2009 HSR&D Annual Meeting Abstracts

2009 HSR&D Annual Meeting Abstracts

Number	Presenter	Title	Content Area	Type
1006	Abraham	National Economic Implications of PPI Gastroprotection among Elderly Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Users	Geriatrics and Long-Term Care	Oral
3001	Abrams	Does Psychiatric Comorbidity Affect the Risk of Readmission for Congestive Heart Failure?	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Poster
3002	Anaya	Qualitative Assessment of Implementing Routine Rapid HIV Testing	Implementation, Management, and Interventions	Poster
1007	Argo	Effect of Comorbidities and Incomplete Evaluation on Elective Surgery Cancellation: A Case for Coordinated Multidisciplinary Preoperative Evaluation	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Oral
3003	Au	A Randomized Trial to Improve the Occurrence and Quality of Communication about End-of-Life Care among Patients with COPD	Chronic Disease	Poster
1008	Bauer	Improving Long-Term Quality of Care for Serious Mental Illness through Collaborative Care Models	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Oral
1009	Bean-Mayberry	Gender and Equity in the VA: Does Quality of Care Look the Same by Gender?	Access and Equity	Oral
3004	Bennett	Accelerated Approval of Cancer Drugs: Improved Access to Therapeutic Breakthroughs or Early Release of Unsafe and Ineffective Drugs?	Chronic Disease	Poster
3005	Bennett	Lack of Coordinated Pharmacovigilance Adversely Affects Veteran Care	Other	Poster
3006	Bennett	Risk Factors Associated with Idiopathic Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Risk Factors for TTP (SERF-TTP) Study	Chronic Disease	Poster
3007	Bian	Effect of Access to CBOCs on Colorectal Cancer Screening Adherence among Non-Elderly Average-Risk Veterans	Access and Equity	Poster
3008	Bohnert	Patient-Provider Communication among Veterans with Serious Mental Illnesses and Substance Use Disorders	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Poster
3009	Bokhour	Patient Perspectives on Managing Hypertension: Developing a New Conceptual Model of Patient Behavior	Chronic Disease	Poster
2003	Chaney	Ensuring Patient Safety and Confidentiality in Multi-Site Quality Improvement Research: A Proactive Partnership Approach to Risk Management	Implementation, Management, and Interventions	Workshop
3010	Boockvar	Providers’ Approach to Medication Reconciliation in a Computerized System	Implementation, Management, and Interventions	Poster
3011	Booth	Agreement between Women Veterans’ Study Interview Self-Report of Military Sexual Trauma and VHA MST Screening Data	Access and Equity	Poster
3012	Bormann	Efficacy of a Spiritually-Based Mantram Intervention on Quality of Life in Veterans with Military-Related PTSD	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Poster
3013	Borrero	Race and Doctor-Patient Communication about Treatment Preference	Access and Equity	Poster
3014	Borzecki	Inpatient Quality Indicators Rates in Special VA Populations	Chronic Disease	Poster
1001	Bradley	AUDIT-C Alcohol Misuse Screening and Post-Operative Complications: A Cohort Study of Men Undergoing Major Surgery in VA	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Plenary
2001	Brown	Explaining Variable Outcomes from Implementation Trials: Studying Implementation Processes through Formative and Process Evaluation	Implementation, Management, and Interventions	Workshop
3015	Brown	Implementing Recovery-Oriented Care in Mental Health: The Importance of Clinicians’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs	Implementation, Management, and Interventions	Poster
2002	Bryan	Demystifying the Scientific Review Process	Other	Workshop
1010	Burgess	Presence and Correlates of Racial Disparities in Adherence to Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines: Results of a National Survey of Veterans	Access and Equity	Oral
1011	Carlson	PTSD and Other Psychiatric Comorbidities in OEF/OIF VA Users with TBI	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Oral
1012	Charns	Effects of Specialized Centers on Processes of Chronic Care Delivery for Patients with Parkinson's Disease	Chronic Disease	Oral
1013	Chinman	Using Stakeholder Assessments to Improve Implementation of the VA Uniform Service Package	Implementation, Management, and Interventions	Oral
1014	Cohen	Evaluating Organizational Context and Readiness for Change: EQUIP Results at Eight VA Medical Centers	Implementation, Management, and Interventions	Oral
3016	Cowper Ripley	Geographic Access to Treatment for VHA Patients with Multiple Sclerosis	Access and Equity	Poster
3017	Cram	Missed Incidental Abdominal Aortic Dilations Detected on CT Scanning in the VA	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Poster
3018	Cretzmeyer	Similarities in Perceived Stigma Related to Seeking Mental Health Treatment and Reporting Rape in the Military	Access and Equity	Poster
1015	Cronkite	Validation of Home Telehealth for Diagnosis and Assessment of Pressure Ulcers in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury	Other	Oral
2008	Samore	Reducing Dependency on Manual Chart Review through Automated Information Extraction Methods	Other	Workshop
1016	D'Orio	Psychiatric Illnesses and Adherence to Lifestyle Recommendations in Hypertensive Veterans: Impact on Diet and Mediating Effect of Perceived Stress	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Oral
3019	DeLisle	Automated Surveillance to Detect an Influenza Epidemic: Which Respiratory Syndrome Should We Monitor?	Research and Statistical Methodology	Poster
3020	Dellefield	Direct Observation of RN Care Practices in Two VA-Affiliated Nursing Homes	Geriatrics and Long-Term Care	Poster
3021	Dobscha	Cluster-Randomized Trial of a Collaborative Intervention for Chronic Pain in Primary Care	Implementation, Management, and Interventions	Poster
1017	Donnelly	PTSD Status Differentiates Neurobehavioral Symptom Inventory (NSI) Responses and Attention Scores in OEF/OIF Veterans Who Screen Positive for TBI	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Oral
3022	Dossa	Impact of Psychiatric Comorbidity on Rehospitalization, Mortality, and Functional Outcomes in Stroke Patients Following Inpatient Rehabilitation	Geriatrics and Long-Term Care	Poster
1018	Drews	Interruptions and Patient Hazards in the ICU	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Oral
2005	Drews	Understanding Human Error: A Human Factors Perspective	Other	Workshop
1019	Edelman	Effectiveness of Group Medical Visits in Diabetes and Hypertension: A Two-Site Randomized Controlled Trial	Chronic Disease	Oral
1020	Egede	Longitudinal Differences in Glycemic Control by Race/Ethnicity in Veterans with Type 2 DM	Access and Equity	Oral
3023	Egede	Predictors of VA Use in a National Sample of Veterans	Access and Equity	Poster
2006	Eisen	Implementing a Randomized Trial of a Peer Support Recovery Group for Veterans with Mental Illness	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Workshop
3024	Farmer	Implementation of Smoking Cessation Treatment Guidelines: Do Strategies Around Counseling Translate to Treatment?	Implementation, Management, and Interventions	Poster
1021	Fasoli	Development of a Nurse Staffing Model: Linking Integrative Review and Expert Panel	Implementation, Management, and Interventions	Oral
3025	Fasoli	A Study of the Relationship between Individual Patient Factors, Utilization, and Outcomes for Veterans Receiving Mental Health Services	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Poster
1022	Findley	Mental Illness, Substance Use Disorders and Mortality among Veteran Clinic Users with Spinal Cord Injury	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Oral
1023	Fink	Benefits of "Repeat Back" within a Computer-Based Informed Consent Program	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Oral
3026	Fischer	Hepatitis C is Associated with a High Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease and Mortality among Veterans with HIV	Chronic Disease	Poster
1024	Fisher	Determinants of Time to Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer in the VA System	Chronic Disease	Oral
3027	Fitzgerald	Development of the Wheelchair Falls Screening Tool for SCI	Implementation, Management, and Interventions	Poster
2004	Creswell	Designing Mixed Methods Studies in Health Services Research	Other	Workshop
3028	Forman	Expanding the RE-AIM Framework to Enhance the Evaluation of Implementation in Real Time	Implementation, Management, and Interventions	Poster
3029	Frakt	New Options for Elderly Veterans: Medicare Prescription Drug Plans	Other	Poster
3030	Frakt	Uninsured Non-Elderly Veterans in the United States	Other	Poster
2007	Francis	Back to the Future? The Role of Peer Review in Health System Quality	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Workshop
3031	Fu	Race, Gender and VA Delivery of Smoking Cessation Services in 2002	Access and Equity	Poster
3032	Funderburk	Using Latent Class Analysis to Further Understand the Impact of Multiple Risk Factors in Primary Care	Research and Statistical Methodology	Poster
3033	FUNKHOUSER	Proportion of Allied Health Professionals in CBOCs and Association with Post- Myocardial Infarction (MI) Performance Measures: the VA MI-Plus Study	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Poster
1025	Garvin	Automating Performance Measurement of Congestive Heart Failure: Development of a Gold Standard to Train and Test a Natural Language Processing Tool	Other	Oral
1026	Garvin	Findings from a Validation of the Elixhauser Comorbidity Measure in a Cohort of Patients with Congestive Heart Failure	Research and Statistical Methodology	Oral
3034	Gidwani	A Budget Impact Analysis of Implementing Rapid HIV Screening in VA Emergency Departments	Implementation, Management, and Interventions	Poster
1027	Goetz	Regional Rollout of a Program to Improve HIV Testing Rates	Implementation, Management, and Interventions	Oral
1028	Gordon	Veteran's Access to Internet Varies by Race and Age: Potential Impact on VHA Electronic Health Communication Efforts	Access and Equity	Oral
3035	Goulet	Suicidal Ideation among HIV-Infected and Uninfected Veterans in Care	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Poster
3036	Greene	Evaluation of Diagnostic Classification Procedures When the Available Evidence is Limited	Research and Statistical Methodology	Poster
3037	Hanchate	Using Laboratory Results Data to Improve Risk Adjustment of In-hospital Mortality in the VA	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Poster
3038	Hanlon	Racial Differences in Medication Use among Older Long-Stay Veteran Nursing Home Patients	Geriatrics and Long-Term Care	Poster
3039	Hartmann	Comparing Safety Climate between Different Settings of Care: Methodological Considerations	Research and Statistical Methodology	Poster
3040	Hausmann	Race and Joint Replacement Recommendation: The Role of Preference and Doctor-Patient Communication	Access and Equity	Poster
1029	Haywood	Improving Patient Race and Ethnicity Information in VA Studies: Agreement between VA and Medicare Data	Research and Statistical Methodology	Oral
3041	Heidenreich	Early Transition to Outpatient Care and Rehospitalization for Heart Failure	Chronic Disease	Poster
3042	Hernandez	Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Incidence of Bradycardia among Dementia Patients in the Veteran Affairs (VA)	Research and Statistical Methodology	Poster
2009	Hofer	Topics in Multi-level Modeling	Other	Workshop
3043	Hogan	The Role of Information Seeking and Use in the Management of Antiretroviral Medications: A Qualitative Study of Veterans Living with HIV Disease	Chronic Disease	Poster
2010	Hynes	Research Access to VA Data	Other	Workshop
3044	Ilgen	Veterans’ Ratings of Pain Severity Predict Greater Likelihood of Suicide	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Poster
3045	Johnson	Assessing the Accuracy of Multiple Imputation Methods with Binary and Multinomial Data	Research and Statistical Methodology	Poster
3046	Kaafarani	Developing Trigger Tools for Surveillance of Adverse Events in Same-Day Surgery: A Literature-Based, End-User Inspired & Expert-Evaluated Methodology	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Poster
3047	Kaboli	Activating Patients to Engage Their Providers for Treatment of Hypertension: The VA Project to Implement Diuretics (VAPID)	Implementation, Management, and Interventions	Poster
1030	Kanwal	Quality of Diagnosis and Evaluation-Related Care in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Oral
3048	Kehle	Rates and Predictors of Mental Health Treatment Seeking among Iraq War National Guard Soldiers	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Poster
3049	Keirns	The Role of Discordant and Concordant Comorbidities in Hypertension Self-Management	Chronic Disease	Poster
1031	Kernisan	Is Better Performance on Leapfrog’s Safe Practices Survey Associated with Lower Inpatient Mortality?	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Oral
3050	Keyhani	Self-Reported Characteristics of Veterans Who Use the VA and Medicare	Access and Equity	Poster
3051	Kilbourne	Excess Cardiovascular Disease-Related Mortality in Veterans with Serious Mental Illness: Are Behavioral or Treatment Factors to Blame?	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Poster
2011	Kim	Statistical Challenges and Methods in Using VA Administrative Data for Comparative Studies	Other	Workshop
1032	Kinosian	VA Long-Term Care Planning Model: Validation and Update of Nursing Home Use	Geriatrics and Long-Term Care	Oral
3052	Kline	Selective Effects of Combat Exposure on the Development of Depression and PTSD in OEF/OIF Veterans	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Poster
1033	Knight	Guideline-Adherent Genomic Services for Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colon Cancer in VA	Other	Oral
3053	Koepsell	Obesity, Overweight, and Weight Control Practices in U.S. Veterans and VA Users	Chronic Disease	Poster
3054	Kudel	A Method of Preparing the Physical Component Scale of the SF-12 for IRT Analysis	Research and Statistical Methodology	Poster
1034	LaFleur	Electronic Clinical and Administrative Data Can be Used to Predict Patients at Risk of Fragility Fracture	Chronic Disease	Oral
3055	Lapcevic	Characteristics of the TBI Clinical Reminder Screening Process	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Poster
1035	Lemke	The Changing Mental Health Profile of VA Nursing Home Patients	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Oral
3056	Levy	Dying and Death Among Veterans in Community Living Centers	Geriatrics and Long-Term Care	Poster
3057	Li	A Multigroup Invariance Analysis of the Organizational Culture Scale	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Poster
3058	Ling	Informed Decision-Making in the Orthopedic Setting Within the VA	Chronic Disease	Poster
1036	Littman	Physical Activity in a National Sample of Veterans	Chronic Disease	Oral
3059	Liu	Use of Outpatient Care in VA and Medicare among VAMC and CBOC Patients	Access and Equity	Poster
1037	Loveland	Can Readmissions Serve as a Quality Indicator?	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Oral
3060	Maguen	The Impact of Killing in War on Mental Health Symptoms and Related Functioning	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Poster
3061	Bodhani	The Cost-Effectiveness of Genetic Metabolic Screening Prior to Initiating Antidepressant Therapy	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Poster
1038	Mattocks	Female Veterans Returning from Iraq and Afghanistan: Stress-Related Behaviors and Coping Mechanisms	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Oral
3062	McCant	Is Telemonitoring a Panacea for Chronic Care: Feasibility of Blood Pressure Telemonitoring in Patients with Poor Blood Pressure Control	Chronic Disease	Poster
1039	McCarthy	Adoption of Primary Care - Mental Health Integrated Care Models, FY99-04: Associations with Suicide Risks among Patients with Depression	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Oral
1040	Meis	Dyadic Adjustment and PTSD Symptoms among OIF Veterans: Symptom Clusters and Pre- to Post-Deployment Functioning	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Oral
3063	Mengeling	Barriers to DVA Care Access for Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Reserve and National Guard Servicewomen	Access and Equity	Poster
3064	Mengeling	The Effect on Women's Health Outcomes by Type of Trauma Exposure	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Poster
1041	Mezuk	Anticonvulsant Medication Use and Risk of Fractures among Older VA Patients	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Oral
1042	Miller	Evaluating Drug Safety in VA: Cardiovascular Disease Risks with Rosiglitazone or Pioglitazone Use	Other	Oral
2012	Mittman	Implementation Research Methods and Frameworks: Introductory Workshop	Implementation, Management, and Interventions	Workshop
3065	Mohn	Racial Variation in Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Placement for the Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in Veterans	Access and Equity	Poster
3066	Morden	The Impact of Rurality on Quality of Care for Cardiometabolic Disease in Veterans with Mental Illness	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Poster
3067	Morland	Telemedicine Anger Management for Rural Veterans with PTSD: A Randomized Non-Inferiority Trial	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Poster
1043	Mortensen	Diagnosis of Lung Cancer after Hospitalization for Community-Acquired Pneumonia	Inpatient Care	Oral
1044	Murdoch	The Long-Term Impact of PTSD Service Connection on Symptom Severity and Functioning	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Oral
1045	Nelson	The Impact of Neighborhood Environment on Veteran Health Status	Access and Equity	Oral
3068	Noel	Obesity Care Practices in the Veterans Health Administration	Chronic Disease	Poster
3069	O'Neill	The Quality of Pain Screening and Management for Veterans with Advanced Cancer: A Pilot Study of the ASSIST Pain Indicators	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Poster
3070	Ouimette	Facilitators and Barriers to Health Care among Male and Female Veterans with PTSD	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Poster
3071	Parchman	Predictors of Insulin Initiation among Veterans with Poorly Controlled Diabetes	Chronic Disease	Poster
1046	Partin	The Contribution of Patient Background, Cognitive, and Environmental Factors to Colorectal Cancer Screening Adherence	Implementation, Management, and Interventions	Oral
3072	Penrod	Cost Savings Associated with Hospital-based Palliative Care Consultation	Inpatient Care	Poster
3073	Morgan	Prediction Rules to Identify Veterans with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus or Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus at Hospital Admission	Implementation, Management, and Interventions	Poster
3074	Phillips	Accuracy of Initial Diagnosis of Diabetes in the VA	Chronic Disease	Poster
2013	Piette	Emerging Research on Caregiving	Chronic Disease	Workshop
1047	Pogach	Do Changes in Population Subgroups Distort Cross-Sectional Trends in A1c as a “Quality Improvement” Measure?	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Oral
3075	Pogoda	Patient and Organizational Factors Related to Education and Support Use by Veterans with Parkinson’s Disease	Implementation, Management, and Interventions	Poster
3076	Pope	Qualitative and Quantitative Techniques for Mixed-Methods Studies that Promote More Effective Intervention Development	Research and Statistical Methodology	Poster
3077	Kyle Possemato	Primary Care Based Alcohol Care Management Compared to Usual VA Care: Preliminary Findings	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Poster
1048	Powell	Distribution and Predictors of Colorectal Cancer Screening Mode Preferences among US Veterans	Chronic Disease	Oral
1049	Powers	A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of ACE-Inhibitors vs. Angiotensin Receptor Blockers for Treatment of Hypertension	Chronic Disease	Oral
3078	Powers	Comparison of Medicine Resident Diabetes Care between VA and University Health System Clinics	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Poster
1050	Prachanronarong	Pharmacist-Led Group Medical Visits for Multiple Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes	Implementation, Management, and Interventions	Oral
3079	Prentice	Dual System Use and Drug Adherence among VA Patients with Hypertension	Chronic Disease	Poster
3080	Prentice	Why Do Some VA Facilities have Long Waits?	Access and Equity	Poster
3081	Rajan	Assessing Progress in Glycemic Improvement for Younger Veterans: A Quality Improvement Measurement Proposal	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Poster
1002	Rice	Case/Self-Management in COPD: A Randomized Trial	Chronic Disease	Plenary
1051	Richardson	Outcomes from the Veterans Walk for Health Trial: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Three Walking Strategies for Weight Loss	Chronic Disease	Oral
3082	Rohrer	Proactive Enrollment of Chronically Ill Veterans into a Telephone-Based Smoking Cessation Trial	Chronic Disease	Poster
1052	Rose	Changes in Service Delivery Arrangements for Women Veterans: Findings from the VHA Surveys of Women Veterans’ Health Programs and Practices, 2001-2007	Access and Equity	Oral
3083	Rose	Changes in Basic and Specialty Services Available On-Site for Women Veterans, 2001-2007	Access and Equity	Poster
3084	Rosen	Validating the Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs): Do They Reflect True Safety Events?	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Poster
1053	Rosenfeld	Prognosis-Based Palliative Care Management: Impact on End-of-Life Resource Use	Geriatrics and Long-Term Care	Oral
3085	Ross	VA Use and Reliance among Dual Users with Multiple Chronic Diseases	Chronic Disease	Poster
3086	Rubin	The Effectiveness of De-Colonization Added To Active Surveillance for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA): A Simulation-Based Approach	Research and Statistical Methodology	Poster
1062	SHERMAN	Results from a Study of Telephone Care Coordination for Smoking Cessation	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Oral
1054	Sadler	Post-Deployment Adjustment Concerns of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Reserve and National Guard Servicewomen	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Oral
3087	Syrop	Sexual Assault and Women Veteran’s Childbearing Decisions	Other	Poster
1055	Saini	An Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Surveillance Colonoscopy in Patients with a Personal History of Adenomas	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Oral
3088	Saint	Active Resisters and Organizational Constipators: How Hospital Employees Affect Hospital-Acquired Infection Prevention Efforts	Implementation, Management, and Interventions	Poster
1056	Salanitro	Multiple Uncontrolled Comorbid Conditions and Medication Intensification	Chronic Disease	Oral
3089	Saleem	Paper-based Workarounds to the VA’s Electronic Health Record: Implications for Optimal Healthcare Delivery	Implementation, Management, and Interventions	Poster
1057	Sambamoorthi	VHA Healthcare Expenditures and Incident and Prevalent Depression among Veterans Health Administration Clinic Users with Diabetes	Chronic Disease	Oral
2014	Samore	Introducing New Medical Informatics Research Programs and Data Infrastructure for VA Researchers	Other	Workshop
3090	Sathe	Association of Treatment and Behavior with Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Uncontrolled Hypertension	Implementation, Management, and Interventions	Poster
1058	Sayer	Re-integration Problems and Treatment Preferences among Veterans Returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with and without Probable PTSD	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Oral
1059	Schaefer	Continuity of Care Practices: Impact on Inpatient/Residential Substance Use Disorder Patients’ Engagement in Continuing Care and Abstinence	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Oral
1060	Scherrer	Depression, Anxiety Disorders and Risk of Incident Heart Disease in a National Cohort of Veterans Health Administration Patients	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Oral
3091	Scheuner	Lack of Structured Family History Capture in CPRS Limits Opportunities for Risk Assessment and Prevention	Implementation, Management, and Interventions	Poster
3092	Scheuner	Priorities for Delivering and Studying Health Services Genomics: Results from an Expert Panel	Research and Statistical Methodology	Poster
3093	Schutte	Patient Preferences and Readiness for Change in Treatment for Dual Disorders	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Poster
3094	Seal	VA Mental Health Services Utilization among Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans in the First Year of Receiving Mental Health Diagnoses	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Poster
1061	SHERMAN	Engaging VA Patients in Telephone Counseling for Smoking Cessation: Results of a Telephone Care Coordination Program	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Oral
3095	Shiner	Functional Limitations and Stability of Diagnosis in Full vs. Partial PTSD	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Poster
3096	Shipherd	Does MST Predict Healthcare Utilization for Men and Women?	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Poster
1063	SILVEIRA	Do Living Wills Work in Practice?	Geriatrics and Long-Term Care	Oral
3097	Singh	Expediting Your Request for Diagnostic Colonoscopy: Is It About How You Ask?	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Poster
3098	Sinha	Costs and Consequences Associated with Newer Medications for Diabetic Glycemic Control	Chronic Disease	Poster
1064	Sinnott	Outcomes for Inpatients with Abnormal Troponin	Inpatient Care	Oral
3099	Siroka	The Quality of Well-Being Scale is Sensitive to Changes in PTSD Symptoms	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Poster
1003	Slade	Assessing VA Mental Health Intensive Case Management: Program Effects on Mental Health Services Use	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Plenary
1065	Smith	Costs of Care for VA Nursing Home Patients with Substance Use Disorders	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Oral
1066	Smith	Glucose Monitoring and Management in Veterans with Psychosis Started on New Antipsychotic Medications	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Oral
1067	Smith	Last Contact with the VA Health Care System and Suicide among Veterans in Depression Treatment	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Oral
1004	Spiegel	Impact of a Novel Patient Educational Booklet on Colonoscopy Preparation in Veterans	Implementation, Management, and Interventions	Plenary
3100	Spina	Getting on Board with Medication Safety: Mind the Gap	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Poster
1068	Spoont	A Preliminary Look at Perceived Mental Health Treatment Needs in a National Sample of Veterans with PTSD	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Oral
1069	Steinhauser	Measuring Quality of Family Experience at End of Life	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Oral
2015	Stineman	Applying HSR&D Methods in Rehabilitation Research: An Overview	Other	Workshop
3101	Stone	In-Home Diabetes Care Management/Coordination for Veterans: The Diabetes Telemonitoring (DiaTel) Study, Phase II	Implementation, Management, and Interventions	Poster
3102	Stroupe	Predialysis Nephrology Care among Veterans and Non-Veterans with Chronic Kidney Disease	Chronic Disease	Poster
3103	Sultan	Marital Status is an Important Predictor of Adherence to Colonoscopy	Chronic Disease	Poster
1070	Tarlov	Examining Disparities in Colon Cancer Treatment: Length of Time to Chemotherapy Initiation	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Oral
3104	Teh	Assessing Patient-Centered Quality of Care for VA Patients with Bipolar Disorder	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Poster
3105	Thielke	CPRS User Perspectives on Copying and Pasting of Text within the EMR	Implementation, Management, and Interventions	Poster
1071	Timbie	Implications of Treatment-Response Heterogeneity for the Use of Intermediate Outcomes in Diabetes Quality Measurement	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Oral
3106	Tirone	Gender Differences in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Disease Risk among OEF-OIF Veterans who Use VISN2 Primary Care	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Poster
1072	Ruggiero	Open Trial of Prolonged Exposure for PTSD Delivered via Telepsychiatry vs. In Person	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Oral
3107	Van Houtven	Enhancing Quality of Informal Care for Frail Veterans Receiving VA home care services: A Pilot Study of Perceived Need for Caregiver Training	Geriatrics and Long-Term Care	Poster
3108	Varosy	Comorbidity and Survival after Implantation of a First Cardioverter-Defibrillator among Veterans Enrolled in the VA National ICD Surveillance Center	Chronic Disease	Poster
1073	Vaughan Sarrazin	Racial Differences in Bisphosphonate Use among Patients Diagnosed with Osteoporosis after Hip Fracture	Access and Equity	Oral
3109	Velozo	Development of a Self/Proxy Report of Functional Cognition for TBI	Other	Poster
1074	Vick	Association of Timely Administration of Prophylactic Antibiotics for Major Surgical Procedures and Surgical Site Infection	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Oral
1075	Vogel	Structural Influences on Cost-Effectiveness in VA Stroke Rehabilitation	Other	Oral
3110	Vogt	Further Development and Validation of the Deployment Risk and Resilience Inventory	Research and Statistical Methodology	Poster
1076	Wagner	Why Cost-Offset Studies Do Not Convince Medical Centers to Provide Substance Use Disorder Treatment	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Oral
3111	Walters	Feasibility and Acceptability of Interventions to Slow Gun Access in VA Settings	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Poster
3112	Weaver	Deep-Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease: Does Age Matter?	Chronic Disease	Poster
1077	Weiner	Overlooking Contextual Information in Medical Decision Making: A Source of Medical Error and Avoidable Cost	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Oral
3113	Weir	Stereotypes and Scripts: Identifying and Understanding the Barriers to Effective Collaboration in Medication Management in the VA	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Poster
3114	West	VA Users also Use Non-VA Care Heavily, but Rural Veterans Rely Increasingly on the VA	Access and Equity	Poster
2016	White	An Introduction to Conducting and Interpreting Meta-Analyses	Research and Statistical Methodology	Workshop
3115	Widome	Obesity and Weight-Related Risks among Veterans Attending College	Other	Poster
1078	Williams	Estimating Dementia Prevalence Using Administrative versus Prospective Data	Geriatrics and Long-Term Care	Oral
3116	Williams	Depression and Incident Lower Limb Amputations in Veterans with Diabetes	Chronic Disease	Poster
1079	Woodard	Treatment Intensification in Patients with Diabetes and Limited Life Expectancy	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Oral
3117	Wu	Underuse of, and Mortality Associated with Cardiac Catheterization in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction According to Anemia Status	Inpatient Care	Poster
3118	Yancy	Obesity is Not Associated with Lower Receipt of Clinical Preventive Services in Veterans	Access and Equity	Poster
2017	Yano	Effectively Integrating Women Veterans into VA Health Services Research	Access and Equity	Workshop
3119	Yano	Barriers to Delivering Quality Care to Women Veterans: Competing Demands, Lack of Proficient Providers, and Inadequate Resources for Outreach	Access and Equity	Poster
3120	Yomtovian	Retrospective Case Series Analysis of Process Variability in Red Blood Cell (RBC) Transfusion Practice – Associations with Acuity of Patient Care	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Poster
3121	Young	Association of Reports of Feelings of Discrimination and Hemoglobin A1c among Diabetic Veterans	Access and Equity	Poster
3122	Zafar	Access to Bevacizumab for First-Line Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Cancer Outcomes Research & Surveillance Consortium (CanCORS) Study	Access and Equity	Poster
1005	Zeber	A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Higher Medication Copayments in Veterans with Schizophrenia	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Plenary
1080	Zeber	Diabetes and Medication Adherence: Understanding the Association between Perceived Drug Costs and Dimensions of the Therapeutic Alliance	Chronic Disease	Oral
3123	Zeber	Veterans with Serious Mental Illness Undergoing Surgical Procedures: Prevalence Rates of Preoperative Medical Comorbidities	Other	Poster
1081	Zeliadt	Follow-Up for Veterans after an Elevated Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA)	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Oral
2018	Zickmund	Transforming and Integrating Qualitative Themes into Statistical Models: A How-To Approach	Research and Statistical Methodology	Workshop
3124	Zickmund	Racial Disparities in Satisfaction with VA Care	Access and Equity	Poster
3125	Zivin	Antidepressant Adherence after Hospitalization among VA Patients with Depression	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	Poster
3126	Zullig	Colorectal Cancer Patient Refusal of Adjuvant Chemotherapy by Stage of Disease	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	Poster
1082	Zulman	Patient-Provider Concordance in Prioritization of Health Conditions: The Role of Competing Demands for Patients with Complex Chronic Conditions	Chronic Disease	Oral

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