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Basic Training: A Primer on Military Life and Culture for Health Care Providers and Trainees

MedEdPORTAL, 2012
Active and retired military members comprise about 10% of the nation's adult population. Since more than 65% of American physicians receive at least some of their professional training in Veterans Affairs hospitals, most physicians will provide care for ...
Matthew Goldenberg, Derrick A. Hamaoka, Patcho N. Santiago, James E. McCarroll   +3 more
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Costs Associated With Surgical Site Infections in Veterans Affairs Hospitals.

JAMA Surgery, 2014
IMPORTANCE Surgical site infections (SSIs) are potentially preventable complications that are associated with excess morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVE To determine the excess costs associated with total, deep, and superficial SSIs among all operations
M. Schweizer, J. Cullen, E. Perencevich, M. Vaughan Sarrazin   +3 more
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Effects of Veterans Affairs Access Expansions on Inpatient Care for Women Veterans

Health Equity
Background: Enactment of the Veterans Choice Act (VCA) in 2014 and expansion of Medicaid programs led to greater options for Veterans to receive health care outside of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Emily P. Wong, Jean Yoon
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Association Between Rural Residence and In-Hospital and 30-Day Mortality Among Veterans Hospitalized with COPD Exacerbations

International Journal of COPD, 2021
Spyridon Fortis,1,2 Amy MJ O’Shea,1,3 Brice F Beck,1 Alejandro Comellas,1,2 Mary Vaughan Sarrazin,1,3 Peter J Kaboli1,3 1Center for Access & Delivery Research & Evaluation (CADRE), Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, IA, USA ...
Fortis S, O'Shea AMJ, Beck BF, Comellas A, Vaughan Sarrazin M, Kaboli PJ   +5 more
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Forecasting Daily COVID-19 Related Calls in VA Health Care System: Predictive Model Development [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
Background: COVID-19 has become a challenge worldwide and properly planning of medical resources is the key to combating COVID-19. In the US Veteran Affairs Health Care System (VA), many of the enrollees are susceptible to COVID-19. Predicting the COVID-19 to allocate medical resources promptly becomes a critical issue. When the VA enrollees have COVID-
arxiv  

Outcomes of Surgical Mitral and Aortic Valve Replacements Among Kidney Transplant Candidates: Implications for Valve Selection

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021
Background Limited literature exists that evaluated outcomes of kidney transplant–eligible patients who are having dialysis and who are undergoing valve replacement.
David K. Ngendahimana, Salil V. Deo, Varun Sundaram, Krista L. Lentine, Charles A. Herzog, Laith Al Dahabreh, Titte R. Srinivas, Kenneth D. Chavin, Nagaraju Sarabu   +8 more
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Preliminary clinical and pharmacologic investigation of photodynamic therapy with the silicon phthalocyanine photosensitizer Pc 4 for primary or metastatic cutaneous cancers

Frontiers in Oncology, 2011
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) for cutaneous malignancies has been found to be an effective treatment with a range of photosensitizers. The phthalocyanine Pc 4 was developed initially for PDT of primary or metastatic cancers in the skin.
Timothy James Kinsella, Timothy James Kinsella, Elma eBaron, Elma eBaron, Elma eBaron, Valdir eColussi, Kevin eCooper, Kevin eCooper, Kevin eCooper, Charles eHoppel, Stephen eIngalls, Malcolm eKenney, Xiaolin eLi, Nancy eOleinick, Seth eStevens, Seth eStevens, Seth eStevens, Scot eRemick, Scot eRemick   +18 more
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An introduction to KnotPlot [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
We give a brief introduction to the software KnotPlot. The goals of this chapter are twofold: 1) to help a new user get started with using KnotPlot and 2) to provide veteran users with additional background and functionality available in the software.
arxiv  

Using Administrative Data to Predict Suicide After Psychiatric Hospitalization in the Veterans Health Administration System

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020
There is a very high suicide rate in the year after psychiatric hospital discharge. Intensive postdischarge case management programs can address this problem but are not cost-effective for all patients.
R. Kessler, M. Bauer, T. Bishop, Olga V. Demler, S. Dobscha, Sarah M Gildea, J. Goulet, E. Karras, J. Kreyenbuhl, S. Landes, Howard Liu, Alexander Luedtke, P. Mair, W. McAuliffe, M. Nock, M. Petukhova, W. Pigeon, N. Sampson, J. Smoller, L. Weinstock, R. Bossarte   +20 more
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AAPM Task Group No. 249.B—Essentials and guidelines for clinical medical physics residency training program

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract The establishment of guidelines and curriculum standards for medical physics residency training is a critical component of setting expectations and competencies for the profession. Since the last publication of these standards, residency training has become integrated into the eligibility criteria for most medical physics certification bodies.
Jonathon A. Nye, Joseph P. Dugas, William D. Erwin, David P. Gierga, Darryl G. Kaurin, Stephanie M. Leon, Ho‐Ling Anthony Liu, Zheng Feng Lu, Alphonso W. Magri, Lynn N. Rill, Leah K. Schubert, Beth A. Schueler, Irina Vergalasova, John Vetter, Brian D. Wichman, Amy Shu‐Jung Yu, Dandan Zheng   +16 more
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