How successful was the use of a community of practice for the implementation of evidence-based practices for heart failure within the United States Department of Veterans Affairs: Insights from a formative evaluation [PDF]
Health Research Policy and Systems, 2022 Background Communities of Practice (CoPs) are a promising approach to facilitate the implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs) to improve care for chronic conditions like heart failure (HF).
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Health Care Providers and the Public Reporting of Nursing Home Quality in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Pilot Study. [PDF]
JMIR Res Protoc, 2021 Background In June 2018, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) began the public reporting of its 134 Community Living Centers’ (CLCs) overall quality by using a 5-star rating system based on data from the national quality measures captured in CLC Compare.
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Colovesical Fistula: A 28 year experience at a major United States Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. [PDF]
Surg Pract Sci, 2022 OBJECTIVE: This study describes our 28-year experience with colovesical fistula at a major United States Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and highlights the clinical presentation and treatment strategies used to manage this condition. METHODS: We reviewed patient charts from the electronic medical record of the Department of Veterans ...
Keller-Biehl L +5 more
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Comparison of Wait Times for New Patients Between the Private Sector and United States Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. [PDF]
JAMA Netw Open, 2019 Concerns have been raised about the adequacy of health care access among patients cared for within the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system.To determine wait times for new patients receiving care at VA medical centers and compare wait times in the VA medical centers with wait times in the private sector (PS).A ...
Penn M +6 more
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Potential impact of data source and interoperability messaging on health information technology (HIT) users: a study series from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. [PDF]
BMJ Health Care Inform, 2019 BackgroundThe promise of Health Information Exchange (HIE) systems rests in their potential to provide clinicians and administrative staff rapid access to relevant patient data to support judgement and decision-making. However, HIE systems can have usability and technical issues, as well as fail to support user workflow.ObjectiveShare the findings from
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Access to Kidney Transplantation among Patients Insured by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs [PDF]
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2007 Ensuring equal access to kidney transplantation is of paramount importance. Veterans that receive care from the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) must complete a complex process to be placed on the transplant wait-list, and only four VA hospitals in the United States transplant kidneys.
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Use of A Community of Practice For The Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices For Heart Failure Within The United States Department of Veterans Affairs [PDF]
, 2021 Abstract Communities of Practice (CoPs) are a promising approach to facilitate the implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs) to improve care for chronic conditions like heart failure (HF). COPs involve a complex process of acquiring and converting both explicit and tacit knowledge into clinical activities.Formation: In July 2006, a CoP ...
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Urologic Disease Burden in the United States: Veteran Users of Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare [PDF]
Urology, 2008 To determine the disease burden, measured by resource utilization, of four urologic conditions among veteran users of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare services and to assess variations by selected sociodemographic characteristics.We applied expert-derived diagnosis clusters to establish four patient cohorts from a population of U.S ...
Jennifer T. Anger +3 more
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Laboratory Reporting of Staphylococcus aureus with Reduced Susceptibility to Vancomycin in United States Department of Veterans Affairs Facilities [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002 A national survey was sent to all appropriate Veterans Health Administration (VA) medical facilities asking about the ability to test for Staphylococcus aureus with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin (SARV) (MICs >4 microg/mL). For those with this ability, a request was made for the number of patients having SARV isolated during a 1-year period ...
Stephen M. Kralovic +2 more
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Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal, 2021 The onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic called for the implementation of new functionality to the Electronic Health Record (EHR) system for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and VA responded rapidly. VA’s EHR-related COVID-19 response can be grouped into two categories: 1) a new banner to provide a rapid way to view a patient’s ...
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