2012 HSR&D/QUERI National Conference Abstracts

2012 HSR&D/QUERI National Conference Abstracts

Number	Presenter	Title	Content Area	Type
1001	Petersen	Do Financial Incentives for Guideline Adherence Improve Care of Hypertension in the VA Primary Care Setting? A Multi-Site Randomized Trial	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	plenary
1002	Tarlov	Reduced Overall and Event-Free Survival among Colon Cancer Patients Using Dual System Care	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	plenary
1003	Krein	Veterans Walk to Beat Back Pain: Randomized Trial 6-Month Results	Health Information Technology and e-Health	plenary
1004	Finley	Assessing Clinic Member Relationships and Implications for Quality in VA Primary Care	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	plenary
1005	Stecker	Increasing Treatment Seeking among Returning Veterans Needing Treatment for PTSD	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	plenary
1006	Ibrahim	A Randomized, Controlled Educational Intervention to Reduce Racial Variation in Elective Knee Replacement	Access, Equity, Homelessness	plenary
1007	Hanchate	Evaluation of Statistical Methods for Profiling Hospital Outcome Performance: The Case of Acute Myocardial Infarction 30-day Mortality in the VA	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	oral
1008	Kim	Predictors of Suicides in Patient Charts among Patients Receiving Depression Treatment	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	oral
1009	Murphy	CPRS-Based “View Alerts” Received by VA PCPs: How Many and How Much Time Do They Take?	Medical Informatics	oral
1010	Whited	The Impact of Store and Forward Teledermatology on Skin Disease-Related Quality of Life	Health Information Technology and e-Health	oral
1011	Wyte	Coordinating Care for Returning Veterans: VA’s Post-Deployment Integrated Care Initiative	Post-Deployment Health	oral
1012	Trivedi	Use of the VA Health Care System by Medicare Advantage Enrollees	Other	oral
1013	Zhou	A Nonparametric Heteroscedastic Transformation Model for VA Cost Data	Research and Statistical Methodology	oral
1014	Kennedy	Should Healthcare Systems Develop Their Own Risk Models for Patients?: Risk Prediction via Ensemble Learning and Other Data-Adaptive Methods	Medical Informatics	oral
1015	Corson	Rates and Correlates of Positive Suicidal Ideation Screens among OEF/OIF Veterans with Positive Depression Screens	Post-Deployment Health	oral
1016	Libby	Predictors, Consequences, and Reasons for Early Discharge from VA Intensive/Inpatient PTSD Treatment Programs	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	oral
1017	Snow	Development of the Resident-Centered Assessment of Interactions with Staff and Engagement (RAISE): A Nursing Home Quality of Care Observational Tool	Geriatrics and Long-Term Care	oral
1018	Sauer	EpiTools: Medication History Estimator	Research and Statistical Methodology	oral
1019	Mudumbai	Peri-Operative Mortality Risk from the Use and Discontinuation of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors	Other	oral
1020	Rosen	Outcomes of Telephone Case Monitoring for Veterans with PTSD	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	oral
1021	Smith-Spangler	Care Coordination: In Search of the Active Ingredients of Interventions Reported in Systematic Reviews	Other	oral
1022	Russ	9 Factors that Influence Prescribers’ Response to VA Medication Safety Checks at the Point-of-Care	Medical Informatics	oral
1023	Zhao	Jointly Modeling Multiple Cost Outcomes Using Multivariate Generalized Linear Mixed Models	Research and Statistical Methodology	oral
1024	Moeckli	Staff Acceptance of Tele-ICU Monitoring	Health Information Technology and e-Health	oral
1025	Farmer	Frontline Challenges to Delivering Primary Care	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	oral
1026	Morey	Enhancing Fitness in Older Overweight Veterans with Impaired Fasting Glucose: A Partnership with Primary Care	Geriatrics and Long-Term Care	oral
1028	Schweizer	Costs Associated with Surgical Site Infections in VA Hospitals	Healthcare Economics	oral
1029	Plumb	VISN-Wide Implementation of a Program to Increase HIV Testing Rates	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	oral
1030	Stewart	Using a Mixed-Method Approach to Assess Team Member Role Transformation in PACT	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	oral
1031	Simpson	Do Financial Incentives for Guideline Adherence Improve HTN Care for African-American Patients? A Multi-Site RCT	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	oral
1032	Morrison	The Providers’ Dilemma: Audience, Privacy, and the Documentation of Stigmatizing Diseases in the Electronic Medical Record	Medical Informatics	oral
1033	Bohnert	Return Visits Following Initial VHA Use by Patients with Mental Illnesses: Differences by Receipt of Primary Care - Mental Health Integration Services	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	oral
1034	Ruzek	Web-Based Training in Core CBT Skills: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial with VHA PTSD Treatment Providers	Implementation Science: Theory and Methods	oral
1035	Pugh	Complex Comorbidity Clusters: Beyond the Polytrauma Clinical Triad	Post-Deployment Health	oral
1036	Solimeo	Perceived Barriers to Improving Advanced Clinic Access When Implementing Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACT)	Access, Equity, Homelessness	oral
1037	Mansfield	Effects of PTSD Symptoms and Treatment on Partners of Veterans with PTSD	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	oral
1038	Vaughan Sarrazin	An Empirically-Based Typology of VA Users Representing Patterns of VA Service Utilization: Latent Class Analysis	Research and Statistical Methodology	oral
1039	Bouldin	Physical Activity among Veterans with Diabetes	Other	oral
1040	Gellad	Facility-Level Variation in the Quality of Prescribing for Older Veterans	Geriatrics and Long-Term Care	oral
1041	Kline	PTSD and Alcohol Misuse: What Is the Connection?	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	oral
1042	True	Slamdunks, Roadblocks, and Workarounds: Case Studies from the Frontlines of Patient-Aligned Care Teams	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	oral
1043	Lee	Willingness of National Guard Members to Utilize VA Care Under Enhanced Enrollment	Post-Deployment Health	oral
1044	Schultz	Predictors of Change in Overall Mental Health and PTSD Symptom Severity in OEF/OIF Veterans following Return from Deployment	Post-Deployment Health	oral
1045	Stroupe	Healthcare Utilization and Costs of Veterans Screened for Traumatic Brain Injury	Post-Deployment Health	oral
1046	Benzer	One-Year Cost Implications of Mental Healthcare Following an Inpatient Health Shock	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	oral
1047	Cordasco	2011 VHA Emergency Services for Women (ESW) Survey	Women's Health	oral
1048	Whitehead	Cardiac Risk Profile of Women Veterans	Women's Health	oral
1049	Hung	Veterans’ Perspectives on Using Both VA and Non-VA System Care	Access, Equity, Homelessness	oral
1050	Friedman	Women in VHA: Who Leaves and Who Stays?	Women's Health	oral
1051	Maisel	Meta-Analysis of Naltrexone and Acamprosate for Treating Alcohol Use Disorders: When Are These Medications Most Helpful?	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	oral
1052	Sinnott	What VA Researchers Need to Know about Fee Basis Care	Healthcare Economics	oral
1053	Vaughan Sarrazin	Changes in VA Service Utilization Patterns as VA Patients Age and Become Medicare Eligible	Access, Equity, Homelessness	oral
1054	Pugh	Association between High-Risk Medication in the Elderly and Drug-Disease Interactions with Use of Emergency/Hospital Care and Mortality	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	oral
1055	Saini	Attitudes towards Discontinuation of Colorectal Cancer Screening among Patients at Low Risk for Colorectal Cancer	Other	oral
1056	Hamilton	Factors Contributing to Women Veterans’ Decisions to Discontinue VHA Health Care	Women's Health	oral
1057	Toyinbo	Who Benefits or Is Harmed by This Intervention Program? Assessing Variation in Intervention Impact in Randomized Field Trials	Research and Statistical Methodology	oral
1058	Gutierrez	Characterizing Primary Care Provider (PCP) Activity in Routine Practice	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	oral
1059	Cully	Implementation Strategies for Increasing Adoption and Fidelity of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Primary Care	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	oral
1060	Hartmann	Community Living Center Employees’ Perceptions of Resident Safety Climate: Validation of A Novel Instrument and Results from A National Survey	Geriatrics and Long-Term Care	oral
1061	Stockdale	Engaging Clinical Partners in Evidence-Based Quality Improvement: Results from the First Year of the Veterans Assessment and Improvement Laboratory	Implementation Science: Theory and Methods	oral
1062	Kaboli	Adverse Events after Intravitreal Injection of Ranibizumab and Bevacizumab for Age-Related Macular Degeneration	Comparative Effectiveness Research	oral
1063	Meyer	The Influence of PTSD Symptom Clusters, TBI, Chronic Pain, and Alcohol Abuse on Multiple Domains of Functioning in Trauma-Exposed OEF/OIF Veterans	Post-Deployment Health	oral
1064	Slatore	A Comparative Effectiveness Study of Pre-Operative PET Imaging and the Reduction of Unnecessary Lung Cancer Surgery	Comparative Effectiveness Research	oral
1065	Stroupe	Medication Acquisition from VA and Non-VA Pharmacies by Elderly Veterans	Geriatrics and Long-Term Care	oral
1066	Allen	Effects of a Telephone-Based Osteoarthritis Self-Management Program on Communication with Healthcare Providers	Other	oral
1067	Hausmann	Racial Disparities in the Monitoring of Patients on Chronic Opioid Therapy	Access, Equity, Homelessness	oral
1068	McCarren	Gender Distribution in Research	Other	oral
1069	Wong	Relationship between Local Unemployment and Use of Veterans Affairs Healthcare Services in the United States	Healthcare Economics	oral
1070	Possemato	Veteran Feedback on a Proposed Web-Based Intervention for PTSD and Substance Misuse	Post-Deployment Health	oral
1072	Amuan	The Nexus of Traumatic Brain Injury and Epilepsy in OEF/OIF Veterans	Post-Deployment Health	oral
1073	High	Separate Main Effects of Mild TBI and PTSD in OEF/OIF Veterans: Support for the “Additive” Hypothesis	Post-Deployment Health	oral
1074	Dichter	Intimate Partner Violence and Women Veterans: The Need for a Standardized Response	Women's Health	oral
1075	Axon	Comparison of Methods for Modeling Comorbidities in Health Outcomes Research	Research and Statistical Methodology	oral
1076	Partin	Levels and Variation in Overuse of Colorectal Cancer Screening in VHA	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	oral
1077	Virani	Correlates of Multiple Lipid Panels in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease Who Have Achieved LDL Cholesterol Treatment Goals	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	oral
1078	Wong	The Impact of Prescription Copayment Increases on Medication Adherence: Are There Racial Differences?	Healthcare Economics	oral
1079	Outcalt	Pain and Psychological Outcomes in OEF/OIF Veterans with Comorbid Musculoskeletal Pain and PTSD: Analysis of Baseline Data from a Randomized Trial	Post-Deployment Health	oral
1080	Bohnert	The Association of Length of Opioid Therapy and Days Since Last Opioid Fill with Opioid Overdose Death	Other	oral
1081	McFarland	Increasing Access to Dermatology Care for Rural Veterans through VISN 20 Teledermatology Education and Skills Training	Access, Equity, Homelessness	oral
1082	Smith	Suicide Risk Assessments Received by Veterans with a History of Depression Dying by Suicide: A Comprehensive Chart Review	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	oral
1083	Stroupe	Trends in Anemia Treatment in Cancer, 2002 – 2009	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	oral
1084	Bailey	A Hospice Emergency Kit (HEK): Evaluation of Effectiveness by Retrospective Chart Review and Hospice Nurse Questionnaires	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	oral
1085	Washington	Changing Characteristics of Women Veterans – Implications for VA Women’s Health Programs and Services	Women's Health	oral
1086	Whealin	Community, Institutional, and Individual Issues and Access to Care among Rural and Urban Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom/New Dawn	Access, Equity, Homelessness	oral
1087	Chou	Organizational Factors Affecting the Likelihood of Cancer Screening among VA Patients	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	oral
1088	Hsiao	Long-Term Cancer Survivorship Care in the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	oral
1089	Valenstein	Social Support and Recovery Orientation among Patients in VA Depression Care: Implications for Interventions	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	oral
1090	Lund	Lack of Continuity in VA Primary Care Predicts Lapses in Prescribing Quality	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	oral
1091	Babcock-Parziale	Experts’ Uncertainty about Diagnostic Criteria for a Remote Mild Traumatic Brain Injury	Post-Deployment Health	oral
1092	Kilbourne	Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial of Life Goals Collaborative Care to Reduce CVD Risk in Patients with Serious Mental Illness	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	oral
1093	Vigen	Hospital Variation in Premature Clopidogrel Discontinuation Following Drug Eluting Stent Placement and Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	oral
1094	Shiner	Measuring Use of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	oral
1095	Valenstein	Firearm Access and Potential Interventions to Increase Safety for VA Patients in Mental Health Treatment	Other	oral
1096	McAndrew	Chronic Multisymptom Illness: An Unrecognized Public Health Concern among OEF/OIF Veterans	Post-Deployment Health	oral
1097	Bokhour	Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing a Multimodal Intervention to Increase HIV Testing	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	oral
1098	Williams	Implementing Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention with Clinical Reminders: Barriers and Facilitators	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	oral
1099	Marx	Effectiveness of Standardized Disability Assessment for Service-Connected Posttraumatic Stress Disorder	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	oral
1100	Goodrich	Evaluation of CCHT-Weight Management (Tele-MOVE) Program Implementation	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	oral
1101	Hogan	Personal Health Information Management and the Role of VA’s Personal Health Record Portal among Veterans with Spinal Cord Injury/Disorder	Health Information Technology and e-Health	oral
1102	Young	Implementation of Evidence-Based Weight Practices in Specialty Mental Health	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	oral
1103	Klamerus	Assessing Appropriateness of Lipid Management among Patients with Diabetes	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	oral
1104	Viverito	Do Veterans Prescribed Antipsychotics Receive Recommended Monitoring for Metabolic Side Effects?	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	oral
1105	Armstrong	Measuring Veteran Recovery at Mental Health Clinics: The Mental Health Recovery Measure (MHRM)	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	oral
1106	Hawkins	Prevalence and Trends in Benzodiazepine and Concomitant Opioid Analgesics Use among VA Patients with PTSD, 2003-2010	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	oral
1107	Donnell	Development of a Quality of Life Tool for Deployment-Related TBI	Other	oral
1108	Wiitala	Performance of Framingham and UKPDS Risk Tools in Estimating 5-Year Cardiovascular (CV) Outcomes in Veterans with Diabetes	Research and Statistical Methodology	oral
1109	Solomon	How Primary Care Providers Prioritize HIV Testing and General Preventive Care	Other	oral
1110	Sadler	Online Interventions for Female OEF/OIF Reserve and National Guard War Veterans	Post-Deployment Health	oral
1111	Damschroder	Measuring Fidelity to Enhance Delivery of Obesity Treatment and its Future Translation into Practice: Application in the ASPIRE-VA RCT	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	oral
1112	Cohen	Mental Health Consumer and Provider Perspectives on a Weight Management Program: Improving Implementation of Needed Services	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	oral
1113	Tsai	Use and Effectiveness of Drug-Eluting versus Bare Metal Stents in Saphenous Vein Bypass Graft Percutaneous Coronary Interventions	Comparative Effectiveness Research	oral
1114	Carlson	Gender Differences in Pain Diagnoses among OEF/OIF Veteran VA Users with Traumatic Brain Injury	Post-Deployment Health	oral
1115	Warner	Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Differences between OEF/OIF Veterans with and without Traumatic Brain Injury	Post-Deployment Health	oral
1116	Dobscha	Screening for Suicidal Ideation among OEF/OIF Veterans with Positive Depression Screens	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	oral
1117	Bradley	A Majority of Brief Alcohol Interventions Documented in the Medical Record are Reported By VA Patients	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	oral
1118	Phibbs	Rate and Predictors of Tricyclic Antidepressant Monotherapy to Patients with Bipolar I Disorder	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	oral
1119	Fix	My HealtheVet Clinical Reminder: Formative Evaluation of Clinic Structures, Organization, Culture, and Workflow to Develop a Clinic-Based Intervention	Health Information Technology and e-Health	oral
1120	Fix	We Just Had to Deal with [Treatment] and Go to Work: The Impact of Work on Patients’ Abilities to Complete Hepatitis C Treatment	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	oral
1121	Uphold	Unmet Needs of OEF/OIF/OND Veterans and Their Families Living in the U.S. Virgin Islands	Post-Deployment Health	oral
1122	Rodriguez	Enhancing Adherence to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Diet Using a Tailored Behavioral Intervention	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	oral
1123	Kales	Determinants of Antidepressant Adherence among Older Veterans	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	oral
2001	Helmer	So, You Want to Study OEF/OIF Veterans…A Community-Engaged Research Approach	Post-Deployment Health	workshop
2002	Hamilton	Qualitative Data Analysis in Implementation Research	Implementation Science: Theory and Methods	workshop
2003	Chumbler	Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Successful Toolkits in VA	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	workshop
2004	Solimeo	The Critical Role of Qualitative and Mixed Methodologies in Understanding PACT Implementation	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	workshop
2005	Rosenthal	Building Successful VA HSR&D/CTSA Collaborations in Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER)	Comparative Effectiveness Research	workshop
2006	Mittman	Innovative Research-Operations Partnerships in VHA	Other	workshop
2007	Rubin	Agent-Based Simulation in Health Services Research	Research and Statistical Methodology	workshop
2008	Turvey	Increasing Veteran Adoption of MyHealtheVet: Collaboration between the eHealth QUERI and Operational, Clinical, and Community-Based Partners	Health Information Technology and e-Health	workshop
2009	Kilbourne	Building the Plane While Flying It: Lessons from the VA Homelessness Health Services Research-National Center on Homelessness Partnership	Access, Equity, Homelessness	workshop
2010	Hynes	Current Research Applications and Future Directions in VA-CMS Data	Research and Statistical Methodology	workshop
2011	O'Toole	Finding and Following: Methodological Challenges in Homeless Veterans Research	Access, Equity, Homelessness	workshop
2012	White	An Introduction to Conducting and Interpreting Meta-Analyses	Research and Statistical Methodology	workshop
2013	Nebeker	VA Informatics and Computing Infrastructure (VINCI) - Data Services and SAS/Grid	Other	workshop
2014	Bauer	Applying Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Methods to VA Health Services Research	Research and Statistical Methodology	workshop
2015	Hoover	Research Needs in Health Information Technology Safety Based on Case Studies from the VA National Center for Patient Safety	Health Information Technology and e-Health	workshop
2016	Garrido	Nonlinearity and Endogeneity in Health Services Research	Research and Statistical Methodology	workshop
2017	White	Strategies Supporting the VA Transition to Patient-Aligned Care Teams	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	workshop
2018	Elwy	Building Strong Research and Operations Partnerships: Strategies and Experiences of the HIV/Hepatitis QUERI and VA Office of Public Health	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	workshop
2019	Rosen	Now What? Learning from Null Findings in Well-Designed Studies	Research and Statistical Methodology	workshop
2020	McCarren	Building Successful Collaborations: A Guide to Collaboration Between Principal Investigators and Statisticians	Other	workshop
2021	Richardson	Implementing Diabetes Prevention in VA – Expanding the Reach	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	workshop
2022	Dollar	Partnering to Adapt PC-MHI for CBOCs	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	workshop
2023	Resnik	Inside the VA/DoD Collaboration Guidebook for Healthcare Research	Other	workshop
2024	Rubenstein	PACT Demonstration Labs: Multi-Level Partnerships in Action	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	workshop
2025	Kaboli	Improving Access to VA Care: Policy and Research Recommendations from an HSR&D State of the Art (SOTA) Conference	Access, Equity, Homelessness	workshop
2026	Metzger	The Effective Research Partnership: Working with PC-MHI	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	workshop
2027	Samore	Tools for Exploring and Analyzing Text Data in Health Services Research and Epidemiology	Medical Informatics	workshop
2028	Helfand	Comparative Effectiveness Research Priorities in VA	Comparative Effectiveness Research	workshop
2029	Frayne	Cultivating Research-Operations Partnerships: Using Women’s Health as a Case Example	Women's Health	workshop
2030	Forman	Coding Qualitative Data Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR)		workshop
2031	Sinnott	Budget Impact Analyses in VA Research: Providing Answers to Our Operational Partners		workshop
2032	Scheuner	Genomics Research-Operations Partnerships in VHA		workshop
2033	Ho	Developing Effective Collaborations with Operational Partners that Advance Research: Examples of Three QUERI-Supported Projects		workshop
2034	Owen	Improving General Medical Care for Veterans with Mental Illness		workshop
2035	Hall	Nothing about Them, without Them: Techniques for Including Clinicians in Implementation Research		workshop
2036	Guihan	Implementing Pressure Ulcer Prevention Strategies across VA		workshop
2037	Gifford	A Pragmatic Perspective on Research-Operations Partnerships		workshop
2038	Whittier	Using CAPRI and VistAWeb to Augment VA National Datasets in VA Health Services Research		workshop
2039	Aron	Two Approaches to Systematic Review of Shared Medical Appointments/Group Visits		workshop
2040	Keyhani	Developing Tools to Assist VA Policymakers in Decisions on “Making” or “Buying” Care		workshop
3001	Rose	Primary Care Directors' Report of Coordination of Care Problems with Medical Specialty Outpatient Care	Other	poster
3002	Smith	Delayed Follow-up of Abnormal Test Results: A Multifaceted Solution for a Multifaceted Problem	Health Information Technology and e-Health	poster
3003	Fowler	Pilot Testing a New Clinical Role: The Patient Safety Professional	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	poster
3004	McCranie	Immediate Effects of Wheelchair Skills Training in SCI	Other	poster
3005	Drews	Adherence Engineering to Improve Use of Best Practices During Central Line Maintenance Procedures	Comparative Effectiveness Research	poster
3006	Phibbs	Does the Difference Between Regular and Off-Shift Nursing Staffing Affect Patient Outcomes? Longitudinal, Unit-Specific Evidence from VA	Healthcare Economics	poster
3007	Glasgow	Impact of Observation Status on Hospital and Patient Outcomes	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	poster
3008	McCart	Identifying Fall-Related Injuries Using Statistical Text Mining: A Preliminary Analysis	Medical Informatics	poster
3009	Singh	Characteristics of Primary Care Encounters Associated with Diagnostic Errors	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	poster
3010	Sox-Harris	A Less Bad Alternative to Diagnosis-Based Denominators for Health Care Quality Measures	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	poster
3011	Kim	Detecting Mentions and Values of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction in Echocardiogram Reports	Medical Informatics	poster
3012	Sullivan	Implementation of Person-Centered Care Practices in VHA CLCs: Reliability of a Person-Centered Care Staff Survey	Geriatrics and Long-Term Care	poster
3013	Yee	Use of Implementation Science Principles to Implement a Gender Sensitivity Curriculum in a Practice-Based Research Network	Implementation Science: Theory and Methods	poster
3014	Spoont	Predictors of Mental Health Treatment Engagement: A Prospective Cohort Study of Veterans Recently Diagnosed with PTSD	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	poster
3015	Krebs	Perceptions of Opioid Monitoring in VA Primary Care: “We Just Hope They Don’t Call Back.”	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	poster
3016	Finkelstein	Potential of Low-Cost Web Cams for Remote Neurological Exam in Multiple Sclerosis	Health Information Technology and e-Health	poster
3017	Tuepker	Understanding the Language Used by Clinicians in Describing Patients with PTSD	Medical Informatics	poster
3018	Kulkarni	Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation (STAIR) Group Treatment for Veterans with Comorbid PTSD and SUD	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	poster
3019	Neily	Sharing Lessons Learned to Prevent Incorrect Surgery	Other	poster
3020	Belanger	Validity of a Population-Based Screen for TBI: Comparing the VA’s TBI Screen to Follow-Up Evaluation	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	poster
3021	Farahmand	Inpatient Room Modeling	Access, Equity, Homelessness	poster
3022	West	Dual Use of VA and Non-VA Hospitalizations by VA Enrollees	Access, Equity, Homelessness	poster
3023	Shiner	A Location-Transportation Model for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Services across VISN 1	Access, Equity, Homelessness	poster
3024	O'Toole	Why Some Homeless Veterans Won’t Seek Care When They Need It	Access, Equity, Homelessness	poster
3025	Yoon	Medical Home Readiness of VA Primary Care Clinics and Avoidable Hospitalizations	Access, Equity, Homelessness	poster
3026	Perencevich	Contact Isolation for Infection Prevention and Decreased Healthcare Worker Attention: A Quality Concern?	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	poster
3027	Ling	Is an Opt-In Recruitment Strategy Associated with a Higher Rate of Study Enrollment	Research and Statistical Methodology	poster
3028	Farmer	Challenges in Meeting the VA Primary Care Needs of OEF/OIF Veterans	Post-Deployment Health	poster
3029	Malhotra	Colorectal Cancer Screening in Veterans Receiving Primary Care in VA Medical Centers and VA Community Clinics	Access, Equity, Homelessness	poster
3030	Scheuner	Successful Implementation Strategies Designed to Improve Familial Cancer Risk Assessment and Referral of Women Veterans at Risk for Hereditary Cancer	Women's Health	poster
3031	Zeliadt	Quality of Post-Treatment Surveillance Received by Veterans Following Initial Surgery or Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	poster
3032	Benzer	Implementation of Coordinated Mental Health Treatment in Primary Care	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	poster
3033	Litt	Using GIS Tools in Prioritizing Rehabilitation Service Sites for OEF/OIF Veterans	Access, Equity, Homelessness	poster
3035	Lampman	Impact of PACT Implementation on Primary Care Delivery Patterns	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	poster
3036	Kertesz	Systematic Methodology for Developing a Patient-Centered Primary Care Measure for Homeless Veterans	Access, Equity, Homelessness	poster
3037	Giardina	A Root Cause Analysis of Diagnostic and Treatment Delays in the VA Outpatient Setting	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	poster
3038	Stock	Method of Analysis as a Factor in Models of Admission among Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Deployments	Research and Statistical Methodology	poster
3039	Coffman	Modeling Strategies for Handling Baseline Values in Longitudinal Randomized Controlled Trials	Research and Statistical Methodology	poster
3040	Kimbrell	Assessment of Response Style in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) Veterans	Research and Statistical Methodology	poster
3041	Hebert	Unexplained and Medically Unjustified Trend toward Starting Dialysis at Higher Levels of Kidney Function Found Outside and Inside the VA	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	poster
3042	Crowley	A Simple, Four-Point Score for Evaluating the Likelihood of Medication, Diet, and Exercise Non-Adherence in Veterans with Hypertension	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	poster
3043	Weir	The Complexity of Interdisciplinary Communication for Medication Management	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	poster
3044	Olson	Who is Missed When Screening for Diabetes and Prediabetes with a New VA/DOD Algorithm?	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	poster
3045	Zeliadt	Assessing Bias in Current Methods for Estimating Disease-Attributable Costs across 31 Common Conditions in VA Users	Healthcare Economics	poster
3046	Wiener	Evaluation of Potentially Malignant Pulmonary Nodules in the VA System: Resource Use and Adherence to Guideline Recommendations	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	poster
3047	Haggstrom	Impact of Co-Location of Primary and Specialty Care upon Informational Awareness and Decision-Making of Primary Care from Cancer Patients' Perspective	Access, Equity, Homelessness	poster
3048	Ho	Access to Genomic Health Services for Veterans Diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer	Access, Equity, Homelessness	poster
3049	McCarthy	Quality of Care in VA Community Living Centers: 1997 to 2007	Geriatrics and Long-Term Care	poster
3050	Glickman	Multiple Testing and False Discovery Rate Control: Statistical Significance Adjustments in VA Health Studies	Research and Statistical Methodology	poster
3051	Li	Associations between Timing of Intensive Care Unit Admission, Nursing Factors, and Patient Outcomes	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	poster
3052	Volpp	A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Feasibility of a Protected Sleep Period for Medical Interns in the Hospital for Prolonged Duty	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	poster
3053	Iwashyna	Wide Variation in 30-day Mortality After Severe Sepsis in VA Hospitals	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	poster
3054	Dosa	The Utilization of Inappropriate HEDIS Medications in Veterans Administration Community Living Centers	Geriatrics and Long-Term Care	poster
3055	Levy	Discharge Outcomes among Veterans Substituting Medical Foster Home Care for Nursing Home Placement	Geriatrics and Long-Term Care	poster
3056	Washington	Risk for OEF/OIF Combat-Related PTSD: Findings from the National Survey of Women Veterans	Post-Deployment Health	poster
3057	Kulkarni	Patterns of Specialty Care Utilization by Veterans with PTSD and Substance Use Disorders	Post-Deployment Health	poster
3058	Carter	Screening for Homelessness in the Free Text of VA Clinical Documents Using Natural Language Processing	Medical Informatics	poster
3059	Wagner	Assessing the Efficacy of Telephone Monitoring among Veterans with Substance Use Disorders	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	poster
3060	Tuepker	A “Perfectly Good Word”? Use of The Terms “Resilience” and “Recovery” in Progress Notes for Patients with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)	Medical Informatics	poster
3061	Darling	Toward Ethical Oversight of Implementation Projects: The VAIL Model	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	poster
3062	Vina	Racial Disparities in Treatment Preferences among Lupus Patients in an Urban Academic Center	Access, Equity, Homelessness	poster
3063	Bulat	Temporal Trends in Incidence of Hip Fractures in VA Community Living Centers (CLCs)	Geriatrics and Long-Term Care	poster
3064	Hunt	Differential Impact of Poorly Controlled Diabetes on Mortality by Race/Ethnicity and Medication Status in a National Cohort of Veterans with Diabetes	Access, Equity, Homelessness	poster
3065	Voils	Improving the Detection of Medication Nonadherence	Other	poster
3066	Lund	The Comparative Effectiveness of Chlorthalidone versus Hydrochlorothiazide	Comparative Effectiveness Research	poster
3067	Lynch	Impact of Long-Term Medication Non-Adherence on Mortality Differs by Race/Ethnicity among Veterans with Diabetes	Access, Equity, Homelessness	poster
3068	Dismuke	Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Access to VA Services as a Pathway to Mortality Differentials among Veterans Diagnosed with TBI	Access, Equity, Homelessness	poster
3069	Woodard	Association between Patient-Centered Care and Quality of Chronic Illness Care among Veterans with Multimorbidity	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	poster
3070	Turchik	Barriers to Receiving MST-Related Care for Male Veterans: A Qualitative Analysis	Access, Equity, Homelessness	poster
3071	Hyun	Gender-Concordant Mental Healthcare for Females with Histories of Military Sexual Trauma (MST)	Women's Health	poster
3072	Hyun	Organizational Factors Related to Military Sexual Trauma (MST) Screening	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	poster
3073	Zhao	Two Latent-Trait Model for Outpatient and Inpatient “Quality of Care” in a Multi-Center Cluster Randomized Trial	Research and Statistical Methodology	poster
3074	Pope	Dropped Cues and Missed Referrals: Talk of Primary Care Providers and Veterans with Poorly Controlled Diabetes	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	poster
3075	Ganzini	Trust is the Basis for Effective Screening for Suicidal Ideation	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	poster
3076	Watts	Effects of a Patient Decision Aid for Veterans with Post-Tramatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	poster
3077	Funderburk	Patterns of Risk Factors Commonly Screened For in VA Primary Care Settings: A Latent Class Analysis Using National Data	Research and Statistical Methodology	poster
3078	Pietz	Implementing Decision Theory in Evaluating Provider Performance	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	poster
3079	Sperber	Process Evaluation of a Dyadic Lifestyle Change Intervention to Improve Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol	Other	poster
3080	Tsan	Primary Care Mental Health Integration and Persistence in Care among Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	poster
3081	Hall	Telling the Truth: Do the VA’s Procedure-Specific Informed Consent Documents Specify the Information Actually Discussed between Surgeons and Patients?	Other	poster
3082	Morasco	Health Service Use in Veterans with Methamphetamine Abuse	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	poster
3083	Sternke	A Gender-Based Analysis of the Combat Exposure Scale and its Relationship to Posttraumatic Stress	Women's Health	poster
3084	Laxmisan	Using Electronic Triggers to Identify Patients at Risk for Diagnostic Delays in Lung Cancer	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	poster
3085	Abrams	Variations in the Pharmacotherapy Associated with a Diagnosis of PTSD	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	poster
3086	Liu	Beta-Binomial Regression for Bimodal Utilization	Research and Statistical Methodology	poster
3087	Vogel	Predicting Potential Demand for OEF/OIF Rehabilitation Services in the VHA	Access, Equity, Homelessness	poster
3088	Hawley	The Effect of a Preference-Tailored Decision Tool on CRC Screening Adherence in the VA	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	poster
3089	Smith	Coordinating Care for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Polytrauma Care Experiences	Post-Deployment Health	poster
3090	Bauer	Incorporating Chaplains into Patient-Aligned Care Teams	Other	poster
3091	Damschroder	Impact of a Small-Changes Treatment Approach with Veterans: 3-Month Results from the ASPIRE-VA RCT	Other	poster
3092	Pape	Adjustment of DOCS Neurobehavioral Measures for Rater Severity and Leniency	Post-Deployment Health	poster
3094	Hamilton	Implementation of Evidence-Based Treatments for Women Veterans with Multiple Mental Health Conditions: A Study of Existing Practices	Women's Health	poster
3095	LaVela	Evaluation of Outcomes Following a National VHA Telephone Collaborative	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	poster
3096	Zeber	Longitudinal Medication Adherence Instability and the Risk of Psychiatric Admission in Veterans with Schizophrenia	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	poster
3097	Charlton	Randomized Trial of a Home-Based Intervention to Improve Colon Cancer Screening Rates	Access, Equity, Homelessness	poster
3098	Oishi	National Implementation of VA’s Primary Care-Mental Health Integration: Expanding Beyond Depression Care Management?	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	poster
3099	Pugh	High Facility Variation in 30-Day Readmissions in Veterans >= 65 Years of Age	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	poster
3100	Lorenz	The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Quality of VA Cancer Pain Management	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	poster
3101	Huttner	Parenteral to Oral Conversion of Fluoroquinolones: Low-Hanging Fruit for Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs?	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	poster
3103	Shin	Examining the Validity of the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) in the VA: Are They Associated with Structures and Processes of Care?	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	poster
3104	Jackson	Characterizing Veterans with Diabetes who are Missed by A1c Screening	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	poster
3105	Glasgow	Data Mining: A Novel Method for Evaluating and Incorporating Survey Data	Research and Statistical Methodology	poster
3106	Axtmayer	Does Quitting Smoking Exacerbate Mental Health Symptoms?: Results From a Telephone Treatment Study	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	poster
3107	Tuepker	Staff Perceptions of Barriers and Facilitators to Team-Based Care within the Patient-Aligned Care Team Initiative	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	poster
3108	Woods	Life After War: The Development of a Program to Address Post-Deployment Issues in Post-Secondary Education	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	poster
3109	Katz	Improving the Delivery of Smoking Cessation Guidelines in Hospitalized Veterans: Nurse Attitudes and Performance	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	poster
3110	Nebeker	Clinical Impact of Clinically Specific Interventionist ADE Alerts Served to Resident Physicians	Other	poster
3111	Charns	Building Improvement Capability Through Training and Projects	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	poster
3112	Maciejewski	The Persistent Clinical Benefits of Participating in a Hypertension Self-Management Trial	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	poster
3113	Herr	Performance Characteristics of Self-report Instruments for Diagnosing Generalized Anxiety and Panic Disorders in Primary Care: A Systematic Review	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	poster
3114	Haun	Developing a Conceptual Framework for Understanding Veterans' Experiences Using Secure Messaging on MyHealtheVet	Health Information Technology and e-Health	poster
3115	Drews	Interruptions in the ICU: A Second Look	Medical Informatics	poster
3116	McAndrew	Prospective Longitudinal Study of Health Care Utilization among OEF/OIF Service Members with PTSD and Chronic Multisymptom Illness	Post-Deployment Health	poster
3117	Griffin	Caring for OEF/OIF Veterans with Polytrauma: Health Effects on Caregivers	Caregivers	poster
3118	Goldstein	Guideline Implementation with Clinical Decision Support: Factors Associated with Intensification of Antihypertensive Therapy	Medical Informatics	poster
3119	Evans	Assessing the Effect and Implementation of a Patient Education Strategy about MRSA Prevention for Veterans with Spinal Cord Injury and Disorder	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	poster
3120	Oliva	Stakeholders’ Reported Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing the 2010 Veteran’s Administration (VA) CHF-QUERI Hospital-to-Home (H2H) Initiative	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	poster
3121	Vimalananda	Higher LDL Levels in Women Compared to Men Despite Similar Treatment with Statins	Women's Health	poster
3122	Goetz	Successful Generalization of a Program to Improve HIV Testing	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	poster
3123	Kheirbek	The Effect of Hypoglycemic Medications on Patients with Type 2 Diabetes	Comparative Effectiveness Research	poster
3124	Rosen	Racial Disparity in Veterans’ Satisfaction with Compensation and Pension Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Examinations	Access, Equity, Homelessness	poster
3125	Groeneveld	Increasing Use of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in the Veterans Health Administration: 2001-2010	Healthcare Economics	poster
3126	Fix	How do PACT Hallmarks Apply to Patients Receiving Primary Care in Specialty Clinics?	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	poster
3128	Zickmund	Racial Disparities in the Initiation of Hepatitis C Antiviral Therapy	Access, Equity, Homelessness	poster
3129	Hamilton	Implementation of Clinical Genetic Services in VHA	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	poster
3130	Mavandadi	Health-Related Social Control among Veterans with Depression	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	poster
3132	Uphold	Improving Stroke Caregiver Outcomes: Evaluation of the RESCUE Website	Health Information Technology and e-Health	poster
3133	Chou	Factors Affecting the Likelihood of HIV Screening among High-Risk Patients	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	poster
3134	Resnik	The Impact of Deployment and Other Factors on Veteran Community Reintegration as Measured by the CRIS-CAT	Post-Deployment Health	poster
3135	Maddox	Hyperglycemia During MI Hospitalization Predicts Subsequent Diabetes: Insights from the VA IHD-QUERI Cardiac Care Follow-Up Clinical Study (CCFCS)	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	poster
3136	Steinman	Reasons for Not Prescribing Guideline-Recommended Medications to Veterans with Heart Failure	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	poster
3137	Goetz	Patient, Provider, and Facility Factors Associated with Routine HIV Testing and Refusal	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	poster
3138	Iverson	Co-Occurrence of Military Sexual Trauma and Deployment-Related Traumatic Brain Injury among Women OEF/OIF Veterans	Women's Health	poster
3139	Hill	Using a Common Framework to Implement Clinical Practice Change: Experiences in the Spinal Cord Injury System of Care	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	poster
3140	Chavez	Increases in the Prevalence of Patient-Reported Alcohol-Related Advice Following Performance Measure Implementation	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	poster
3141	Zulman	Veterans’ Interest in Sharing Access to Their My HealtheVet Personal Health Record	Health Information Technology and e-Health	poster
3142	Grossbard	Rates of Alcohol Misuse and Follow-Up Care among OEF/OIF Veterans in VA: Associations with Substance Use Disorders and PTSD	Mental Health and Substance Abuse	poster
3143	McCloskey	Investigating Changes in Stress, Body Mass Index, and Blood Pressure in Hypertensive Veterans During a 6-Month Period	Other	poster
3144	Sternke	Professional Coaching for Physicians: Feasibility and Implementation in the Primary Care Setting	Quality Measurement and Quality Improvement	poster
3145	Whittier	Health Information Technology (HIT) to Improve Healthcare Quality: A QUERI Case Study Evaluation	Health Information Technology and e-Health	poster
3146	Savarimuthu	Developing a Toolkit to Enhance PACT: Improving Hypertension and Smoking Outcomes through Panel Management Assistants	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	poster
3147	Erbes	Soldier and Family Predictors of Pre-Deployment Family Well-Being: Baseline Findings	Post-Deployment Health	poster
3148	Ho	Prospective Randomized Trial of Integrated Care (IC) vs. Usual Care (UC) for Improving Access to HCV Antiviral Therapy	Implementation and Evaluation of New Programs	poster
3149	Oishi	Beyond Mammograms and Pap Smears: What is Gender-Sensitive Patient-Centered Care?	Women's Health	poster
3150	Klap	Building Research-Clinical Partnerships from the Ground Up: Frontline Perspectives on VA Quality Improvement	Women's Health	poster
3151	Chan	Potential Cost Effectiveness of New Direct-Acting Antiviral (DAA) Therapy for Untreated Chronic Hepatitis C Genotype 1 Infection in the VA System	Healthcare Economics	poster

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