2005 HSR&D National Meeting Abstracts

2005 HSR&D National Meeting Abstracts

Number	Presenter	Title	Type
3092	Smelson	A Brief Community Linkage Program for Dually Diagnosed Individuals	Poster
1079	Mittman	A Leadership Role for VHA in Addressing the “Clinical Research Enterprise” Crisis	Oral
1055	Johnson	A New Pharmacy-Based Measure of Comorbidity for Use in Outpatient Populations	Oral
1076	Heidenreich	A Randomized Trial of Reminders Attached to Echocardiography Reports to Increase Use of Beta-Blockers	Oral
3078	Hudson	A Research-Clinical Partnership to Improve Safety of Antipsychotic Medications	Poster
3051	Shannon	Access to Home and Community-Based Services May Reduce Utilization of High-Cost Medical Services	Poster
1062	Cowper	Access, Utilization, and Provider Selection Patterns of US Veterans	Oral
1017	Volpp	Accounting for Apparent Racial Disparities in VA-Based Medical Care: The Influence of Out-of-VA Care	Oral
3031	Kopjar	Acute Myocardial Infarction Among the Inpatients in VA Hospitals	Poster
1046	Hynes	Adherence to Guidelines for ESRD Anemia Management: Implications for Cost and Quality of Care	Oral
2007	Kochevar	Advanced Implementation Research Issues	Workshop
3028	Aspinall	Antibiotic Prescribing in Veterans with Acute Respiratory Infections of Non-Bacterial Origin	Poster
1020	Washington	Are Women Who Are Raped or Assaulted in the Military Likely to Receive Care?	Oral
3007	Dominick	Arthritis Prevalence and Symptoms Among Non-Veterans, Veterans, and VA Health Care Users	Poster
1005	Appelt	Arthritis-Specific Health Beliefs Among Older Male Patients with Knee/Hip Osteoarthritis	Plenary
3019	Smith	Assessing VISN-Level Mental Health Service Lines in a Multi-Site Implementation Study	Poster
1038	Kim	Assessment of Diabetic Retinopathy via Telemedicine	Oral
3053	Bryson	Association Between Urine Cadmium and Hypertension, Microalbuminuria, and Reduced Renal Function	Poster
2004	Hayward	Avoiding Statistical Blunder: Methods for Recognizing and Adjusting for Measurement Error	Workshop
1078	Martins	Barriers to Hypertension Guideline Adherence Identified from Clinician Feedback to Decision Support	Oral
3086	Goetz	Barriers to the Effective Use of HIV Drug Resistance Tests	Poster
3066	Spoont	Beliefs and Knowledge about the C&P Process Influence Symptoms at the Time of the PTSD C&P Exam	Poster
1029	Aspinall	Bleeding Risk Index in an Anticoagulation Clinic: Assessment by Indication and Implications for Care	Oral
2011	Yano	Building the VA Business Case for Quality Improvement and Health Services Research	Workshop
3068	Chew	Can Health Behaviors Identify Patients at Increased Risk for Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations?	Poster
3036	Halpern	Causes of Death for Patients with HIV: Impacts of HAART on End-of-Life Care	Poster
1009	Sayer	Changes in Symptoms, Functioning, and Service Utilization After PTSD Claim Determinations	Oral
3077	Hubbard	Characterization of Veterans Prescribed Wheelchairs and Scooters by the VHA	Poster
3012	Lee	Characterizing COPD Exacerbation Patterns in the VA Healthcare System	Poster
1044	Bauer	Chronic Care Models for Chronic Mental Illness? Results of CSP #430	Oral
2008	Glickman	Classification and Regression Trees: An Important Statistical Tool for Health Researchers	Workshop
2002	Van Deusen Lukas	Closing the Gap Between Research and Practice: The Challenges of Organizational Change	Workshop
1008	Fenn	Co-Morbid Medical Conditions in Bipolar Affective Disorder	Oral
3045	Dolan	Colorectal Cancer Screening Among African-American and White Males in a VA General Medicine Practice	Poster
3005	Arar	Communicating About Medications During Primary Care Outpatient Visits: The Role of Electronic Medical Records	Poster
3030	Calhoun	Comorbid PTSD and VA Health Service Utilization in Patients with Primary Psychotic Disorders	Poster
3088	Ritchie	Comparison of Stakeholder Perspectives on the Value of Care Management Activities	Poster
1060	Concato	Comprehensive Assessment of Prognosis in Prostate Cancer	Oral
3069	Kressin	Computerized BP Reminders vs. Provider Training: Effects on BP Control and Racial Disparities	Poster
3006	Smith	Cultural Consensus Analysis Identifies Specific Tensions for Remediation at Five Academic Clinics	Poster
2012	Bryan	Demystifying the scientific review process: A simulated review	Workshop
2001	Lee	Design and Statistical Strategies for Evaluating Provider Behavior Change	Workshop
2005	Bauer	Designing Effectiveness Studies for Chronic Mental Illness: Lessons from CSP #430	Workshop
3037	Powell-Cope	Development of a Brief Culture of Safety Questionnaire for Employees	Poster
3038	Velozo	Development of a Computerized Adaptive Self-Report Functional Measure	Poster
3073	Mortensen	Differences in Length of Stay for Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia	Poster
3058	Weeks	Directing Private Sector Revascularization to Improve VA Patients’ Outcomes	Poster
3046	Leibowitz	Disclosure of Trauma in the Medical Environment: Early Results	Poster
1018	Halanych	Disparities in Diabetes Care in Hispanic, Black, and White Veterans Who Use VHA Services	Oral
1003	Moffett	Do JCAHO Accreditation Surveys Predict Quality of Care for VA Heart Failure Patients?	Plenary
1010	Valenstein	Do VA Antidepressant Augmentation Practices Reflect the Research Evidence?	Oral
1028	Litaker	Does Continuity of Care Assure Better Preventive Care and Treatment Outcomes? A View from the VA	Oral
1001	Humphreys	Does Following Clinical Practice Guidelines Matter in the Real World of Heroin Dependence Treatment?	Plenary
3009	Harris	Dropouts from VA SUD Treatment: Predictors of 5-Year Outcomes	Poster
3081	Sherman	Effectiveness of a VA Program to Increase Smoking Cessation Quitline Referrals	Poster
1056	Pasquale	Effectiveness of the FairCare System for Patients with Advanced Illness	Oral
3050	Armitage	Effects of Guideline-Implementation Strategies on Service Utilization for Schizophrenia Patients	Poster
3040	Yancy	Effects of a Low-Carbohydrate vs. a Low-Fat Diet on Health-Related Quality of Life	Poster
1040	Adler	Electronic Reminders Improve Osteoporosis Diagnosis and Treatment in Men	Oral
1004	Hannold	Empowerment: The Value of a Patient-Centered Approach to Care	Plenary
3001	Hogan	Enhancing Performance Monitoring: What Can We Learn from Physician Explanations of Poor Care?	Poster
3070	Rittman	Ethnic Variations in Factors Associated with Informal Stroke Caregiving	Poster
1006	Chinman	Evaluating Computer Self-Assessments In Patients With Severe Mental Illness	Oral
1054	Restrepo	Evaluation of Predictive Tools to Define Need for ICU in Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia	Oral
1074	Fletcher	Evaluation of Primary Care Nurse Practitioners’ Duties and Responsibilities in VISN 11	Oral
3047	Campbell	Expectations for Mood Improvement: Possible Implications for Primary Care Interventions	Poster
3025	Young	Factors Associated with Physician Adherence to Evidence-Based Prescribing Practices	Poster
1019	Straits-Troster	Factors Related to Racial Disparities in Influenza Immunization Among Veterans Aged >50	Oral
1047	Volpp	Financial Incentives for Smoking Cessation	Oral
3021	Lorenz	Generalists, Specialists, and the Shared Responsibility for Outpatient End-of-Life Care	Poster
1070	Mansell	Geriatric Substance Abuse: An Opportunity to Improve Care	Oral
3016	Zikmund-Fisher	Getting to Goal Isn’t Everything: Seeing Risk Reductions in Absolute, Rather than Relative, Terms	Poster
3063	Thrall	Health Literacy in the Diabetes Population at VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System	Poster
1021	Kelly	Health Literacy: Patients’ Proficiency and Physicians’ Perceptions	Oral
3015	Zikmund-Fisher	Highlighting "Additional Risk" in Side Effect Risk Communications	Poster
1032	Morrison	Hospital Expenses Related to Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Levels, Outbreaks, and Control Measures	Oral
3059	Campbell	Hospitalizations Due to Medical Interventions: Developing a Patient-Centric VHA Monitoring System	Poster
1052	Williams	How Valid are Family Proxy Quality of Life Ratings in Stroke?	Oral
3041	Falciglia	Hyperglycemia Predicts Mortality in Critically Ill Patients: Effect in Diabetes vs. No Diabetes	Poster
3067	Nebeker	Hypersensitivity Cases Associated with Drug-Eluting Coronary Stents: Follow Up from RADAR Project	Poster
1030	Kanwal	Impact of Chronic Viral Hepatitis on Health Related Quality of Life in HIV	Oral
1043	Mittal	Impact of Comorbid Anxiety Disorders on Health Related Quality of Life in Major Depressive Disorder	Oral
1045	Sernyak	Impact of Generic Fluoxetine Availability	Oral
1015	Seal	Impact of Injection Drug Use on Treatment Candidacy and Outcomes in Veterans with Hepatitis C	Oral
3034	Kinsinger	Implementation in VHA of NHLBI Guidelines on Identification and Treatment of Overweight/Obesity	Poster
3027	Ashton	Implementation of ALLHAT Results in VHA	Poster
2010	Kiefe	Implementation of Research: The State of the Art	Workshop
3049	Young	Implementing Routine Outcome Assessment to Improve Care for Chronic Mental Illness	Poster
1050	Hudson	Improvement in Medication Adherence Using a Patient-Tailored Strategy	Oral
3090	Siddharthan	Improving Care for Veterans with Diabetes: Analysing Rates of Lower-Extremity Amputation	Poster
3074	Kovac	Improving End-of-Life Processes of Care Among Hospitalized Patients	Poster
1013	Lash	Improving Substance Abuse Treatment Aftercare Adherence and Outcome	Oral
3061	Van Houtven	Informal Caregiver Intensity and Caregiver Drug Utilization	Poster
3085	Takahashi	Informatics in the Implementation of Research	Poster
3055	Casarett	Initial Development of the FATE (Family Assessment of Treatment at End-of-life) as a VA-Wide Quality Measure	Poster
3060	Jia	Inpatient and Outpatient Healthcare Utilization by Veteran and Non-veteran Men with HIV Infection	Poster
1011	Barnett	Is Opioid Agonist Therapy Inhibited by VA Resource Allocation Incentives?	Oral
1053	Kramer	Linkage of VA and IHS Healthcare Data	Oral
3003	Sloan	Low Density Lipoprotein in Ischemic Heart Disease Patients: Impact of Cut-Point on Facility Profiles	Poster
3083	Chou	Macro- and Micro-Level Factors Affecting Antimicrobial-Resistance Control Strategies Implementation	Poster
2006	Richardson	Measuring Physical Activity for Health Services Researchers	Workshop
1059	Kwon	Measuring Stroke Impact with SIS: Validity of SIS Telephone Administration	Oral
3091	Strasser	Measuring Team Functioning to Enhance Patient Outcomes	Poster
3072	Stroupe	Medication Copay Increase and Medication Acquisition from the VA	Poster
2003	Cook	Modern Psychometric Methods: A Conceptual Introduction to Item Response Theory and Its Applications	Workshop
3044	Luther	Modifying the SF-36V Physical Functioning Scale for Use with Persons with SCI	Poster
1064	Arar	My HealtheVet: A Novel Approach for Optimizing Quality of Care Among Veterans	Oral
3039	Tseng	Nephrologist Care Reduced One-Year Mortality for Diabetic Patients with Chronic Kidney Diseases	Poster
1083	Hirschler	One-Year Follow-Up After a Breakthrough Series (BTS)	Oral
3076	Hopp	Opportunities and Barriers in Tele-Health	Poster
1061	Bean-Mayberry	Organizational Factors Associated with Development of VA Women’s Health Clinics for Primary Care	Oral
1007	Trafton	PTSD Does Not Adversely Affect Substance Use Outcomes in Opioid Substitution Treatment	Oral
3014	Brennan	Pain and Use of Alcohol to Manage Pain Among Older Adults with Alcohol Problems	Poster
3033	Mularski	Pain as the 5th Vital Sign: No Detectable Impact on the Quality of Pain Management in a VHA Clinic	Poster
3018	Cramer	Patient Centeredness: How Do Employees Define It and What Does It Look Like?	Poster
1041	Felker	Patient Characteristics Associated with Comorbid Depression and PTSD in VA Primary Care Patients	Oral
1025	Fung	Patient Preferences for Technical Versus Interpersonal Quality When Selecting a Primary Care Physician	Oral
3057	Goldstein	Patient and Physician Satisfaction with Initiation of a Group Medical Visit Model for Patients with…	Poster
1036	Gordon	Patient and Process Outcomes of Homeless in VA and Community Housing Programs	Oral
1072	Campbell	Patterns in Inpatient, Ambulatory, and Pharmacy Costs in Veterans with Chronic Heart Failure	Oral
3026	Kahwati	Physical Activity Levels and Barriers Among Patients Enrolled in a VA Weight Management Program	Poster
3043	Quigley	Pilot Study: Clinical Effectiveness of a Fall Detection System Among Community-Based Elderly Veterans	Poster
1031	Lee	Potential Cost Savings from Smoking Cessation in the Veterans Affairs Patient Population	Oral
3089	Yano	Practice- and Patient-Level Factors Predicting Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates	Poster
3013	Booth	Predictors of Attrition from VA Methadone Maintenance Programs	Poster
1026	Lawrence	Preoperative Pulmonary Risk Stratification for Noncardiopulmonary Surgery: A Systematic Review	Oral
3023	Shrank	Prescribing Generic or “Preferred” Medications Improves Adherence in Three-Tier Pharmacy Plans	Poster
3052	Houston	Preventive Services Among Veterans Using VHA, Veterans Not Using VHA, and Non-Veterans	Poster
1073	Ferreira	Process Evaluation in an Intervention to Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening	Oral
1002	Kerr	Profiling Facilities Using Three Different Performance Measurement Systems	Plenary
1024	Gordon	Racial Differences in Patient Trust and Physician-Patient Communication	Oral
1058	Shively	Readiness to Change Health Behaviors in Veterans with Chronic Heart Failure	Oral
3087	Friedemann- Sanchez	Research and Educational Implications on Colorectal Cancer Screening Perceptions	Poster
3064	Mills	Results of Aggregate Root Cause Analysis of Suicide and Para-Suicidal Behaviors in the VA System	Poster
3082	Pineros	Results of a Patient Education Demonstration Project	Poster
3022	Lee	Risk of Pneumonia-Related Hospitalizations in Patients with Chronic Lung Disease	Poster
3029	Desai	Screening for Alcohol Use Disorders Among Medical Outpatients in the Veterans Health Administration	Poster
3075	Williams	Screening for Dementia in Primary Care: Validity of Brief Screeners	Poster
3048	Gerrity	Screening for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in VA Primary Care Patients with Depression Symptoms	Poster
1080	Oslin	Screening, Assessment, and Management of Depression and Alcohol Misuse in Primary Care: Effects of the Behavioral Health Laboratory	Oral
3020	DeBenedetti	Services for Dual Diagnosis Patients in the Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Systems	Poster
3035	Vogt	Short- and Long-Term Effects of a Gender Awareness Intervention Among VA Healthcare Employees	Poster
1039	Chaney	Social Support Resources and Preferences in Depressed Veterans in Primary Care	Oral
1084	Wallace	Status of Intervention Strategies after Completion of an Implementation Project: What was Sustained?	Oral
1082	Wu	Sustainability and Spread of Chronic Illness Improvement	Oral
1023	Shrank	Tailoring End-of-Life Conversations to Meet the Needs of Patients and Their Families	Oral
1075	Meterko	The Accuracy of VA Staff Perceptions of the Quality of Care They Provide	Oral
1051	Wu	The Addiction Behaviors Checklist: Validation of a Measure of Problematic Opiate Use in Chronic Pain	Oral
1057	Yancy	The Association Between Obesity and Coronary Procedure Utilization	Oral
3002	Nelson	The Association Between Type of Health Insurance Coverage and Diabetes Care	Poster
1012	Chermack	The Delivery of Psychotherapy and Medication Management Services to Depressed Patients in the VA	Oral
1049	Barnett	The Economic Impact of Compliance with Opioid Agonist Treatment Guidelines	Oral
1033	Pietz	The Effect of Transfer Patients on VAMC Funding Allocation	Oral
1071	Zeber	The Effect of a Medication Copayment Increase on Veterans with Schizophrenia	Oral
1066	Phibbs	The Effects of Geriatrics Evaluation and Management on Nursing Home Use and Health Care Costs	Oral
3062	Smith	The Impact of Co-Payment Change on Discontinuation of VA Pharmacy Use	Poster
1022	McGrath	The Influence of Electronic Medical Record Usage on Nonverbal Communication in the Medical Interview	Poster
3008	Yu	The Relationships Among Veterans’ Ages, Chronic Conditions, and Costs	Poster
3042	Perry	The Role of Cultural Affiliation in Accessing Mental Health Care Among Native American Veterans	Poster
3054	Soban	The Role of the Local Health Care Environment in VA Care: Does Managed Care Matter?	Poster
3071	Greiner	The State of Emergency Medicine in VHA: Results of the 2003 VHA Emergency Department Survey	Poster
2009	Chaney	The Trajectory Toward National Rollout of Improved Depression Care: Building Villages, Not Empires	Workshop
1068	Lemke	The Undiagnosed Substance Use Disorder Patient in VA Nursing Homes	Oral
3079	Smith	The Use of Multilevel Modeling in Implementation Research: An Example from SCI QUERI	Poster
3004	Curran	The Views and Experiences of Persons with Comorbid Substance Use and Depressive Disorders	Poster
3056	Washington	To Use or Not to Use – Reasons Women Veterans Choose VA Versus Non-VA Health Care Services	Poster
1035	Johnson	Trends in Pharmacy Use Among Veterans with Chronic Heart Failure (1999-2002)	Oral
1081	Weaver	Two Years of QUERI Intervention: Have Respiratory Vaccinations for Veterans with SCI&D Improved?	Oral
1048	Voils	Understanding Adherence to BP-Lowering Regimens: A Qualitative Study of Facilitators and Barriers	Oral
1077	Halloran	Use of and Satisfaction With Two Interventions Derived from Previous QUERI HIV Findings	Oral
1069	Foulis	Using Knowledge Discovery Strategies to Identify Fall Related Injuries	Oral
1063	Cowper	Using Location Based Analysis to Identify Gaps in VHA Services	Oral
1037	Christiansen	Using Patient Safety Indicators to Identify VA Outlier Hospitals: A Picture is Worth 1000 Statistics	Oral
1014	Wryobeck	Using the Addiction Severity Index to Predict Health Service Use in a VA Substance Abuse Clinic	Oral
3084	Jackson	Using the QUERI Diabetes Registry to Describe Simultaneous Control of Intermediate Diabetes Outcomes	Poster
1034	Maciejewski	Utilization and Expenditures of Veterans Obtaining Primary Care at VAMCs and CBOCs	Oral
3010	McCarthy	VA Health System Treatment Retention Among Patients with Psychoses: A National Assessment	Poster
1065	Stroupe	VA Versus Private-Sector Coverage of Hemodialysis Care for Veterans	Oral
3017	Shen	VA-Medicare Dual Beneficiaries with Stroke: Where Do They Get Care?	Poster
1042	Kimerling	Validation of a Brief Screen for PTSD in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Settings	Oral
3032	Lowery	Variability in Human Subjects Protection for Health Services Research	Poster
1067	Pugh	Variation in Inappropriate Prescribing for Older Veterans: The Impact of System-Level Factors	Oral
3065	Striplin	Veterans' Views of HIPAA, Privacy Protection, and Health Services Research	Poster
1027	Conlin	Web-Based Care Management in Patients with Poorly Controlled Diabetes Mellitus	Oral
1016	Burgess	What Do Practicing Providers Think About Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare?	Oral
3080	Liu	What Does it Take to Implement an Evidence-Based Depression Treatment in Primary Care?	Poster
3011	Zemencuk	What Effect Does Physician "Profiling" Have on Inpatient Physician Satisfaction and Length of Stay?	Poster
3024	Rich	Withdrawals in the VA Dental Diabetes Study (VA-DDS)	Poster

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2005 HSR&D National Meeting Abstracts