Washington A
Beyond Open-Ended Questions: Purposeful Interview Guide Development to Elicit Rich, Trustworthy Data
George Sayre, PsyD; Jessica Young, MPH, MSW

Potomac 1
Perspectives on Implementation of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy for PTSD
Paula Schnurr, PhD (moderator); Marsden McGuire, MD; Nina Sayer, PhD; Shannon Wiltsey-Stirman, PhD

Potomac 3  [Live Stream Available]
Implementing Multimodal Pain Care for Veterans in a Time of Rapidly Changing Evidence and Policy
Erin Krebs, MD (moderator); Will Becker, MD; Friedhelm Sandbrink, MD; Alicia Heapy, PhD

Potomac 2
Moderator: Samuel Edwards, MD, MPH

3:30pm-3:45pm
Are There Cost-Offsets from Comprehensive Support of Family Caregivers? Impact on 3-year Veteran Health Care Costs
Courtney Van Houtven, PhD

3:45pm-4:00pm
Invisible Partners in Care: Snapshot of Well-Being among Caregivers Receiving Comprehensive Support from the VA
Katherine Miller, MSPH

4:00pm-4:15pm
Geriatrics & Extended Care Data Analysis Center Evaluation of the Impact of Personal Care Services on Costs of Veteran Care
Orna Intrator, PhD

4:15pm-4:30pm
A Case for VA Home-Based Primary Care Expansion: HBPC Reduces Costs and Improves Community Survival
Ciaran Phibbs, PhD

4:30pm-4:45pm
Trends in Prevalent and Incident Benzodiazepine Use among Older Veterans: 2010-2016
Donovan Maust, MD, MS

4:45pm-5:00pm
Extra time for Q&A
 

Potomac 4
Moderator: Joel Rubenstein, MD

3:30pm-3:45pm
Comparison of Observed Harms and Expected Mortality Benefit for Veterans in VHA's Low-Dose CT Lung Cancer Screening Demonstration Project
Tanner Caverly, MD, MPH

3:45pm-4:00pm
Increasing Use of Post-Polypectomy Surveillance Colonoscopy in the Veterans Health Administration
Sameer Saini, MD, MS

4:00pm-4:15pm
The Right Idea in the Wrong Patient: Results of a National Survey on Stopping PPIs
Jacob Kurlander, MD

4:15pm-4:30pm
National Patterns of Guideline-Discordant Prescribing of Phosphodiesterase-5-Inhibitors for Pulmonary Hypertension in VHA
Renda Wiener, MD, MPH

4:30pm-4:45pm
Capturing Intraoperative Adverse Events (IAEs) by Surgical Debriefing: Does It Complement the IAE Detection by Traditional Incident Reporting?
Qi Chen, MD, PhD

4:45pm-5:00pm
Extra time for Q&A
 

Washington A
Overview of the Availability and Use of the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership Common Data Model in VHA
Michael Matheny, MD, MS, MPH; Kristin de Groot,MPH; Mary Whooley, MD

Potomac 1
Veteran Directed Home and Community Based Services Evaluation: Collaboration for a Common Mission
Kali Thomas, PhD (moderator & panelist); Melissa Garrido, PhD; Chris Esmurdoc, MSSA; Nina Sperber, PhD

Potomac 2
Technology Implementation to Increase Rural Veterans' Access to Services
Teresa Damush, PhD (moderator); Glenn Graham, MD, PhD; Jane Moeckli, PhD; Bonnie Wakefield, RN, PhD

Potomac 4
Moderator: Sherrie Aspinall, PharmD, MSc

9:30am - 9:45am
Improving Chronic Pain Care and Opioid Safety in VA Primary Care: Implementation and Evaluation of the Integrated Pain Team Clinic
Jenny Tighe, MSPH

9:45am - 10:00am
Implementing Complementary and Integrative Health in VHA: The Critical Role of Hospital Leadership and Strategies for Engagement
Rendelle Bolton, MPH, MSW, MA

10:00am - 10:15am
Evaluating an Advanced Medication Alert to Reduce Opioid and Benzodiazepine Co-prescribing
Eric Hawkins, PhD

10:15am - 10:30am
Brief Counseling for Veterans with Musculoskeletal Disorders, Risky Substance Use, and Service-Connection Claims
Marc Rosen, MD

10:30am - 10:45am
Implementation and Evaluation of the Integrated Pain Team: Pain Outcomes, Opioid Safety, and Treatment Satisfaction among Veterans in Primary Care
Joseph Grasso, PhD

10:45am - 11:00am
Extra time for Q&A
 

Potomac 3
Moderator: Linda Kim, PhD, MSN, RN

9:30am - 9:45am
Tailoring PACT to the Needs of Women Veterans Using Evidence-Based Quality Improvement
Elizabeth Yano, PhD, MSPH

9:45am - 10:00am
Readiness in Context: A Literature Synthesis of Organizational Readiness Measures Mapped to an Implementation Framework
Isomi Miake-Lye, PhD

10:00am - 10:15am
Implementation of a Pilot Randomized Pragmatic Trial of a Screening Program for Chronic Kidney Disease among Non-Diabetic Hypertensive Veterans
Anna Rubinsky, PhD

10:15am - 10:30am
A Multisite Implementation Trial of Portable Pulsed Xenon Ultraviolet Ray Technology to Reduce Hospital Associated Infections
John Zeber, PhD

10:30am - 10:45am
The ED-PACT Tool: Communicating Veterans' Care Needs after Emergency Department Visits via Electronic Messages
Kristina Cordasco, MD, MPH, MSHS

10:45am - 11:00am
Extra time for Q&A
 

Washington A
Implementing High Value Spatial Analytics in the Context of VA Data
Evan Carey, MS; Thomas Glorioso, MS

Potomac 1
Advancing VA Connected Care Technology: Shaping Research and Operations through Collaboration
Kim Nazi, PhD (moderator); Jolie Haun, PhD, EdS; Timothy Hogan, PhD; Carolyn Turvey, PhD

Potomac 2
Ending Veteran Homelessness: Can Housing First Meet the Needs of an Increasingly Vulnerable Homeless Population?
Thomas O'Toole, MD (moderator); Sonya Gabrielian, MD, MPH; Stefan Kertesz, MD, MSc; Alexander Young, MD, MSHS

Potomac 4
Moderator: Vera Yakovchenko, MPH

11:15am - 11:30am
Concurrent VA and non-VA Prescriptions among Post-9/11 Veterans Receiving Long-term Opioid Therapy
Kathleen Carlson, PhD, MS

11:30am - 11:45am
A Qualitative Study of Factors in Care Coordination that Contribute to Medication Errors: Cognitive Task Analysis with VA Physicians and Pharmacists
Cherie Luckhurst, PhD

11:45am - noon
Are Mothers Who Rely on VA Coverage for Maternity Care a Higher Risk Obstetric Population?
Jonathan Shaw, MD, MS

Noon - 12:15pm
Coordinated Care Approach to Impact Health Disparities in Diabetes Care for Veterans
Kathie Hermayer, MD, MS

12:15pm - 12:30pm
Effect of Dual Use of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Medicare Part D Drug Benefits on Chronic Disease Refill Adherence in Veterans with Dementia
Carolyn Thorpe, PhD, MPH

12:30pm - 12:45pm
Extra time for Q&A
 

Potomac 3
Moderator: Stephen Luther, PhD

11:15am - 11:30am
Who Gets Evidence-Based Treatment? Factors Associated with the Receipt of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy for PTSD in VA
Rebecca Sripada, PhD

11:30am - 11:45am
Two Promising Evidence-Based Interventions for Suicide Prevention among Veterans with TBI
Lisa Brenner, PhD

11:45am - noon
Diagnostic Error among Veterans with Anxiety and Trauma-related Disorders
Terri Barrera, PhD

Noon - 12:15pm
Examining Patterns of Mental Health Utilization Among Pregnant and Postpartum Veterans
Kristin Mattocks, PhD, MPH

12:15pm - 12:30pm
Predicting Employment Status in OEF/OIF/OND Veterans Three Years after Evaluation for Traumatic Brain Injury
Terri Pogoda, PhD

12:30pm - 12:45pm
Extra time for Q&A
 

2:45pm - 3:00pm
Correlates of Increased Risk of Housing Instability Among Women Veterans With Recent Experience of Intimate Partner Violence
Ann Elizabeth Montgomery, PhD

3:00pm - 3:15pm
Firearm Injury Encounters in the Veterans Health Administration, 2010-2015
Cynthia Lucero-Obusan, MD

3:15pm - 3:30pm
External Determinants of Veterans' Demand of VA Healthcare
Amresh Hanchate, PhD

Washington A
Multi-Method Assessment of Adaptations during the Implementation of Research and Quality Improvement Projects
Russell Glasgow, PhD; Laura Damschroder, MPH, MS; Erin Finley, PhD, MPH

Potomac 1
Veteran Engagement Three Ways: Insights and Lessons Learned from Engaging Veterans at Three VA Research Centers
Leah Wendleton, MPH, MSW (moderator); Lindsey Martin, PhD; Kenda Stewart, PhD; Kathryn LaChappelle, MPH

Potomac 3  [Live Stream Available]
The Future of VA Community Care
Denise Hynes, PhD, RN (moderator); Megan Vanneman, PhD; Leo Greenstone, MD; Michelle Mengeling, PhD

Potomac 2
Moderator: Diana Burgess, PhD

4:00pm - 4:15pm
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Intermediate Clinical Outcomes Four Years Into VA Implementation of Patient-Aligned Care Teams
Donna Washington, MD, MPH

4:15pm - 4:30pm
Unequal Treatment? Racial/Ethnic Differences in Receipt of Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy in the Veterans Health Administration
Lisa Callegari, MD, MPH

4:30pm - 4:45pm
ActiVets: A Clinical Innovation to Improve Physical Health Among Rural Veterans with PTSD
Tisha Deen, PhD

4:45pm - 5:00pm
Comparing Attitudes Toward Mental Health Service Use among Rural and Non-Rural Veterans: The Impact of Varying Definitions of Rurality
Ellen Fischer, PhD

5:00pm - 5:30pm
Extra time for Q&A
 

Potomac 4
Moderator: Winifred Scott, MPH

4:00pm - 4:15pm
Adoption of Lung Cancer Screening Among VHA Medical Centers
Paul Krebs, PhD

4:15pm - 4:30pm
Pathways to PrEP: What Medical Records Reveal about Access to HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in VA
Avy Skolnik,PhD

4:30pm - 4:45pm
Effect of Peer Support on Emergency Room Usage in Relation to Primary Care in a High-Risk Veteran Population
Chantele Mitchell-Miland, MPH

4:45pm - 5:00pm
Evaluation of Changes in Patient-Provider Communication in Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Sites Using a Non-randomized Stepped Wedge Design
Alexis Huynh, PhD, MPH

5:00pm - 5:15pm
Changing Patterns of Mental Health Care: The Role of Integrated Mental Health Services in VA Primary Care
Lucinda Leung, MD

5:15pm - 5:30pm
Extra time for Q&A
 

8:00am - 8:15am
Impact of PACT Intensive Management on High-Risk Veterans' Costs and Utilization
Jean Yoon, PhD

8:15am - 8:30am
The Impact of a Quality Improvement Project on Statin Prescribing in Primary Care: Quality Improvement and Personalization for Statins (QUIPS)
Jeremy Sussman, MD, MS

8:30am - 8:45am
Rapid Qualitative Assessment for the National Rural Health Evaluation Center: Bringing the "Voice of the Veteran" into Large-Scale, Partnered Research
Karen Drummond, PhD

8:45am - 9:00am
Facilitation of Tobacco Treatment Implementation in VA Residential Addiction Programs: Impact on Tobacco Dependence Pharmacotherapy
Elizabeth Gifford, PhD

Washington A
Applied Design and Statistical Methods for Performing High Impact Meta-Analyses
Donna White, PhD; Sylvia Hysong, PhD

Potomac 1
Assessing Implementation of the Whole Health Partnership: A Discussion of Operational Priorities, Practicality, and Rigor in Guiding National Adoption
Barbara Bokhour, PhD (moderator); Laura Krejci, MSW; Justeen Hyde, PhD

Potomac 3
Moderator: David Bekelman, MD, MPH

9:45am - 10:00am
Telemedicine Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Veterans: The CITIES Trial
Hayden Bosworth, PhD

10:00am - 10:15am
Weight and Participation Outcomes in an Online Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) for Veterans with Prediabetes
Tannaz Moin, MD, MBA, MSHS

10:15am - 10:30am
Prior Antibiotic Exposure and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Weight Gain Among Veterans
Mark Schwartz, MD

10:30am - 10:45am
Long-term Cost of Bariatric Surgery for Veterans
Matthew Maciejweski, PhD

10:45am - 11:00am
Patient Characteristics Associated with Receipt of Prescription Weight Management Medications among Veterans in VA's MOVE! Weight Management Program
Varsha Vimalananda, MD, MPH

11:00am-11:15am
Extra time for Q&A
 

Potomac 2
Moderator: Wilfred Pigeon, PhD

9:45am - 10:00am
A Mixed Method Assessment of Sleep Needs and Barriers of Veterans with SMI
Elizabeth Klingaman, PhD

10:00am - 10:15am
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in a Representative National Sample: Prevalence, Correlates, and Treatment Utilization by Gender and Veteran Status
Keren Lehavot, PhD

10:15am - 10:30am
Automated, Mobile, Ancillary Care for Substance Abuse Treatment
Brent Moore, PhD

10:30am - 10:45am
VA Intensive Housing First in Southern California: Implementation and Veteran Experience
Alexander Young, MD, MSHS

10:45am - 11:00am
Group Motivational Interviewing for Patients With Substance Use and Co-existing Psychiatric Disorders: Outcomes and Process
Elizabeth Santa Ana, PhD

11:00am-11:15am
Extra time for Q&A
 

Potomac 4
Moderator: Patrick O'Mahen, PhD

9:45am - 10:00am
Developing an Improved Comorbidity Summary Score through Modeling ICD Data from Electronic Health Records Data
Ralph Ward, PhD

10:00am - 10:15am
Different Methods, Different Results: Comparing Logistic Regression and QCA Findings From the Same VA Dataset
Edward Miech, EdD

10:15am - 10:30am
What Motivates Veterans to Participate in Research? Results from a National Study Involving Focus Groups
Alyson Littman, PhD, MPH

10:30am - 10:45am
Development of a Natural Language Processing Engine to Generate Pathology Data to Advance Bladder Cancer Care
Florian Schroeck, MD, MS

10:45am - 11:00am
Use of Ecomaps in Qualitative Research - An Integrative Review
Veena Manja, MBBS

11:00am-11:15am
Extra time for Q&A
 

Washington A
Improving the Reach and Impact of Behavioral Treatment for Obesity: To Tailor or Not to Tailor
Laura Damschroder, MS, MPH (moderator); Susan Raffa, PhD; Amy Cohen, PhD; Tannaz Moin, MD, MBA

Potomac 1
Moderator: Lewis Frey, PhD

2:00pm - 2:15pm
Prediction of Mortality among Hospitalized Patients with Cirrhosis among a National VHA Cohort
Jejo Koola, MD

2:15pm - 2:30pm
Healthcare Provider-Environment Interactions: Measuring Touch Frequency to Understand their Role in Transmission of Healthcare Associated Infections
Molly Leecaster, PhD

2:30pm - 2:45pm
Identifying Veterans with Delays in Diagnostic Evaluation of Cancer using Electronic Triggers
Ashley Meyer, PhD

2:45pm-3:00pm
Predicting Adverse Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients Using Different Frailty Status Measures
Yan Cheng, PhD

3:00pm-3:15pm
Improving Signal to Noise Ratio in Big Data to Identify Multifactorial Risks of Drug-Induced Liver Injury (DILI)
Ayako Suzuki, MD, PhD, MSc

3:15pm-3:30pm
Extra time for Q&A
 

Potomac 2
Moderator: Amy Drapalski, PhD

2:00pm - 2:15pm
Women's Health Primary Care Providers: Antidote to Attrition from VA among Women Veterans New to VA?
Susan Frayne, MD, MPH

2:15pm - 2:30pm
Declining Attrition of New Women Veteran Patients after Implementation of Comprehensive Women's Health Care Policy
Susan Frayne, MD, MPH

2:30pm - 2:45pm
Ending Homelessness: Can We Rationally Allocate Social Benefits?
Stefan Kertesz, MD, MSc

2:45pm-3:00pm
Impacts of Intimate and Sexual Violence Experiences on Women Veterans' Housing Stability
Melissa Dichter, PhD, MSW

3:00pm-3:15pm
Homelessness Following Disability-Related Discharges from Active Duty Military Service in Afghanistan and Iraq
Emily Brignone, PhD

3:15pm-3:30pm
Extra time for Q&A
 

Potomac 3
Moderator: Seppo Rinne, MD, PhD

2:00pm - 2:15pm
Leveraging Frontline Expertise: How Senior Managers Empower and Support Frontline Staff in Identifying and Addressing Improvement Opportunities
Marlena Shin, JD, MPH

2:15pm - 2:30pm
Translating Research into Practice using Quality Improvement at the Frontline: Early Results from the Learn. Engage. Act. Process. (LEAP) Program
Julie Lowery, PhD

2:30pm - 2:45pm
Patient and Provider Perceptions of Primary Care Nurse Practitioners in the VA
George Sayre, PsyD

2:45pm-3:00pm
Promoting Veteran and Employee Engagement in Diabetes Management through the Transformational Elements of the PACT Model
LeChauncy Woodard, MD, MPH

3:00pm-3:15pm
Association of the Office of Academic Affiliations' Centers of Excellence in Primary Care Education with Quality of Care and Utilization
Samuel Edwards, MD, MPH

3:15pm-3:30pm
Extra time for Q&A
 

Potomac 4
Moderator: Nikki Hastings, MD

2:00pm - 2:15pm
What Drives Veteran Quality Ratings in and Outside the VA: Findings from the Women Veterans' Health Experience Survey
Catherine Chanfreau, PhD

2:15pm - 2:30pm
Patient Perspectives on Military Sexual Trauma (MST) Screening: Are Veterans Satisfied with their Experiences?
Amy Street, PhD

2:30pm - 2:45pm
What Providers and Clinics Can Do to Manage Wait Time Experiences: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study
Bich Dang, MD

2:45pm-3:00pm
The Role of Communication among Primary Care Team Members and Patient-Provider Communication in Predicting Patients' Satisfaction with their Providers
Susan Stockdale, PhD

3:00pm-3:15pm
Risk Communication in VA Healthcare: Minimizing Risks Leads to Poor Veteran Reported Outcomes
Rani Elwy, PhD

3:15pm-3:30pm
Extra time for Q&A