• Oslin DW, Chapman S, Duvall SL, Gelernter J, Ingram E, Kranzler HR, Lehmann LS, Lynch JA, Lynch KG, Pyne JM, Shih MC, Stone A, Thase ME, Wray LO. Study design and implementation of the PRecision Medicine In MEntal health Care (PRIME Care) Trial. Contemporary clinical trials. 2020 Dec 11; 106247.
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  Sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Kaiser Permanente, and VA, this supplemental issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine (JGIM) on implementation science (IS) and quality improvement (QI) marks the formal addition of IS/QI as an area of emphasis for JGIM. The supplement features innovative research that applied evidence across diverse delivery systems and ...
  
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  Date: September 10, 2020
• Quality Improvement Intervention Improves Outcomes for Veterans with New Ischemic Stroke Symptoms
  The Protocol-guided Rapid Evaluation of Veterans Experiencing New Transient Neurological Symptoms (PREVENT) intervention was developed to improve the quality of VA care for Veterans experiencing transient ischemic attack (TIA). This trial evaluated the PREVENT intervention at six diverse VA medical centers and assessed temporal trends in care quality among 36 matched control sites (six control sit...
  
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• VA/HSR&D Research on Complementary and Integrative Health Therapies within VA
  Funded by HSR&D, this special issue of Medical Care highlights how research on complementary and integrative health (CIH) therapies in the VA healthcare system has progressed along the QUERI (Quality Enhancement Research Initiative) Implementation Roadmap – from pre-implementation to implementation to sustainment. CIH approaches are becoming more available throughout VA, due to: 1) increased imple...
  
  Date: September 1, 2020
• Wait Times Longer for Specialty Community Care vs VA Specialty Care Since Implementation of Veterans Choice Program
  This study sought to: 1) Determine whether VA wait times declined after Veterans Choice Program (VCP) implementation, 2) Compare appointment wait times for specialty care in VA versus community medical centers, and 3) Identify the proportions of community care wait times that were attributable to VA administrative processes. Findings showed that within VA, orthopedics experienced the largest decli...
  
  Date: August 26, 2020

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• Visit the Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) website to learn more about how VA HSR&D focuses on implementation within certain research areas.
• Visit the website of the open-access journal, Implementation Science, co-edited by HSR&D staff.
• Visit the National Implementation Research Network (part of the NIH) website.
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