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2011 VA HSR&D National Meeting

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Baker
The Differential Pattern of Post-Concussive Symptoms among Female Compared to Male OEF/OIF Veterans with Deployment-Related TBI
Other
PLENARY
Bradley
Measuring the Quality of Care for Alcohol Misuse: Limitations of Screening-Based Measures
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
PLENARY
DeLisle
Clinical Decision Support at the Time of an e-Prescription Can Sustainably Decrease Unwarranted Use of Antibiotics for Acute Respiratory Infections
Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications
PLENARY
Garla
Implementation of a Text-Mining-Based Clinical Decision Support Tool to Improve the Management of Pulmonary Nodules
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
PLENARY
Horvath
Clinical Trial of a Home Safety Intervention for Alzheimer's Disease
Evidence-based findings
PLENARY
Jackson
Do the Economic Benefits of Participation in a Diabetes Group Visits Trial Persist after Trial Completion?
New models of care
PLENARY
Axon
The Impact of Comorbid Depression on Longitudinal Medication Adherence among Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes
Evidence-based findings
ORAL
Barnes
Head Injury in Older Veterans and Risk of Dementia
Evidence-based findings
ORAL
Bauer
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Collaborative Chronic Care Models for Mental Health Conditions
Evidence-based findings
ORAL
Benzer
Relationships between Organizational Climate and Diabetes Quality of Care
Evidence-based findings
ORAL
Bhatnagar
Leveraging the EMR for Studying Genetic Determinants of Complex Disease: Novel Genetic Association with Longitudinal Blood Pressure
Other
ORAL
Bohnert
Opioid Prescribing and Fatal Opioid Overdose Trends in the VHA, 2000-2007
Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications
ORAL
Calhoun
Diagnostic Efficiency of the AUDIT-C in OEF/OIF Veterans
Evidence-based findings
ORAL
Carlson
Validity of Diagnosis Codes in VA Administrative Data for Identifying OEF/OIF Veterans with History of Traumatic Brain Injury
Other
ORAL
Castro
Inpatient Stroke Care Quality for Veterans: Are there Differences between Stroke Belt States and Other Areas?
Evidence-based findings
ORAL
Cohen
Returning Veterans with Schizophrenia to Paid, Competitive Employment
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
ORAL
Crowley
Lack of Treatment Intensification in a Trial of Home Telemonitoring and Medication Management: Clinical Inertia or Good Clinical Judgment?
New models of care
ORAL
Datta
Cost-Effectiveness of Oral Bisphosphonates for Osteoporosis at Different Ages and Levels of Life Expectancy
Evidence-based findings
ORAL
Davis
Racial Differences in Treatment Response to a Depression Intervention
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
ORAL
Desai
Gender Differences in Patterns of Comorbidity with PTSD among OEF/OIF Veterans
Expanding access
ORAL
Doebbeling
Investigating Integration of Computerized Decision Support into Workflow at Three Benchmark Institutions
Other
ORAL
Duffy
Effectiveness of the Tobacco Tactics Program in the Department of Veterans Affairs
Evidence-based findings
ORAL
Eisen
Does Resilience Predict Mental Health, Alcohol or Drug Abuse in Afghanistan (OEF) and Iraq (OIF) Veterans?
Other
ORAL
Exe
Mutations vs. Risk vs. Score: The Format of Genetic Test Results Can Alter Patients’ Reactions and Risk Perceptions
New models of care
ORAL
Feil
Increased Risk of Hypoglycemia in Older Patients with Dementia and Cognitive Impairment: Do HEDIS Performance Measures Risk Safety?
Evidence-based findings
ORAL
Feng
Antidepressant Treatment Duration and Post-Stroke Survival
Evidence-based findings
ORAL
Fix
Using an Illness Web to Understand the Role of Co-Occurring Illnesses in Veterans’ Self-Management of Hypertension
Evidence-based findings
ORAL
Fletcher
How Much Intern Time Does a Newly Admitted Patient Take?
Promoting excellence, enhancing VHA partnerships
ORAL
Fortney
Implementing Telemedicine-Based Collaborative Care for MDD in Contract CBOCs
Expanding access
ORAL
French
Substance Use Disorder and the Risk of Open-Angle Glaucoma
Evidence-based findings
ORAL
Garvin
Automated Extraction of Ejection Fraction (EF) for Heart Failure (HF) from VA Echocardiogram Reports
Other
ORAL
Gellad
Antipsychotic Prescribing in Older Veterans Administration Community Living Center Patients
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
ORAL
Glasgow
Longitudinal Changes in Observed Minus Expected Length of Stay (OMELOS) Associated with the FY07 Flow Improvement Inpatient Initiative (FIX)
Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications
ORAL
Hagedorn
Rewarding Early Abstinence and Treatment Participation (REAP): The Effect of Motivational Incentives on Substance Use Disorders Treatment Outcomes
Evidence-based findings
ORAL
Hamilton
Homeless Women Veterans’ Social Service Needs and Experiences
Expanding access
ORAL
Hassmiller-Lich
Using System Dynamics Tools to Integrate Evidence into VA Stroke Care
Evidence-based findings
ORAL
Heisler
Blood Pressure Lowering among Eligible Patients Immediately and Up to Six Months after the Adherence and Intensification of Medications (AIM) Program
New models of care
ORAL
Hendricks
Screening for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in OEF-OIF Deployed Military: An Empirical Assessment of the VHA Experience
Other
ORAL
Hoffman
Testing and System Interventions Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening Uptake
Evidence-based findings
ORAL
Holsinger
Performance of Cognitive Screening Tests in Primary Care
Evidence-based findings
ORAL
Jackson
Variation in Practices and Attitudes of Mental Health Professionals Assessing PTSD-Related Disability among Veterans
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
ORAL
Jarman
Combining Natural Language Processing and Statistical Text Mining: Classifying Fall-Related Progress Notes
Research and Statistical Methodology
ORAL
Jones
Extraction and Validation of MRSA Data from the Nation’s VA Medical Centers
Research and Statistical Methodology
ORAL
Kerr
Developing Clinically Meaningful Performance Measures for Hypertension: Are We Overtreating?
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
ORAL
Kilbourne
The Self-Management Addressing Heart Risk Trial (SMAHRT): Baseline Results of an Integrated Health Behavior-Chronic Care Model
New models of care
ORAL
Klamerus
Baseline Correlates of Achieving and Maintaining Blood Pressure Targets in the Adherence and Intensification of Medications (AIM) Program
New models of care
ORAL
Koepsell
Obesity, Overweight, and their Life Course Trajectories in Veterans and Non-Veterans: Findings from NHANES
Evidence-based findings
ORAL
Krishnamoorthi
Chronic Kidney Disease in Veterans with Spinal Cord Injury
Evidence-based findings
ORAL
Laxmisan
An Electronic Health Record-Based Trigger to Detect Potential Delays in Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis
Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications
ORAL
Littman
Implementation of a VA Weight Management Program: Who Enrolls and is There a Benefit?
Evidence-based findings
ORAL
Long
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Peer Mentoring and Financial Incentive to Improve Glucose Control in African American Veterans
New models of care
ORAL
MacGregor
Evaluating the Implementation of Models for Delivering Post-Deployment Integrated Care
Expanding access
ORAL
Martins
Hypertension and Diabetes: Blood Pressure Goals Endorsed by VA Primary Care Providers
Other
ORAL
McCarthy
Suicide Mortality among VHA Patients: Assessing Associations with Rurality and Distance to VA Providers
Expanding access
ORAL
McInnes
Development and Testing of an HIV Medication Touch-Screen Patient Adherence Tool with Telephone-Based, Targeted Adherence Counseling
New models of care
ORAL
Mengeling
OEF/OIF Reserve and National Guard Women Veteran Barriers to Mental Healthcare: Deployment and Provider Effects
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
ORAL
Murff
Comparative Effectiveness Study of the Patient Safety Indicators and Natural Language Processing on Identifying Post-Operative Complications
Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications
ORAL
Natarajan
A Behavioral Intervention to Improve Hypertension Control: Primary Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Evidence-based findings
ORAL
Nelson
Adherence to HIV Antiretroviral Drugs is Worse for Protease Inhibitor-Based Regimens than for Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor-Based Regimens in Veterans
Evidence-based findings
ORAL
Oliva
Opioid Agonist Treatment (OAT) for Opioid Dependence: Trends in Use of Buprenorphine and Patient and Facility Factors Related to OAT receipt
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
ORAL
O'Toole
Accessing Homeless-Oriented Primary Care and Making the Transition to Stable Sheltering
Expanding access
ORAL
Pirraglia
Co-Location of General Medical Services in Mental Health for Veterans with Serious Mental Illness and Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Hospital Admissions
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
ORAL
Powell
Improving Follow-Up after a Positive Colorectal Cancer Screening Test: An Evaluation of the C4 Collaborative
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
ORAL
Pugh
Exposure to Potentially Harmful Drug-Disease Interactions in a National Cohort of Older Veterans: Who is At Risk?
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
ORAL
Ramchandani
Improving Access for Homeless Veterans: A New Health Care Model of Collaboration
Expanding access
ORAL
Resnik
Community Reintegration: Comparing Outcomes of Working, Homeless, and OEF/OIF Veterans
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
ORAL
Restrepo
Impact of Obesity on Mortality for Veterans with Sepsis
Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications
ORAL
Rodrigues
Does Comorbidity Predict Treatment Barriers in Alcohol-Dependent Veterans?
Evidence-based findings
ORAL
Rosenheck
A Clinical Trial of Long-Acting Injectable Risperidone and Oral Antipsychotics
Evidence-based findings
ORAL
Sadler
Interpersonal Violence and OEF/OIF Reserve and National Guard Service Women
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
ORAL
Sayer
Psychometric Properties of a Measure of Post-Deployment Community Reintegration Difficulty
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
ORAL
Seal
Does Integrating Mental Health Services in VA Primary Care Reduce Barriers to Mental Health Care for OEF/OIF Veterans?
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
ORAL
Shin
Assessing the Validity of Selected Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs): Are the PSIs Ready to be Used as Hospital Performance Measures?
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
ORAL
Sinha
Estimating Quality-Adjusted Life Years Using SF-36 Questionnaire Responses: Challenges in a Population of Veterans with Diabetes
Research and Statistical Methodology
ORAL
Smith
Results of the Comprehensive TBI Evaluation for Veterans Returning from OEF/OIF
Evidence-based findings
ORAL
Soroka
Partial Credit Glycemic Measures for Older Veterans Not Receiving Insulin Therapy
Evidence-based findings
ORAL
Taylor
Prevalence and Costs of Co-Occurring TBI, Psychiatric Disturbance, and Pain among OEF/OIF VA Users
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
ORAL
Trivedi
Ten-Year Trends in the Quality of Care and Racial Disparities after the Veterans Affairs Organizational Transformation
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
ORAL
Tseng
Trends in Initial Lower Extremity Amputation Rates among Veterans Health Administration Health Care System Users from 2000 to 2004
Evidence-based findings
ORAL
Valenstein
MHICM and Antipsychotic Medication Adherence
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
ORAL
Van Houtven
Cost Analysis of a Four-Arm Home- and Telephone-Based Intervention for Blood Pressure Management among Primary Care Patients with Hypertension
Evidence-based findings
ORAL
Vogel
VHA Enrollment Rates across the Rural-Urban Continuum
Expanding access
ORAL
Wagner
An Economic Analysis of Robot-Assisted Therapy for Long-Term Upper-Limb Impairment after Stroke
New models of care
ORAL
Yoon
Changes in Spending on Chronic Conditions in the VA Health Care System 2000-2008
Other
ORAL
Young
Long-Term Evaluation of Survival among Solid Organ Transplants among Veterans from 1995-2007
Evidence-based findings
ORAL
Young
Impact of Tele-ICU Coverage on Patient Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Expanding access
ORAL
Zeringue
Time-Dependent Survival Analysis: Its Benefits and Hazards
Research and Statistical Methodology
ORAL
Zhao
Latent Variable Models for “Quality of Care” in Multi-Center Cluster Randomized Trials
Research and Statistical Methodology
ORAL
Zhou
Factors Influencing Receipt of Outpatient Rehabilitation Services among Veterans Following Lower Limb Amputation
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
ORAL
Zuest
Telemedicine versus Face-to-Face Patient Care: A Comparison of Treatment Avoidance in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Patients
Expanding access
ORAL
Bauer
Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial Designs for Enhanced Research Impact
Research and Statistical Methodology
WORKSHOP
Damschroder
Implementation Research: An Approach to Promote More Timely and Informative Synthesis for Real-World Implementation Findings
Evidence-based findings
WORKSHOP
D'Avolio
Bridging the Gap Between Clinical Science and Care: An Introduction to Point of Care Clinical Trials
Research and Statistical Methodology
WORKSHOP
DuVall
An Introduction to Natural Language Processing in the VA
Research and Statistical Methodology
WORKSHOP
McCart
An Introductory Look at Statistical Text Mining for Health Services Researchers
Research and Statistical Methodology
WORKSHOP
McInnes
Opportunities for the New eHealth QUERI: Developing Approaches to Increase Veteran Adoption and Use of My HealtheVet (MHV)
New models of care
WORKSHOP
Rosenthal
Building Successful VA HSR&D/CTSA Collaborations
Promoting excellence, enhancing VHA partnerships
WORKSHOP
Sauer
Modern Approach to Causal Inference
Research and Statistical Methodology
WORKSHOP
Sox-Harris
Validation of Process Quality Measures
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
WORKSHOP
Tarlov
Current Applications and Future Directions in VA-CMS Data
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
WORKSHOP
Voils
Psychometric Overview for Proper Development, Validation, and Evaluation of Self-Report Measures
Research and Statistical Methodology
WORKSHOP
White
An Introduction to Conducting and Interpreting Meta-Analyses
Research and Statistical Methodology
WORKSHOP
Woodbridge
Continuing ‘Quality in Parallel Circuits’: HSR&D and VERC Collaboration
Promoting excellence, enhancing VHA partnerships
WORKSHOP
Yano
Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACT) Demonstration Lab Initiative: Research-Clinical Partnerships to Evaluate and Enhance VA PACT Implementation
New models of care
WORKSHOP
Zhou
Mediation Analysis in Health Services Research
WORKSHOP
Kressin
Developing a High VAlue Health Services Research Career in VA: Advice from Experienced Investigators
WORKSHOP
Zickmund
Qualitative and Mixed Methods in QUERI and Implementation Research
WORKSHOP
Resnik
Improving VA/DoD Healthcare Research Collaboration
WORKSHOP
Hynes
Understanding Content of and Access to Major VA Data Sources Useful for Health Services Research
WORKSHOP
Piette
State-of-the-Science Workshop on VA Caregiving Research
WORKSHOP
Ward
HSR&D Scientific Merit Review Board (SMRB): The Process
WORKSHOP
Beard
Results of a Randomized Trial of Telephone Counseling Plus Walking for Depressed Diabetes Patients Treated in VA and Non-VA Settings
New models of care
POSTER B
Belsher
Treatment Expectations, Compensation-Seeking Status, and Therapeutic Alliance in a Sample of Military Veterans with PTSD
Evidence-based findings
POSTER B
Berg
The Decade in Review: Trends in Outpatient Utilization among Women Veterans
Expanding access
POSTER A
Bian
Effects of VISN 7 OncWatch Intervention on Colorectal Cancer Screening Adherence
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER A
Bokhour
Explanatory Models and Daily Lived Experience in Patient-Provider Communication about Hypertension
Evidence-based findings
POSTER B
Boockvar
Effect of Admission Medication Reconciliation on Adverse Drug Events in Hospitalized Veterans
Evidence-based findings
POSTER A
Borzecki
How Valid is the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicator Postoperative Metabolic Derangements?
Evidence-based findings
POSTER A
Borzecki
Using Clinical Groupers to Study Episodes of Care
Research and Statistical Methodology
POSTER A
Bowersox
VHA Inpatient Psychiatric Bed Capacity and Prevalence of Serious Mental Illness in Long-Term Care Facilities, 1999-2007
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER B
Broyles
Anticipated Barriers and Facilitators Associated with Nurse-Delivered Alcohol SBIRT for Hospitalized Veterans
New models of care
POSTER A
Jensen
Challenges of Recruiting Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Caregivers in Research
Research and Statistical Methodology
POSTER B
Canelo
Availability of General and Specialty Women’s Health Services at CBOCs: VHA Survey of Women Veterans Health Programs and Practices, 2007
Expanding access
POSTER B
Caplan
Methotrexate Use, MTHFR Polymorphisms, and Traditional Risk Factors in Predicting Cardiovascular Events in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
Other
POSTER B
Chambers
Extracting Free Text from Electronic Health Record: Natural Language Processing to Identify Lines and Devices in Portable Chest X-Ray Reports
Other
POSTER B
Charlton
Timely Follow-up of Positive Fecal Occult Blood Testing for Colon Cancer Screening: Travel Time Trumps Rural Residence
Expanding access
POSTER B
Cohen
Rates and Predictors of Readmission after Discharge from a PTSD Residential Treatment Program in the VA System
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER B
Conlin
Hemoglobin A1c as a Predictor of Incident Diabetes
Evidence-based findings
POSTER A
Dismuke
Race/Ethnicity, Utilization, and Mortality Among Veterans with TBI
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER B
Dobscha
Predictors of Opioid Initiation and Long Term Use among Veterans with Chronic Pain
Evidence-based findings
POSTER B
Donnelly
Reliability and Validity of the VA TBI Screening Tool
Evidence-based findings
POSTER B
Dossa
Transitions of Care from Hospital to Home for Older Veterans with Functional Limitations: Patient and Caregiver Perspectives
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER A
Eisen
Combat Experience, Mental Health, Alcohol and Drug Use in Post-Deployed Afghanistan (OEF) and Iraq (OIF) Veterans
Other
POSTER A
Elwy
Getting to Treatment for Depression: The Role of Veterans' Illness Perceptions
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER A
Evans
An Evaluation of the VA TBI Screening Clinical Reminder among OEF/OIF Veterans and Active Duty Service Members
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER B
Farmer
Primary Care Practice and Specialty Features Associated with Improving Smoking Cessation Treatment
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER A
Finley
Patient Perceptions of Clinic Member Relationships: How Much Do Veterans Know About What Goes On in VA Primary Care Clinics?
New models of care
POSTER A
Frayne
Atrial Fibrillation Management in Patients with Mental Illness: Are They Anticoagulated? Are They Monitored?
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER B
Friedemann-Sanchez
Why are Caregivers of OEF/OIF Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury and Polytrauma Financially Strained?
Other
POSTER A
Funkhouser
A Group Randomized Trial of an Internet-Delivered Intervention Improved Lipid and Diabetes Control in Veterans with Myocardial Infarction: VA MI-Plus
Evidence-based findings
POSTER B
Gebregziabher
Dealing with Missing Race Data: An Empirical Investigation of Imputation Methods
Research and Statistical Methodology
POSTER A
Gifford
How Do Substance Use Disorder Clinicians Implement Evidence-Based Psychotherapies? A Cluster Analysis of Evidence-Based Practice Components
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER A
Goulet
The Impact of Pain on Suicide Risk Screening Among Veterans in VA Care
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER A
Goy
Recognizing Hospice Eligibility in Parkinson's Disease
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER A
Griffin
Caring for OEF/OIF Veterans with Polytrauma: The Objective Burden of Caregivers.
Other
POSTER A
Groessl
Effects of the Hepatitis C Self-Management Program at 1-Year
Evidence-based findings
POSTER A
Hall
The Impact of iMedConsent(TM) on Patient Decision Making among Veterans Considering Cholecystectomy and Inguinal Herniorrhaphy
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER B
Hastings
Emergency Department Discharge Information: What is Provided and do Patients Understand?
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER A
Hastings
Older Veterans Treated and Released from VAMC Emergency Departments
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER A
Heidenreich
Using a Heart Failure Provider Network to Implement the Hospital to Home (H2H) Initiative: Results from a Randomized Trial
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER B
Hudson
Impact of Rurality on Care for Depression or PTSD among OEF/OIF Veterans
Expanding access
POSTER B
Hunt
Racial and Ethnic Differences in All-Cause Mortality in a National Cohort of Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes
Evidence-based findings
POSTER B
Hutt
Is ACEI/ARB Prescription Associated with Mortality and Heart Failure (HF) Hospitalization among VA Nursing Home Residents with HF
Evidence-based findings
POSTER A
Jackson
Concurrent Validity of the Global Assessment of Function (GAF) for PTSD
Evidence-based findings
POSTER B
Jia
Post-Acute Stroke Rehabilitation Utilization: Are There Difference between Rural-Urban Patients and Taxonomies?
Expanding access
POSTER A
Katz
Does Improved Continuity of Primary Care Reduce Emergency Visits in VA?
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER B
Keith
Assessing Primary Care Readiness for Disease Registries: A Study of the Diabetes Cube
New models of care
POSTER B
Kilbourne
Quality of General Medical Care for Patients with Serious Mental Illness: Does Co-Location of Services Matter?
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER A
Klap
Limited Adoption of Integrated Mental Health Services in Primary Care, Findings from a National Survey of VA Primary Care Directors.
Expanding access
POSTER B
Knight
Comprehensive Assessment of Veterans' Preferences for Prostate Cancer Care: Validity of the Values Insight and Balance Evaluation Scales
Evidence-based findings
POSTER B
Krein
What VA and Non-VA Hospitals are Doing to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infection: 2005 to 2009
Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications
POSTER A
Kudel
Accounting for Symptom Severity and Other Item Level Characteristics Yields a More Precise Measure of Depression
Research and Statistical Methodology
POSTER A
LaFleur
Fewer Than a Quarter of HIV-Positive Veterans Adhere to Medications at Recommended Levels
Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications
POSTER B
Laxmisan
Improving Follow-up of Abnormal Test Results: Evaluating the Impact of a “Mandatory” Notification
Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications
POSTER B
Lee
Evaluating Vascular Access Process of Care Measures in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease Patients
Other
POSTER A
Linsky
Proton Pump Inhibitor Discontinuation in VA Long-Term Care
Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications
POSTER A
Littman
Vigorous Physical Activity and Separation from the Military in OIF/OEF Service Members and Veterans
Other
POSTER B
Livote
Validating Use of a Symptom Assessment Scale in Palliative Care
Research and Statistical Methodology
POSTER A
Loveland
Trends in Readmission Rates within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER A
Lu
Correlates of VA PTSD Specialty Treatment Utilization among Veterans Newly Diagnosed with PTSD
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER A
Lund
Increased Risk for Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing among Rural Elder Veterans
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER A
Luther
Statistical Text Mining to Supplement the Development of a Clinical Vocabulary for PTSD in Veterans
Research and Statistical Methodology
POSTER B
MacGregor
The Relationship between PTSD, Depression, and Pain Severity in Male Primary Care Patients
Evidence-based findings
POSTER A
McFarland
Increasing Access to Care for Rural Veterans in VISN 20 with TeleDermatology
Expanding access
POSTER A
McInnes
Teaching Veterans to Use the Internet and My HealtheVet for Self-Management of Serious Chronic Conditions – A Pilot Study
Expanding access
POSTER B
Morasco
Adherence to Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Chronic Opioid Therapy in Veterans with Chronic Pain Based on Substance Use Disorder Status
Evidence-based findings
POSTER A
Mundy
Perceptions of Exercise Adherence and Response to a Transtheoretical Model-Based Behavioral Intervention to Lower Blood Pressure
Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications
POSTER B
Murphy
Reducing Overload from CPRS View Alerts: How do We Know What’s Really Necessary?
Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications
POSTER B
Noel
Organizational Interventions to Improve Chronic Illness Care: Utilization of Chronic Care Model Elements
New models of care
POSTER B
Ohl
Rural Residence and Adoption of a Novel HIV Therapy in a National, Equal-Access Healthcare System
Expanding access
POSTER A
Palmer
Identification and Classification of Medically Unexplained Symptoms in VA Clinical Documents
Other
POSTER B
Pape
Predicting More and Less Autonomy with Expression 1-Year after Severe Brain Injury
Evidence-based findings
POSTER A
Pfeiffer
Treatment Resistant Depression and Risk for Psychiatric Hospitalization and Suicide
Evidence-based findings
POSTER A
Phibbs
A Longitudinal Study of the Effects of Nurse Staffing Levels, Nursing Characteristics, and Job Tenure on Patient Outcomes for VA Long Term Care
Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications
POSTER B
Powell
A Qualitative Study of the Unintended Effects of Performance Measurement in VHA Primary Care
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER A
Powell-Cope
Predicting Serious Injurious Falls in Community Living Centers
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER B
Powers
The Effectiveness of Personalized Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke Risk Communication
Evidence-based findings
POSTER A
Reeves
Extracting Time Concepts from Electronic Health Records: A Prerequisite for Surveillance of Medical Events across Time
Evidence-based findings
POSTER A
Reisinger
Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Service Members’ and Veterans’ Decisions to Access the VA
Expanding access
POSTER B
Richardson
Cost of Post-Operative Complications after Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement Surgery
Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications
POSTER B
Rongey
Impaired Access to Specialty Care Among Rural Veterans with Hepatitis C
Expanding access
POSTER B
Rongey
Improving Access to Liver Care among Urban Poor and Rural Veterans with Hepatitis C Associated Liver Disease: A Conceptual Framework
Expanding access
POSTER B
Rose
Projected Benefits of Quality Improvement in Oral Anticoagulation for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications
POSTER A
Rose
Use of Provider Feedback and Clinical Champions Associated with Depression Screening, Findings from EPRP and National Survey of PC Directors (2007)
Evidence-based findings
POSTER A
Roumie
Prevalence of Inadequate Blood Pressure Control among vVterans after Acute Ischemic Stroke Hospitalization: A Retrospective Cohort
Evidence-based findings
POSTER A
Ryoo
Quality of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Care in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER B
Saleem
Impact of a Redesign for Colorectal Cancer Screening Computerized Decision Support
Other
POSTER A
Schutte
Comparison of Alternative Methods for Identifying DSS Pharmacy Prescription Records
Research and Statistical Methodology
POSTER B
Seal
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Motivational Interviewing to Improve Mental Health Treatment Engagement and Outcomes in OEF/OIF Veterans
Expanding access
POSTER B
Shen
Classifying Features from VA Clinical Documents to Identify Homeless or At-Risk Veterans
Other
POSTER B
Shiner
Automated Classification of Psychotherapy Note Text
Research and Statistical Methodology
POSTER A
Smith
A Comparison of Longitudinal Cost Modeling Techniques
Research and Statistical Methodology
POSTER A
Solimeo
Formative Evaluation of PACT Implementation in VISN-23: A mixed methods approach
New models of care
POSTER B
Sperber
Racial differences in a randomized controlled trial of a telephone-based self-management intervention for osteoarthritis
Evidence-based findings
POSTER A
Speroff
A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial on Standardized Disability Assessment for Service-Connected Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER A
Spoont
An Evidence Synthesis of Rural Health Care
Expanding access
POSTER B
Stepnowsky
Effect of a Self-Management Intervention on CPAP Adherence
Evidence-based findings
POSTER B
Stroupe
Cost of Treating Pressure Ulcers for Veterans with Spinal Cord Injury
Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications
POSTER B
Taheri
Using Discrete Event Simulation to Design an Endoscopy Suite Configuration
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER B
Trivedi
Systematic Review: Comparison of the Quality of Medical Care in VA and Non-VA Settings
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER A
Trivedi
Adherence to Quality Measures and Mortality among Veterans with Congestive Heart Failure
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER A
Trivedi
The Influence of Spousal Well-Being on Heart Failure Disease Management: Conceptual Model and Pilot Data
New models of care
POSTER B
Van Houtven
Financial Strain Among Family Caregivers of OEF/OIF Service Members with Traumatic Brain Injury and Polytrauma
Evidence-based findings
POSTER A
Virani
Frequency and Predictors of Appropriate Response to Elevated LDL Cholesterol Levels in Veterans with Cardiovascular Disease
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER A
Washington
VA Race and Ethnicity Data Consistency and Agreement with Survey Self-Report
Research and Statistical Methodology
POSTER B
Washington
From Exemplar Models of Care to Systemwide Quality Improvement: Ratings of Care with the VA Natural Experiment in Diffusion of Primary Care for Women
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER B
Watts
Checklist to Identify Inpatient Suicide Hazards: Results from the First Two Years
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER B
Weir
Communication Patterns across Clinical Roles in Inpatient Settings: A Focus on Medication Conversations
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER B
West
Medicare Part D Increased Prescription Expenditures among Rural Residents
Expanding access
POSTER A
Whittle
Impact of a Peer Support Intervention Delivered in Veterans Service Organizations on Blood Pressure Control
Evidence-based findings
POSTER B
Williams
Evaluating the Impact of Parkinson’s Disease Research, Education, and Clinical Centers (PADRECCs): Preliminary Findings
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER B
Wray
The VISN 2 Dementia Case-Finding Program: An Evidence-Based Approach to Support the Recognition of Dementia in Primary Care
New models of care
POSTER B
Young
Disparities in the Treatment of Schizophrenia
Enhancing quality, access, and continuity
POSTER B
Zeber
Medication Adherence as a Measure of Comparative Effectiveness in Older Patients with New-Onset Epilepsy
Evidence-based findings
POSTER A