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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).
Anju Sahay, Brian S. Mittman, Parisa Gholami, Shoutzu Lin, Paul A. Heidenreich   +4 more
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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, Yu KR, Smith-Harrison L, Timmerman W, Rivers J, Miller T.   +5 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

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.
Pimentel CB, Clark V, Baughman AW, Berlowitz DR, Davila H, Mills WL, Mohr DC, Sullivan JL, Hartmann CW.   +8 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, Bhatnagar S, Kuy S, Lieberman S, Elnahal S, Clancy C, Shulkin D.   +6 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

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
Herout J, Baggetta D, Cournoyer A, Dietz AS, Robbins J, Maddox K, Dobre J.   +6 more
europepmc   +6 more sources

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, Christopher S, Saigal, MingMing, Wang, Elizabeth M, Yano   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Pain science knowledge among healthcare Professionals: A cross-sectional survey within the United States department of veterans Affairs. [PDF]

Musculoskelet Sci Pract
Keter D, Eneberg-Boldon K, Kurszewski W, Marth L, Rich T, Schopmeyer K, Vogsland R.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Informing the ethical review of human subjects research utilizing artificial intelligence

Frontiers in Computer Science, 2023
IntroductionThe rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) has produced many opportunities, but also new risks that must be actively managed, particularly in the health care sector with clinical practice to avoid unintended health, economic, and ...
Christos Andreas Makridis, Anthony Boese, Rafael Fricks, Don Workman, Molly Klote, Joshua Mueller, Isabel J. Hildebrandt, Michael Kim, Gil Alterovitz   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparing mental and physical health of U.S. veterans by VA healthcare use: implications for generalizability of research in the VA electronic health records

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Objective The Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) electronic health records (EHR) offer a rich source of big data to study medical and health care questions, but patient eligibility and preferences may limit generalizability of findings.
David S. Fink, Malka Stohl, Zachary L. Mannes, Dvora Shmulewitz, Melanie Wall, Sarah Gutkind, Mark Olfson, Jaimie Gradus, Salomeh Keyhani, Charles Maynard, Katherine M. Keyes, Scott Sherman, Silvia Martins, Andrew J. Saxon, Deborah S. Hasin   +14 more
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Primary sclerosing cholangitis and pancreatic cancer: A retrospective cohort study of United States veterans

Frontiers in Gastroenterology, 2023
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is associated with hepatobiliary and colorectal cancers, but it remains uncertain if PSC increases the risk for pancreatic cancer.
Anita Nguyen, Anita Nguyen, Babak Torabi Sagvand, Babak Torabi Sagvand, Madeline Alizadeh, Madeline Alizadeh, Cydney Nguyen, Cydney Nguyen, William Scott, Erik C. von Rosenvinge, Erik C. von Rosenvinge   +10 more
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