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Article Commentary: Stepped Care for Opioid Use Disorder Train the Trainer (Scoutt) Initiative: Expanding Access to Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder within Veterans Health Administration Facilities

Substance Abuse, 2020
The US is confronted with a rise in opioid use disorder (OUD), opioid misuse, and opioid-associated harms. Medication treatment for opioid use disorder (MOUD)—including methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone—is the gold standard treatment for OUD.
A. Gordon, K. Drexler, E. Hawkins, Jennifer L Burden, Nodira K. Codell, Amy Mhatre-Owens, M. Dungan, H. Hagedorn   +7 more
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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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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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Unique Factors Rural Veterans’ Affairs Hospitals Face When Implementing Health Care‐Associated Infection Prevention Initiatives [PDF]

, 2013
Purpose Health care‐associated infection (HAI) is costly to hospitals and potentially life‐threatening to patients. Numerous infection prevention programs have been implemented in hospitals across the United States.
Harrod, Molly, Kowalski, Christine P., Krein, Sarah L., Manojlovich, Milisa, Saint, Sanjay   +4 more
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Mediating Role of Psychological Capital in Relationship between Occupational Stress and Turnover Intention among Nurses at Veterans Administration Hospitals in Korea

Asian Nursing Research, 2017
Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the mediating role of psychological capital (PCP) in the relationship between occupational stress and turnover intention in nurses.
Hee-Yun Yim, RN, MSc, Hyun-Ju Seo, RN, MPH, PhD, Yoonhyung Cho, PhD, JinHee Kim, RN, MPH, PhD   +3 more
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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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Clostridium difficile infection in the United States: A national study assessing preventive practices used and perceptions of practice evidence [PDF]

, 2015
We surveyed 571 US hospitals about practices used to prevent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). Most hospitals reported regularly using key CDI prevention practices, and perceived their strength of evidence as high.
Dubberke, Erik R, Flanders, Scott A, Fowler, Karen E, Greene, M. Todd, Krein, Sarah L, Ratz, David, Saint, Sanjay   +6 more
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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, William H. B. McAuliffe, M. Nock, M. Petukhova, W. Pigeon, N. Sampson, J. Smoller, L. Weinstock, R. Bossarte   +20 more
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Increasing Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria Infections in Veterans With COPD and Association With Increased Risk of Mortality

Frontiers in Medicine, 2018
Background: There are limited data on the epidemiology of Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections among patients with COPD, particularly in the veteran population.
Fahim F. Pyarali, Fahim F. Pyarali, Michael Schweitzer, Valeria Bagley, Oriana Salamo, Andrea Guerrero, Andrea Guerrero, Arash Sharifi, Michael Campos, Michael Campos, Andrew Quartin, Andrew Quartin, Mehdi Mirsaeidi, Mehdi Mirsaeidi   +13 more
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Development and Validation of a Machine Learning COVID-19 Veteran (COVet) Deterioration Risk Score

Critical Care Explorations
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:. To develop the COVid Veteran (COVet) score for clinical deterioration in Veterans hospitalized with COVID-19 and further validate this model in both Veteran and non-Veteran samples.
Sushant Govindan, MD, MSc, Alexandra Spicer, MS, Matthew Bearce, MPS, Richard S. Schaefer, PharmD, Andrea Uhl, BA, Gil Alterovitz, PhD, Michael J. Kim, MD, Kyle A. Carey, MPH, Nirav S. Shah, MD, MPH, Christopher Winslow, MD, Emily Gilbert, MD, Anne Stey, MD, MSc, Alan M. Weiss, MD, Devendra Amin, MD, George Karway, PhD, Jennie Martin, MS, Dana P. Edelson, MD, Matthew M. Churpek, MD, MPH, PhD   +17 more
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