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 Res Policy Syst, 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 ...
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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 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 Key Points Question How do wait times for outpatient appointments compare between United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and private sector hospitals?
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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 Background The 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.
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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.
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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
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Archives of Medicine and Health SciencesPain complaints are one of the primary reasons patients seek musculoskeletal care in the U. S. Veterans Health Administration. While research surrounding the pain experience has rapidly evolved, practicing clinicians often struggle to keep up with ...
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Demographic Representation in Clinical Trials Sponsored by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs [PDF]
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 2023 Griselda Gómez +3 more
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