EQUIP 11:00-11:15am Ann Chou, PhD Identifying Organizational Dimensions Underlying the Implementation of Quality Improvement Efforts in VHA 11:15-11:30am Dustin French, PhD Drug Costs and Utilization in VHA Nursing Homes: A National Overview of Long-Stay Residents 11:30-11:45am Lisa Zubkoff, PhD Balancing Internal Versus External Validity in Implementation Research
	Harborside AB	Quality and Effectiveness II show/hide Moderator: Ashish Jha, MD, MPH 10:15-10:30am Kenneth Boockvar, MD Predictive Value of Prescribing Discrepancies for Adverse Drug Events after Patient Transfer 10:30-10:45am Ziad Gellad, MD, MPH Time to Colonoscopy from Positive Fecal Occult Blood Test and Findings on Colonoscopy 10:45-11:00am Lewis Kazis, Sc.D. Comparison of the Performance of the VHA versus the Medicare Advantage Plans: A National Comparison of two Large Systems Using Health Outcomes 11:00-11:15am Chuan-Fen Liu, PhD Long-Term Cost-Effectiveness of Screening Strategies for Hearing Loss 11:15-11:30am Julia Prentice, PhD Waiting for Health Care and Preventable Hospitalizations 11:30-11:45am Michael Steinman, MD New Methods for Performance Measurement in Hypertension: Results from an Expert Panel

Reviewed/Updated Date: January 25, 2008

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Advanced Methods Workshops show/hide

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Plenary Paper Session (top 5 papers) show/hide

Workshops show/hide

Biostatistics show/hide

Chronic Disease I show/hide

Equity and Special Populations I show/hide

Implementation and Management I show/hide

Nursing Research show/hide

Research Methods show/hide

Quality and Effectiveness I show/hide

Workshops show/hide

Friday, February 15, 2008

Chronic Disease: Diabetes and Renal Disease show/hide

Chronic Disease II show/hide

Equity and Special Populations II show/hide

Health Services Research I show/hide

Health Services Research II show/hide

Implementation and Management II show/hide

Quality and Effectiveness II show/hide