HSR&D Research

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What is Health Services Research?

HSR&D research underscores all aspects of VA healthcare: patient care, care delivery, health outcomes, cost, and quality... Learn more

• Research Portfolio & Studies
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• VHA Senior Leadership Lunch and Learn Series
(intranet only: vaww.hsrd.research.va.gov/nlc/)
• Awards & Honors

Videos

Videos: HSR&D researchers discuss their work and its impact on care for Veterans

HSR&D Impacts

Chronic Disease: Advanced Comprehensive Diabetes Care (ACDC) program
(09-26-2023)

Quality Improvement : The Surgical Pause Practice Adopted as National Program
(08-03-2023)

: VA Promotes High-Quality, Patient-centered Lung Cancer Screening for Veterans
(06-15-2023)

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Recent Publications

Veterans’ Perspectives: Giving Veterans an Active Voice in Creating a Chronic Pain Research Agenda
(09-27-2023)

Management Brief: Differential Pulse Oximeter Accuracy, Occult Hypoxemia Prevalence, and Clinical Outcomes by Patient Race/Ethnicity: A Systematic Review
(09-25-2023)

Summer 2023: Precision Medicine : FORUM
(09-15-2023)

Publication Briefs

Summaries of select journal articles from HSR&D

Colorectal Cancer Screening Uncommon in Veterans Aged 76-85, Varying Only Slightly by Predicted Life Expectancy
(09-07-2023)

Suicides Among Post-9/11 Veterans Surged from 2006–2020, Exacerbated by TBI
(08-28-2023)

COVID-19 Infection Not Associated with Clinically Significant Excess Mortality among Veterans Surviving at Least 180 Days
(08-21-2023)