2011 HSR&D Annual Meeting Abstracts

2011 HSR&D Annual Meeting Abstracts

Number	Presenter	Title	Content Area	Type
1001	Baker	The Differential Pattern of Post-Concussive Symptoms among Female Compared to Male OEF/OIF Veterans with Deployment-Related TBI	Other	PLENARY
1002	Bradley	Measuring the Quality of Care for Alcohol Misuse: Limitations of Screening-Based Measures	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	PLENARY
1003	DeLisle	Clinical Decision Support at the Time of an e-Prescription Can Sustainably Decrease Unwarranted Use of Antibiotics for Acute Respiratory Infections	Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications	PLENARY
1004	Garla	Implementation of a Text-Mining-Based Clinical Decision Support Tool to Improve the Management of Pulmonary Nodules	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	PLENARY
1005	Horvath	Clinical Trial of a Home Safety Intervention for Alzheimer's Disease	Evidence-based findings	PLENARY
1006	Jackson	Do the Economic Benefits of Participation in a Diabetes Group Visits Trial Persist after Trial Completion?	New models of care	PLENARY
1007	Axon	The Impact of Comorbid Depression on Longitudinal Medication Adherence among Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes	Evidence-based findings	ORAL
1008	Barnes	Head Injury in Older Veterans and Risk of Dementia	Evidence-based findings	ORAL
1009	Bauer	Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Collaborative Chronic Care Models for Mental Health Conditions	Evidence-based findings	ORAL
1010	Benzer	Relationships between Organizational Climate and Diabetes Quality of Care	Evidence-based findings	ORAL
1011	Bhatnagar	Leveraging the EMR for Studying Genetic Determinants of Complex Disease: Novel Genetic Association with Longitudinal Blood Pressure	Other	ORAL
1012	Bohnert	Opioid Prescribing and Fatal Opioid Overdose Trends in the VHA, 2000-2007	Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications	ORAL
1013	Calhoun	Diagnostic Efficiency of the AUDIT-C in OEF/OIF Veterans	Evidence-based findings	ORAL
1014	Carlson	Validity of Diagnosis Codes in VA Administrative Data for Identifying OEF/OIF Veterans with History of Traumatic Brain Injury	Other	ORAL
1015	Castro	Inpatient Stroke Care Quality for Veterans: Are there Differences between Stroke Belt States and Other Areas?	Evidence-based findings	ORAL
1016	Cohen	Returning Veterans with Schizophrenia to Paid, Competitive Employment	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	ORAL
1017	Crowley	Lack of Treatment Intensification in a Trial of Home Telemonitoring and Medication Management: Clinical Inertia or Good Clinical Judgment?	New models of care	ORAL
1018	Datta	Cost-Effectiveness of Oral Bisphosphonates for Osteoporosis at Different Ages and Levels of Life Expectancy	Evidence-based findings	ORAL
1019	Davis	Racial Differences in Treatment Response to a Depression Intervention	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	ORAL
1020	Desai	Gender Differences in Patterns of Comorbidity with PTSD among OEF/OIF Veterans	Expanding access	ORAL
1021	Doebbeling	Investigating Integration of Computerized Decision Support into Workflow at Three Benchmark Institutions	Other	ORAL
1022	Duffy	Effectiveness of the Tobacco Tactics Program in the Department of Veterans Affairs	Evidence-based findings	ORAL
1023	Eisen	Does Resilience Predict Mental Health, Alcohol or Drug Abuse in Afghanistan (OEF) and Iraq (OIF) Veterans?	Other	ORAL
1024	Exe	Mutations vs. Risk vs. Score: The Format of Genetic Test Results Can Alter Patients’ Reactions and Risk Perceptions	New models of care	ORAL
1025	Feil	Increased Risk of Hypoglycemia in Older Patients with Dementia and Cognitive Impairment: Do HEDIS Performance Measures Risk Safety?	Evidence-based findings	ORAL
1026	Feng	Antidepressant Treatment Duration and Post-Stroke Survival	Evidence-based findings	ORAL
1027	Fix	Using an Illness Web to Understand the Role of Co-Occurring Illnesses in Veterans’ Self-Management of Hypertension	Evidence-based findings	ORAL
1028	Fletcher	How Much Intern Time Does a Newly Admitted Patient Take?	Promoting excellence, enhancing VHA partnerships	ORAL
1029	Fortney	Implementing Telemedicine-Based Collaborative Care for MDD in Contract CBOCs	Expanding access	ORAL
1030	French	Substance Use Disorder and the Risk of Open-Angle Glaucoma	Evidence-based findings	ORAL
1031	Garvin	Automated Extraction of Ejection Fraction (EF) for Heart Failure (HF) from VA Echocardiogram Reports	Other	ORAL
1032	Gellad	Antipsychotic Prescribing in Older Veterans Administration Community Living Center Patients	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	ORAL
1033	Glasgow	Longitudinal Changes in Observed Minus Expected Length of Stay (OMELOS) Associated with the FY07 Flow Improvement Inpatient Initiative (FIX)	Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications	ORAL
1034	Hagedorn	Rewarding Early Abstinence and Treatment Participation (REAP): The Effect of Motivational Incentives on Substance Use Disorders Treatment Outcomes	Evidence-based findings	ORAL
1035	Hamilton	Homeless Women Veterans’ Social Service Needs and Experiences	Expanding access	ORAL
1036	Hassmiller-Lich	Using System Dynamics Tools to Integrate Evidence into VA Stroke Care	Evidence-based findings	ORAL
1037	Heisler	Blood Pressure Lowering among Eligible Patients Immediately and Up to Six Months after the Adherence and Intensification of Medications (AIM) Program	New models of care	ORAL
1038	Hendricks	Screening for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in OEF-OIF Deployed Military: An Empirical Assessment of the VHA Experience	Other	ORAL
1039	Hoffman	Testing and System Interventions Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening Uptake	Evidence-based findings	ORAL
1040	Holsinger	Performance of Cognitive Screening Tests in Primary Care	Evidence-based findings	ORAL
1041	Jackson	Variation in Practices and Attitudes of Mental Health Professionals Assessing PTSD-Related Disability among Veterans	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	ORAL
1042	Jarman	Combining Natural Language Processing and Statistical Text Mining: Classifying Fall-Related Progress Notes	Research and Statistical Methodology	ORAL
1043	Jones	Extraction and Validation of MRSA Data from the Nation’s VA Medical Centers	Research and Statistical Methodology	ORAL
1044	Kerr	Developing Clinically Meaningful Performance Measures for Hypertension: Are We Overtreating?	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	ORAL
1045	Kilbourne	The Self-Management Addressing Heart Risk Trial (SMAHRT): Baseline Results of an Integrated Health Behavior-Chronic Care Model	New models of care	ORAL
1046	Klamerus	Baseline Correlates of Achieving and Maintaining Blood Pressure Targets in the Adherence and Intensification of Medications (AIM) Program	New models of care	ORAL
1047	Koepsell	Obesity, Overweight, and their Life Course Trajectories in Veterans and Non-Veterans: Findings from NHANES	Evidence-based findings	ORAL
1048	Krishnamoorthi	Chronic Kidney Disease in Veterans with Spinal Cord Injury	Evidence-based findings	ORAL
1049	Laxmisan	An Electronic Health Record-Based Trigger to Detect Potential Delays in Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis	Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications	ORAL
1050	Littman	Implementation of a VA Weight Management Program: Who Enrolls and is There a Benefit?	Evidence-based findings	ORAL
1051	Long	A Randomized Controlled Trial of Peer Mentoring and Financial Incentive to Improve Glucose Control in African American Veterans	New models of care	ORAL
1052	MacGregor	Evaluating the Implementation of Models for Delivering Post-Deployment Integrated Care	Expanding access	ORAL
1053	Martins	Hypertension and Diabetes: Blood Pressure Goals Endorsed by VA Primary Care Providers	Other	ORAL
1054	McCarthy	Suicide Mortality among VHA Patients: Assessing Associations with Rurality and Distance to VA Providers	Expanding access	ORAL
1055	McInnes	Development and Testing of an HIV Medication Touch-Screen Patient Adherence Tool with Telephone-Based, Targeted Adherence Counseling	New models of care	ORAL
1056	Mengeling	OEF/OIF Reserve and National Guard Women Veteran Barriers to Mental Healthcare: Deployment and Provider Effects	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	ORAL
1057	Murff	Comparative Effectiveness Study of the Patient Safety Indicators and Natural Language Processing on Identifying Post-Operative Complications	Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications	ORAL
1058	Natarajan	A Behavioral Intervention to Improve Hypertension Control: Primary Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Trial	Evidence-based findings	ORAL
1059	Nelson	Adherence to HIV Antiretroviral Drugs is Worse for Protease Inhibitor-Based Regimens than for Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor-Based Regimens in Veterans	Evidence-based findings	ORAL
1060	Oliva	Opioid Agonist Treatment (OAT) for Opioid Dependence: Trends in Use of Buprenorphine and Patient and Facility Factors Related to OAT receipt	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	ORAL
1061	O'Toole	Accessing Homeless-Oriented Primary Care and Making the Transition to Stable Sheltering	Expanding access	ORAL
1062	Pirraglia	Co-Location of General Medical Services in Mental Health for Veterans with Serious Mental Illness and Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Hospital Admissions	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	ORAL
1063	Powell	Improving Follow-Up after a Positive Colorectal Cancer Screening Test: An Evaluation of the C4 Collaborative	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	ORAL
1064	Pugh	Exposure to Potentially Harmful Drug-Disease Interactions in a National Cohort of Older Veterans: Who is At Risk?	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	ORAL
1065	Ramchandani	Improving Access for Homeless Veterans: A New Health Care Model of Collaboration	Expanding access	ORAL
1066	Resnik	Community Reintegration: Comparing Outcomes of Working, Homeless, and OEF/OIF Veterans	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	ORAL
1067	Restrepo	Impact of Obesity on Mortality for Veterans with Sepsis	Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications	ORAL
1068	Rodrigues	Does Comorbidity Predict Treatment Barriers in Alcohol-Dependent Veterans?	Evidence-based findings	ORAL
1069	Rosenheck	A Clinical Trial of Long-Acting Injectable Risperidone and Oral Antipsychotics	Evidence-based findings	ORAL
1070	Sadler	Interpersonal Violence and OEF/OIF Reserve and National Guard Service Women	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	ORAL
1071	Sayer	Psychometric Properties of a Measure of Post-Deployment Community Reintegration Difficulty	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	ORAL
1072	Seal	Does Integrating Mental Health Services in VA Primary Care Reduce Barriers to Mental Health Care for OEF/OIF Veterans?	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	ORAL
1073	Shin	Assessing the Validity of Selected Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs): Are the PSIs Ready to be Used as Hospital Performance Measures?	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	ORAL
1074	Sinha	Estimating Quality-Adjusted Life Years Using SF-36 Questionnaire Responses: Challenges in a Population of Veterans with Diabetes	Research and Statistical Methodology	ORAL
1075	Smith	Results of the Comprehensive TBI Evaluation for Veterans Returning from OEF/OIF	Evidence-based findings	ORAL
1076	Soroka	Partial Credit Glycemic Measures for Older Veterans Not Receiving Insulin Therapy	Evidence-based findings	ORAL
1077	Taylor	Prevalence and Costs of Co-Occurring TBI, Psychiatric Disturbance, and Pain among OEF/OIF VA Users	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	ORAL
1078	Trivedi	Ten-Year Trends in the Quality of Care and Racial Disparities after the Veterans Affairs Organizational Transformation	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	ORAL
1079	Tseng	Trends in Initial Lower Extremity Amputation Rates among Veterans Health Administration Health Care System Users from 2000 to 2004	Evidence-based findings	ORAL
1080	Valenstein	MHICM and Antipsychotic Medication Adherence	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	ORAL
1081	Van Houtven	Cost Analysis of a Four-Arm Home- and Telephone-Based Intervention for Blood Pressure Management among Primary Care Patients with Hypertension	Evidence-based findings	ORAL
1082	Vogel	VHA Enrollment Rates across the Rural-Urban Continuum	Expanding access	ORAL
1083	Wagner	An Economic Analysis of Robot-Assisted Therapy for Long-Term Upper-Limb Impairment after Stroke	New models of care	ORAL
1084	Yoon	Changes in Spending on Chronic Conditions in the VA Health Care System 2000-2008	Other	ORAL
1085	Young	Long-Term Evaluation of Survival among Solid Organ Transplants among Veterans from 1995-2007	Evidence-based findings	ORAL
1086	Young	Impact of Tele-ICU Coverage on Patient Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	Expanding access	ORAL
1087	Zeringue	Time-Dependent Survival Analysis: Its Benefits and Hazards	Research and Statistical Methodology	ORAL
1088	Zhao	Latent Variable Models for “Quality of Care” in Multi-Center Cluster Randomized Trials	Research and Statistical Methodology	ORAL
1089	Zhou	Factors Influencing Receipt of Outpatient Rehabilitation Services among Veterans Following Lower Limb Amputation	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	ORAL
1090	Zuest	Telemedicine versus Face-to-Face Patient Care: A Comparison of Treatment Avoidance in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Patients	Expanding access	ORAL
2001	Bauer	Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial Designs for Enhanced Research Impact	Research and Statistical Methodology	WORKSHOP
2002	Damschroder	Implementation Research: An Approach to Promote More Timely and Informative Synthesis for Real-World Implementation Findings	Evidence-based findings	WORKSHOP
2003	D'Avolio	Bridging the Gap Between Clinical Science and Care: An Introduction to Point of Care Clinical Trials	Research and Statistical Methodology	WORKSHOP
2004	DuVall	An Introduction to Natural Language Processing in the VA	Research and Statistical Methodology	WORKSHOP
2005	McCart	An Introductory Look at Statistical Text Mining for Health Services Researchers	Research and Statistical Methodology	WORKSHOP
2006	McInnes	Opportunities for the New eHealth QUERI: Developing Approaches to Increase Veteran Adoption and Use of My HealtheVet (MHV)	New models of care	WORKSHOP
2007	Rosenthal	Building Successful VA HSR&D/CTSA Collaborations	Promoting excellence, enhancing VHA partnerships	WORKSHOP
2008	Sauer	Modern Approach to Causal Inference	Research and Statistical Methodology	WORKSHOP
2009	Sox-Harris	Validation of Process Quality Measures	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	WORKSHOP
2010	Tarlov	Current Applications and Future Directions in VA-CMS Data	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	WORKSHOP
2011	Voils	Psychometric Overview for Proper Development, Validation, and Evaluation of Self-Report Measures	Research and Statistical Methodology	WORKSHOP
2012	White	An Introduction to Conducting and Interpreting Meta-Analyses	Research and Statistical Methodology	WORKSHOP
2013	Woodbridge	Continuing ‘Quality in Parallel Circuits’: HSR&D and VERC Collaboration	Promoting excellence, enhancing VHA partnerships	WORKSHOP
2014	Yano	Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACT) Demonstration Lab Initiative: Research-Clinical Partnerships to Evaluate and Enhance VA PACT Implementation	New models of care	WORKSHOP
2015	Zhou	Mediation Analysis in Health Services Research		WORKSHOP
2016	Kressin	Developing a High VAlue Health Services Research Career in VA: Advice from Experienced Investigators		WORKSHOP
2017	Zickmund	Qualitative and Mixed Methods in QUERI and Implementation Research		WORKSHOP
2018	Resnik	Improving VA/DoD Healthcare Research Collaboration		WORKSHOP
2019	Hynes	Understanding Content of and Access to Major VA Data Sources Useful for Health Services Research		WORKSHOP
2020	Piette	State-of-the-Science Workshop on VA Caregiving Research		WORKSHOP
2021	Ward	HSR&D Scientific Merit Review Board (SMRB): The Process		WORKSHOP
3001	Beard	Results of a Randomized Trial of Telephone Counseling Plus Walking for Depressed Diabetes Patients Treated in VA and Non-VA Settings	New models of care	POSTER B
3002	Belsher	Treatment Expectations, Compensation-Seeking Status, and Therapeutic Alliance in a Sample of Military Veterans with PTSD	Evidence-based findings	POSTER B
3003	Berg	The Decade in Review: Trends in Outpatient Utilization among Women Veterans	Expanding access	POSTER A
3004	Bian	Effects of VISN 7 OncWatch Intervention on Colorectal Cancer Screening Adherence	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER A
3005	Bokhour	Explanatory Models and Daily Lived Experience in Patient-Provider Communication about Hypertension	Evidence-based findings	POSTER B
3006	Boockvar	Effect of Admission Medication Reconciliation on Adverse Drug Events in Hospitalized Veterans	Evidence-based findings	POSTER A
3007	Borzecki	How Valid is the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicator Postoperative Metabolic Derangements?	Evidence-based findings	POSTER A
3008	Borzecki	Using Clinical Groupers to Study Episodes of Care	Research and Statistical Methodology	POSTER A
3009	Bowersox	VHA Inpatient Psychiatric Bed Capacity and Prevalence of Serious Mental Illness in Long-Term Care Facilities, 1999-2007	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER B
3010	Broyles	Anticipated Barriers and Facilitators Associated with Nurse-Delivered Alcohol SBIRT for Hospitalized Veterans	New models of care	POSTER A
3011	Jensen	Challenges of Recruiting Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Caregivers in Research	Research and Statistical Methodology	POSTER B
3012	Canelo	Availability of General and Specialty Women’s Health Services at CBOCs: VHA Survey of Women Veterans Health Programs and Practices, 2007	Expanding access	POSTER B
3013	Caplan	Methotrexate Use, MTHFR Polymorphisms, and Traditional Risk Factors in Predicting Cardiovascular Events in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)	Other	POSTER B
3014	Chambers	Extracting Free Text from Electronic Health Record: Natural Language Processing to Identify Lines and Devices in Portable Chest X-Ray Reports	Other	POSTER B
3015	Charlton	Timely Follow-up of Positive Fecal Occult Blood Testing for Colon Cancer Screening: Travel Time Trumps Rural Residence	Expanding access	POSTER B
3016	Cohen	Rates and Predictors of Readmission after Discharge from a PTSD Residential Treatment Program in the VA System	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER B
3017	Conlin	Hemoglobin A1c as a Predictor of Incident Diabetes	Evidence-based findings	POSTER A
3018	Dismuke	Race/Ethnicity, Utilization, and Mortality Among Veterans with TBI	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER B
3019	Dobscha	Predictors of Opioid Initiation and Long Term Use among Veterans with Chronic Pain	Evidence-based findings	POSTER B
3020	Donnelly	Reliability and Validity of the VA TBI Screening Tool	Evidence-based findings	POSTER B
3021	Dossa	Transitions of Care from Hospital to Home for Older Veterans with Functional Limitations: Patient and Caregiver Perspectives	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER A
3022	Eisen	Combat Experience, Mental Health, Alcohol and Drug Use in Post-Deployed Afghanistan (OEF) and Iraq (OIF) Veterans	Other	POSTER A
3023	Elwy	Getting to Treatment for Depression: The Role of Veterans' Illness Perceptions	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER A
3024	Evans	An Evaluation of the VA TBI Screening Clinical Reminder among OEF/OIF Veterans and Active Duty Service Members	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER B
3025	Farmer	Primary Care Practice and Specialty Features Associated with Improving Smoking Cessation Treatment	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER A
3026	Finley	Patient Perceptions of Clinic Member Relationships: How Much Do Veterans Know About What Goes On in VA Primary Care Clinics?	New models of care	POSTER A
3027	Frayne	Atrial Fibrillation Management in Patients with Mental Illness: Are They Anticoagulated? Are They Monitored?	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER B
3028	Friedemann-Sanchez	Why are Caregivers of OEF/OIF Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury and Polytrauma Financially Strained?	Other	POSTER A
3029	Funkhouser	A Group Randomized Trial of an Internet-Delivered Intervention Improved Lipid and Diabetes Control in Veterans with Myocardial Infarction: VA MI-Plus	Evidence-based findings	POSTER B
3030	Gebregziabher	Dealing with Missing Race Data: An Empirical Investigation of Imputation Methods	Research and Statistical Methodology	POSTER A
3031	Gifford	How Do Substance Use Disorder Clinicians Implement Evidence-Based Psychotherapies? A Cluster Analysis of Evidence-Based Practice Components	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER A
3032	Goulet	The Impact of Pain on Suicide Risk Screening Among Veterans in VA Care	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER A
3033	Goy	Recognizing Hospice Eligibility in Parkinson's Disease	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER A
3034	Griffin	Caring for OEF/OIF Veterans with Polytrauma: The Objective Burden of Caregivers.	Other	POSTER A
3035	Groessl	Effects of the Hepatitis C Self-Management Program at 1-Year	Evidence-based findings	POSTER A
3036	Hall	The Impact of iMedConsent(TM) on Patient Decision Making among Veterans Considering Cholecystectomy and Inguinal Herniorrhaphy	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER B
3037	Hastings	Emergency Department Discharge Information: What is Provided and do Patients Understand?	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER A
3038	Hastings	Older Veterans Treated and Released from VAMC Emergency Departments	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER A
3039	Heidenreich	Using a Heart Failure Provider Network to Implement the Hospital to Home (H2H) Initiative: Results from a Randomized Trial	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER B
3040	Hudson	Impact of Rurality on Care for Depression or PTSD among OEF/OIF Veterans	Expanding access	POSTER B
3041	Hunt	Racial and Ethnic Differences in All-Cause Mortality in a National Cohort of Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes	Evidence-based findings	POSTER B
3042	Hutt	Is ACEI/ARB Prescription Associated with Mortality and Heart Failure (HF) Hospitalization among VA Nursing Home Residents with HF	Evidence-based findings	POSTER A
3043	Jackson	Concurrent Validity of the Global Assessment of Function (GAF) for PTSD	Evidence-based findings	POSTER B
3044	Jia	Post-Acute Stroke Rehabilitation Utilization: Are There Difference between Rural-Urban Patients and Taxonomies?	Expanding access	POSTER A
3045	Katz	Does Improved Continuity of Primary Care Reduce Emergency Visits in VA?	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER B
3046	Keith	Assessing Primary Care Readiness for Disease Registries: A Study of the Diabetes Cube	New models of care	POSTER B
3047	Kilbourne	Quality of General Medical Care for Patients with Serious Mental Illness: Does Co-Location of Services Matter?	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER A
3048	Klap	Limited Adoption of Integrated Mental Health Services in Primary Care, Findings from a National Survey of VA Primary Care Directors.	Expanding access	POSTER B
3049	Knight	Comprehensive Assessment of Veterans' Preferences for Prostate Cancer Care: Validity of the Values Insight and Balance Evaluation Scales	Evidence-based findings	POSTER B
3050	Krein	What VA and Non-VA Hospitals are Doing to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infection: 2005 to 2009	Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications	POSTER A
3051	Kudel	Accounting for Symptom Severity and Other Item Level Characteristics Yields a More Precise Measure of Depression	Research and Statistical Methodology	POSTER A
3052	LaFleur	Fewer Than a Quarter of HIV-Positive Veterans Adhere to Medications at Recommended Levels	Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications	POSTER B
3053	Laxmisan	Improving Follow-up of Abnormal Test Results: Evaluating the Impact of a “Mandatory” Notification	Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications	POSTER B
3054	Lee	Evaluating Vascular Access Process of Care Measures in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease Patients	Other	POSTER A
3055	Linsky	Proton Pump Inhibitor Discontinuation in VA Long-Term Care	Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications	POSTER A
3056	Littman	Vigorous Physical Activity and Separation from the Military in OIF/OEF Service Members and Veterans	Other	POSTER B
3057	Livote	Validating Use of a Symptom Assessment Scale in Palliative Care	Research and Statistical Methodology	POSTER A
3058	Loveland	Trends in Readmission Rates within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER A
3059	Lu	Correlates of VA PTSD Specialty Treatment Utilization among Veterans Newly Diagnosed with PTSD	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER A
3060	Lund	Increased Risk for Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing among Rural Elder Veterans	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER A
3061	Luther	Statistical Text Mining to Supplement the Development of a Clinical Vocabulary for PTSD in Veterans	Research and Statistical Methodology	POSTER B
3062	MacGregor	The Relationship between PTSD, Depression, and Pain Severity in Male Primary Care Patients	Evidence-based findings	POSTER A
3063	McFarland	Increasing Access to Care for Rural Veterans in VISN 20 with TeleDermatology	Expanding access	POSTER A
3064	McInnes	Teaching Veterans to Use the Internet and My HealtheVet for Self-Management of Serious Chronic Conditions – A Pilot Study	Expanding access	POSTER B
3065	Morasco	Adherence to Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Chronic Opioid Therapy in Veterans with Chronic Pain Based on Substance Use Disorder Status	Evidence-based findings	POSTER A
3066	Mundy	Perceptions of Exercise Adherence and Response to a Transtheoretical Model-Based Behavioral Intervention to Lower Blood Pressure	Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications	POSTER B
3067	Murphy	Reducing Overload from CPRS View Alerts: How do We Know What’s Really Necessary?	Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications	POSTER B
3068	Noel	Organizational Interventions to Improve Chronic Illness Care: Utilization of Chronic Care Model Elements	New models of care	POSTER B
3069	Ohl	Rural Residence and Adoption of a Novel HIV Therapy in a National, Equal-Access Healthcare System	Expanding access	POSTER A
3070	Palmer	Identification and Classification of Medically Unexplained Symptoms in VA Clinical Documents	Other	POSTER B
3071	Pape	Predicting More and Less Autonomy with Expression 1-Year after Severe Brain Injury	Evidence-based findings	POSTER A
3072	Pfeiffer	Treatment Resistant Depression and Risk for Psychiatric Hospitalization and Suicide	Evidence-based findings	POSTER A
3073	Phibbs	A Longitudinal Study of the Effects of Nurse Staffing Levels, Nursing Characteristics, and Job Tenure on Patient Outcomes for VA Long Term Care	Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications	POSTER B
3074	Powell	A Qualitative Study of the Unintended Effects of Performance Measurement in VHA Primary Care	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER A
3075	Powell-Cope	Predicting Serious Injurious Falls in Community Living Centers	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER B
3076	Powers	The Effectiveness of Personalized Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke Risk Communication	Evidence-based findings	POSTER A
3077	Reeves	Extracting Time Concepts from Electronic Health Records: A Prerequisite for Surveillance of Medical Events across Time	Evidence-based findings	POSTER A
3078	Reisinger	Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Service Members’ and Veterans’ Decisions to Access the VA	Expanding access	POSTER B
3079	Richardson	Cost of Post-Operative Complications after Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement Surgery	Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications	POSTER B
3080	Rongey	Impaired Access to Specialty Care Among Rural Veterans with Hepatitis C	Expanding access	POSTER B
3081	Rongey	Improving Access to Liver Care among Urban Poor and Rural Veterans with Hepatitis C Associated Liver Disease: A Conceptual Framework	Expanding access	POSTER B
3082	Rose	Projected Benefits of Quality Improvement in Oral Anticoagulation for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation	Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications	POSTER A
3083	Rose	Use of Provider Feedback and Clinical Champions Associated with Depression Screening, Findings from EPRP and National Survey of PC Directors (2007)	Evidence-based findings	POSTER A
3084	Roumie	Prevalence of Inadequate Blood Pressure Control among vVterans after Acute Ischemic Stroke Hospitalization: A Retrospective Cohort	Evidence-based findings	POSTER A
3085	Ryoo	Quality of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Care in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER B
3086	Saleem	Impact of a Redesign for Colorectal Cancer Screening Computerized Decision Support	Other	POSTER A
3087	Schutte	Comparison of Alternative Methods for Identifying DSS Pharmacy Prescription Records	Research and Statistical Methodology	POSTER B
3088	Seal	A Randomized Controlled Trial of Motivational Interviewing to Improve Mental Health Treatment Engagement and Outcomes in OEF/OIF Veterans	Expanding access	POSTER B
3089	Shen	Classifying Features from VA Clinical Documents to Identify Homeless or At-Risk Veterans	Other	POSTER B
3090	Shiner	Automated Classification of Psychotherapy Note Text	Research and Statistical Methodology	POSTER A
3091	Smith	A Comparison of Longitudinal Cost Modeling Techniques	Research and Statistical Methodology	POSTER A
3092	Solimeo	Formative Evaluation of PACT Implementation in VISN-23: A mixed methods approach	New models of care	POSTER B
3093	Sperber	Racial differences in a randomized controlled trial of a telephone-based self-management intervention for osteoarthritis	Evidence-based findings	POSTER A
3094	Speroff	A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial on Standardized Disability Assessment for Service-Connected Posttraumatic Stress Disorder	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER A
3095	Spoont	An Evidence Synthesis of Rural Health Care	Expanding access	POSTER B
3096	Stepnowsky	Effect of a Self-Management Intervention on CPAP Adherence	Evidence-based findings	POSTER B
3097	Stroupe	Cost of Treating Pressure Ulcers for Veterans with Spinal Cord Injury	Enhancing efficiency, decreasing complications	POSTER B
3098	Taheri	Using Discrete Event Simulation to Design an Endoscopy Suite Configuration	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER B
3099	Trivedi	Systematic Review: Comparison of the Quality of Medical Care in VA and Non-VA Settings	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER A
3100	Trivedi	Adherence to Quality Measures and Mortality among Veterans with Congestive Heart Failure	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER A
3101	Trivedi	The Influence of Spousal Well-Being on Heart Failure Disease Management: Conceptual Model and Pilot Data	New models of care	POSTER B
3102	Van Houtven	Financial Strain Among Family Caregivers of OEF/OIF Service Members with Traumatic Brain Injury and Polytrauma	Evidence-based findings	POSTER A
3103	Virani	Frequency and Predictors of Appropriate Response to Elevated LDL Cholesterol Levels in Veterans with Cardiovascular Disease	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER A
3104	Washington	VA Race and Ethnicity Data Consistency and Agreement with Survey Self-Report	Research and Statistical Methodology	POSTER B
3105	Washington	From Exemplar Models of Care to Systemwide Quality Improvement: Ratings of Care with the VA Natural Experiment in Diffusion of Primary Care for Women	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER B
3106	Watts	Checklist to Identify Inpatient Suicide Hazards: Results from the First Two Years	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER B
3107	Weir	Communication Patterns across Clinical Roles in Inpatient Settings: A Focus on Medication Conversations	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER B
3108	West	Medicare Part D Increased Prescription Expenditures among Rural Residents	Expanding access	POSTER A
3109	Whittle	Impact of a Peer Support Intervention Delivered in Veterans Service Organizations on Blood Pressure Control	Evidence-based findings	POSTER B
3110	Williams	Evaluating the Impact of Parkinson’s Disease Research, Education, and Clinical Centers (PADRECCs): Preliminary Findings	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER B
3111	Wray	The VISN 2 Dementia Case-Finding Program: An Evidence-Based Approach to Support the Recognition of Dementia in Primary Care	New models of care	POSTER B
3112	Young	Disparities in the Treatment of Schizophrenia	Enhancing quality, access, and continuity	POSTER B
3113	Zeber	Medication Adherence as a Measure of Comparative Effectiveness in Older Patients with New-Onset Epilepsy	Evidence-based findings	POSTER A

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