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Use of Telehealth to Improve Access to Care at the United States Department of Veterans Affairs During the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 2020
ABSTRACT Objectives: This brief report examines the shift from in-person care to US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) telehealth services during 3 devastating hurricanes in 2017 (Harvey, Irma, and Maria). Methods: VA administrative data were used to analyze the number and percentage of telehealth services 30 d pre- and
Claudia, Der-Martirosian, Karen, Chu, Aram, Dobalian   +2 more
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Geriatric Telemental Health in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs

2017
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is a national leader in the development and implementation of telemental health. This chapter summarizes the influential contributions of the VHA in the delivery of telemental health to veterans across the country.
Taya Varteresian, Alexander Threlfall, Paul Kirwin   +2 more
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Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutational Testing and Erlotinib Treatment Among Veterans Diagnosed With Lung Cancer in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Clinical Lung Cancer, 2017
We examined mutational testing of the epidermal growth factor gene (EGFR) and erlotinib treatment among veterans diagnosed with non-small-cell lung cancer in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Our objectives were to identify the prevalence of clinically actionable EGFR mutations, to determine whether testing and treatment were ...
Julie A, Lynch, Brygida, Berse, Danielle, Chun, Donna, Rivera, Kelly K, Filipski, Scott, Kulich, Benjamin, Viernes, Scott L, DuVall, Michael J, Kelley   +8 more
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How Should We Organize Care for Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Comorbidities? A Multisite Qualitative Study of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Care in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Medical Care, 2021
Background: With human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) now managed as a chronic disease, health care has had to change and expand to include management of other critical comorbidities. We sought to understand how variation in the organization, structure and processes of HIV and comorbidity care, based on patient-centered medical ...
Barbara G, Bokhour, Rendelle E, Bolton, Steven M, Asch, Kelly, Dvorin, Gemmae M, Fix, Allen L, Gifford, Justeen K, Hyde, D Keith, McInnes, Victoria A, Parker, Kelly, Richardson, Avy A, Skolnik, Mary S, Vaughan-Sarrazin, Juliet, Wu, Michael E, Ohl   +13 more
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Drug overdose deaths among homeless veterans in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare system

Addiction
AbstractBackground and AimsWith an epidemic of drug overdoses, contemporary research is needed to examine drug overdose deaths among homeless populations. This study measured rates, types and correlates of drug overdose deaths occurring over a 5‐year study period among veterans experiencing homelessness (VEH) and non‐homeless veterans (NHV) in the US ...
Jack Tsai, Dorota Szymkowiak, Hind A. Beydoun   +2 more
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Addressing the Opioid Epidemic in the United States

JAMA Internal Medicine, 2017
Reflecting a comprehensive VA effort to improve pain management, in 2007 fewer veterans received high doses of opioids and more veterans received non-opioid pain therapies, naloxone, and treatment for substance use disorders.
Walid F, Gellad, Chester B, Good, David J, Shulkin   +2 more
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Representation in clinical trials sponsored by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Journal of Public Health
Abstract Background This study was conducted to determine whether demographic representation among U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)-sponsored trials differs from trials without VA sponsorship, with reference to VA patient demographics. Methods
Gabriela T Gomez, Brandon E Turner, Jecca R Steinberg, Miranda B Lam, Sherry M Wren   +4 more
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Association of multiple sclerosis with psychiatric disorders and homelessness among veterans in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare system

CNS Spectrums
AbstractObjectiveTo describe and compare the prevalence of psychosocial and psychiatric disorders among veterans with multiple sclerosis (MS) and a propensity-score-matched group of veterans without MS, and to identify sociodemographic and clinical characteristics associated with comorbid psychosocial and psychiatric problems among veterans with MS ...
Stephanie L. Silveira, Hind Beydoun, Jack Tsai   +2 more
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Automated Macrophage Quantification Program for Tissue-Engineering; Gender Bias in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs PTSD Program

2021
My technical and STS projects both address aspects of the socio-technical challenge of developing new biomedical technology to treat individuals suffering from disease or injury. Specifically, they both focus on treatments for medical conditions that are common in war veterans.
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Psychiatry in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs: A History and a Future

2019
This chapter traces the history of Veterans health care in the United States with a focus on how the development of American psychiatry informed the creation of the modern Veterans Affairs (VA) medical system and vice versa. This review demonstrates the singular and irreplaceable role which VA plays in American health care and sets the stage for ...
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