QUERI – Quality Enhancement Research Initiative

Partnered Evaluations

QUERI National Partnered Evaluations (NPEs) involve primary funding from an operations partner in order to conduct specific evaluations of initiatives with potential high impact on VA national policy. Specifically, the Centers will address the following key questions:

1. To what extent, and in what manner, has the initiative been implemented?


2. What factors and conditions foster or hinder implementation?


3. What impact has the initiative had on patient experience, staff, quality of care, and other outcomes?

Currently Funded QUERI Partnered Evaluation Initiatives

• Bedford, MA - eHealth
  


• Bedford and Boston, MA - Evaluating VA Patient-Centered Care: Patient, Provider, and Organizational Views
  


• Boston/Bedford, MA - Innovators Network-Population factors, Organizational capacity, Workflow and Resources


• Boston, MA - Evaluating the Implementation of Patient Safety Practices to Ensure Timely, High-Quality Care for Veterans


• Denver, CO - Examining the Effectiveness of an Adaptive Implementation Intervention to Improve Uptake of the VA Suicide Risk Identification Strategy


• Durham, NC, Ann Arbor, MI, and Bedford, MA - Spreading Healthcare Access, Activities, Research and Knowledge (SHAARK)
  


• Durham, NC - Caregiver Support (VA-CARES)
  


• Hines, IL - TeleWound Practice Partnered Evaluation Initiative


• Houston, TX - - Evaluation of Implementing FLOW in VISN 19: Transitioning Stabilized Mental Health Patients to Management in Primary Care


• Iowa City, IA - Center for the Evaluation of Enterprise-Wide Initiatives


• Little Rock, AR - Evaluation of the National Implementation of the VA Diffusion of Excellence Initiative on Advance Care Planning via Group Visits


• Los Angeles, CA and Boston, MA - Complementary and Integrative Health Evaluation Center
  


• Los Angeles, CA - Evaluating Evidence-Based Quality Improvement of Comprehensive Women's Health Care in Low-Performing VA Facilities
  


• Los Angeles, CA - Office of Health Equity-QUERI
  


• Madison, WI - Building Implementation Science for VA Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention
  


• Palo Alto, CA - Enhancing Veterans' Access to Care through Video Telehealth Tablets


• Pittsburgh, PA - Using Data-Driven Implementation Strategies to Improve the Quality of Cirrhosis Care

Palo Alto, CA
• Providence, RI - Social Work Effectiveness for Rural Veterans Evaluation (SERVE)


• Salem, VA - Hospital Acquired Pneumonia Prevention by Engaging Nurses


• Salt Lake City, UT - Facilitation of the Stepped-Care Model and Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder


• San Antonio, TX - Evaluation of Implementation of a National Point-of-care Ultrasound Training Program
  


• Seattle, WA - Randomized Evaluation of a Caring Letters Suicide Prevention Campaign


• Seattle, WA and Denver, CO - FLOW3: Diffusion of Excellence Gold Status Practice - Enterprise-Wide Diffusion


• Tampa, FL - VA Nursing Innovations Collaborative for Evaluation

Evaluation Impacts

• Ann Arbor, MI - VA Nursing: Effectiveness and Entry
• Boston, MA - Clinic Management Training Program/Center for Access Policy Evaluation and Research (CAPER)
• Boston, MA and Iowa City, IA - Geriatric Patient-Aligned Care Team (GeriPACT) Implementation
• Boston, MA and Palo Alto, CA - Lean Enterprise Transformation
• Buffalo, NY - Sustaining STAR-VA: Partnered Evaluation of Veteran, Implementation and Facility Factors Contributing to Positive Sustained Outcomes to Inform Ongoing Program Implementation
• Denver, CO and Seattle, WA - Denver-Seattle Specialty Care Evaluation Initiative
• North Little Rock, AR and Seattle, WA - Social Determinants of Health and Healthcare Resource Needs of Rural Veterans
• Palo Alto, CA - Effects of Intensive Outpatient Management Programs on Medication-Related Outcomes for High-Risk Patients
• Portland, OR - Action-Oriented Evaluation of Inter-Professional Learning Efforts in the CoEPCE and IAPACT Environments
• Providence, RI - Disseminating a Dashboard for VA Purchased Community Nursing Homes
• Veterans Choice Act Awards