2023 HSR&D/QUERI National Conference Abstracts

2023 HSR&D/QUERI National Conference Abstracts

Num.	Presenter	Title	Content Area	Type
5002	Harris	Veterans Research Town Hall of the CHERP Veterans Community Advisory Board		VetPoster
5008	Adkins	Advance Care Planning and Healthcare Equity		VetPoster
1042	Agbafe	Achieving Greater Value for Veterans Through Cost Transparency in Primary Care	Quality, Safety, and Value of Health Care	ORAL
4076	Ahmed	Patterns of Veterans Health Administration Health Care Use Among Gulf War Veterans	Access to Care	POSTER
1146	Anderson	Early organizational impacts of VA’s electronic health record modernization on employee roles	Health Care Informatics and EHR Modernization (Cerner Transition)	ORAL
1112	Apaydin	VA primary care healthcare worker engagement, burnout, and turnover intent during the COVID-19 pandemic	Primary Care Practice/Complex Chronic Disease Management	ORAL
5013	Baird	“Moving the Needle” on Veteran Engaged Research on Community Reintegration		VetPoster
4042	Bal	Participant engagement in a virtual RCT: Who responds to ANNIE texts in a RCT of self-management for African American Veterans with hypertension?	Primary Care Practice/Complex Chronic Disease Management	POSTER
4080	Barker	Before Introducing a Decision Aid, Give Black Veterans Permission to Participate in Shared Decision-Making	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	POSTER
4093	Barrett	Understanding Veteran Motivations and Hesitancies for COVID-19 Vaccination by Clusters Derived from COVID-19 Thoughts and Beliefs	COVID-19	POSTER
1117	Bastian	Smoking cessation among patients with chronic pain in a comparative effectiveness trial: Impact of depression	Primary Care Practice/Complex Chronic Disease Management	ORAL
4132	Battaglia	Utilizing implementation science to design, disseminate, implement, and sustain evidence-based programs	Implementation Science	POSTER
5011	Beck	This Partnership Made Me Feel Like I Have Value Left in Me Still: A Veteran’s Experience Developing a Diabetes Texting Program		VetPoster
1001	Bekelman	Effect of a Collaborative Palliative Care Intervention on Quality of Life in Veterans with Symptomatic Lung and Heart Diseases: The ADAPT RCT	Long-term Care and Aging	Plenary
4081	Bergman	Factors that Facilitate the Prescribing and Acceptance of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in VA: Veteran and Provider Perspectives	Substance Use Disorders	POSTER
4009	Beyer	COVID-19 Vaccination Motivations and Hesitations in Veterans Affairs Community Living Center Patient Care Services Staff	COVID-19	POSTER
4013	Bixler	Veteran Perspectives on the Usability of VHA’s Mental Health Checkup Mobile Health Application	Mental Health/PTSD	POSTER
1015	Black	Effect of implementation facilitation on initiation and retention on medications for opioid use disorder in a large pragmatic clinical trial	Substance Use Disorders	ORAL
4031	Blalock	The Impact of Alcohol-Related Screening and Brief Intervention on Subsequent Opioid-Related Outcomes and Services Utilization	Substance Use Disorders	POSTER
1168	Bloeser	Applications of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research	Health Policy and Legislation	ORAL
4123	Blok	Caregiver and Care Team Perspectives About Sources of Psychological Distress Among Family Caregivers of Veterans in Critical Care: a Qualitative Study	Mental Health/PTSD	POSTER
1003	Bokhour	The VA Whole Health National Demonstration Project – Impact on Experiences of Care, Patient Engagement and Well-being	Whole Health/Population Health	Plenary
1021	Bolton	Engaging Veterans with chronic pain in complementary and integrative health: How organizational context in Whole Health Systems influences use	Pain Management	ORAL
1078	Bolton	Pathways into complementary and integrative health therapies among Veterans with chronic pain: A qualitative chart review	Whole Health/Population Health	ORAL
4088	Borzecki	Development and Validation of Quality Measures for Testosterone Prescribing in VA	Quality, Safety, and Value of Health Care	POSTER
1155	Bouldin	Trajectories and Transitions in Service Use among Older Veterans at High Risk of Long-Term Institutionalization	Long-term Care and Aging	ORAL
1007	Boyer	Representation of Women and Racial and Ethnic Minority Individuals among Reviewers and Awardees for Intramural Research Funding in the Veterans Health	Health Policy and Legislation	ORAL
4142	Boykin	Gender and Racial Differences in Psychiatric Diagnoses and Psychotherapy Use among Veterans with Military Sexual Trauma	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	POSTER
4136	Brady	Using implementation facilitation to integrate intimate partner violence screening in primary care: Key factors to consider	Women's Health	POSTER
1029	Brenner	Using natural language processing to identify firearm mentions in the electronic health record	Suicide Prevention	ORAL
3005	Brown	Developing Context-Specific Approaches to COIN Workforce Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	Workshop
4011	Bruce	Predicting risk of Long-term Institutionalization: The PLI Score	Long-term Care and Aging	POSTER
1082	Brunner	Literature synthesis and expert consensus on organizational factors in EHR-to-EHR transitions	Health Care Informatics and EHR Modernization (Cerner Transition)	ORAL
1105	Brunner	Governance of the VA’s new Electronic Health Record: the Underappreciated Role of Standardization	Health Care Informatics and EHR Modernization (Cerner Transition)	ORAL
4019	Buckheit	Alcohol treatment preferences among VA women primary care patients	Women's Health	POSTER
1161	Burgess	Effectiveness, efficiency, and equitability of email versus postal-mail for recruiting VA patients for research studies: Results from the LAMP trial	Health Services Research Methods	ORAL
1108	Burkhart	Preventing Community Acquired Pressure Injuries in Spinal Cord Injury Using a Decision Support Tool in the SCI Clinic	Disability/Spinal Cord injury/Traumatic Brain Injury	ORAL
4129	Calderon	Enhancing VA’s preparedness for disease epidemics that disproportionately impact unsheltered homeless Veterans	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	POSTER
5006	Call	How can we establish trustworthiness in remote trials to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion?		VetPoster
4058	Callegari	Receipt of postpartum contraception among Veterans using VA maternity care benefits	Women's Health	POSTER
1024	Cannedy	Coping with Disruptive Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Perspectives of Primary Care Employees	Women's Health	ORAL
4068	Carey	Who was left out? Identifying the Post COVID-19 Digital Divide in Chronic Pain Care Using Ensembled Machine Learning.	Pain Management	POSTER
4062	Carlson	Quantitative and qualitative perspectives on firearm injuries among U.S. Veterans	Other	POSTER
4079	Chanfreau	Design and tailoring of quality dashboards to support the implementation of evidence-based preventive care services for women Veterans	Women's Health	POSTER
1118	Chapman	Effectiveness of temporary financial assistance for reducing homelessness among Veterans: an interrupted time series analysis	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	ORAL
1191	Chassman	Improving assessments of longitudinal housing stability for Veterans with homeless experiences	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	ORAL
1165	Cheng	Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Among American Veterans	Long-term Care and Aging	ORAL
4060	Chinman	When does a Peer Specialist help? The effect of dose on psychosocial and psychiatric factors for dual diagnosed, recently housed Veterans	Mental Health/PTSD	POSTER
4086	Clark	Quality Improvement Efforts in VA Community Living Centers Following Public Reporting of Performance	Long-term Care and Aging	POSTER
1122	Cohen	Contextualizing Findings from an Updated VHA Food Insecurity Clinical Reminder	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	ORAL
4128	Cohen	Evaluating the Effectiveness of Routine Screening for Digital Needs Among Rural Veterans	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	POSTER
4052	Connolly	Perceptions and use of telehealth among mental health and primary and specialty care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic	Virtual Care/Telehealth	POSTER
1080	Cordasco	Veteran knowledge, perceptions and receipt of care following visits to VA emergency departments for ambulatory care sensitive conditions	Other	ORAL
4069	Cordasco	Cerner Millennium’s Care Pathways for Specialty Care Referrals: Provider and Nurse Perceptions and Recommendations for Improvements	Health Care Informatics and EHR Modernization (Cerner Transition)	POSTER
4139	Cornwell	Depression Diagnoses and Treatment for Veterans in Primary Care: Evaluating the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic	COVID-19	POSTER
4020	Dally	GECDAC Core Files: A Data Infrastructure Resource	Long-term Care and Aging	POSTER
1051	Danan	Abnormal cervical cancer screening results among Veteran and Non-Veteran participants in the NHIS, 2010-2018	Women's Health	ORAL
1091	Dang	Identifying Unmet Needs of High-Need, High-Risk Veterans and their Caregivers Using a Prospective Survey	Long-term Care and Aging	ORAL
1107	Dang	Prospective Survey to Identify Unmet Needs of High-Need High-Risk Older Veterans and their Caregivers	Long-term Care and Aging	ORAL
1116	Dang	Challenges Faced by Older Veterans and Their Caregivers During the COVID Pandemic: Results from a Prospective Multi-site Survey	COVID-19	ORAL
1157	Dang	The Peer-2-PACT (P2P) Program: A peer-led, home-visit needs assessment intervention for High-Need High-Risk older Veterans	Long-term Care and Aging	ORAL
1090	Daus	Stakeholder perspectives on supporting Veterans’ social needs during hospital to home health transitions: Findings from the Transitions Nurse Program	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	ORAL
4015	Dawson	Veterans Health Administration Providers’ Perspectives on the Impact of Culture in the Diagnosis and Recognition of Anxiety	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	POSTER
1012	Dhruva	Stepped-Wedge Randomized Controlled Trial to Improve Remote Monitoring Adherence for Veterans with Pacemakers/Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators	Virtual Care/Telehealth	ORAL
1201	Dichter	Recommendations from Women Veterans for Strengthening Veterans Crisis Line Services for Women Veterans	Suicide Prevention	ORAL
5004	Dickson	Building deeper Veteran engagement one hour at a time		VetPoster
1059	Dismuke-Greer	Impact of Posttraumatic Amnesia duration on Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) First Year Hospital Costs: A Veterans Affairs TBI Model Systems Study	Disability/Spinal Cord injury/Traumatic Brain Injury	ORAL
1142	Dismuke-Greer	Social Determinants of Service Connected TBI and VA Compensation	Disability/Spinal Cord injury/Traumatic Brain Injury	ORAL
1197	Dismuke-Greer	Racial/Ethnic and Geographic Disparities in Comorbid Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)-Renal Failure (RF) in US Veterans and Associated VA Costs	Disability/Spinal Cord injury/Traumatic Brain Injury	ORAL
1062	Dobscha	Primary care patient perspectives on VA’s population-based suicide risk screening program (Risk ID): Mixed methods study	Suicide Prevention	ORAL
1160	Dobscha	Non- or partial disclosure of suicidal thoughts by Veterans during population-based screening in Veterans Health Administration: National survey study	Suicide Prevention	ORAL
4029	Dodge	Engaging Operational Partners is Critical for Successful Implementation: A Coincidence Analysis of Access-Related Projects in the VA Healthcare System	Implementation Science	POSTER
4131	Doredla	Influences on VA Retention and Recruitment Efforts by VA Health Professions Education Programs: Trainee, Service Chief, and Site Leader Perspectives	Other	POSTER
1132	Drapalski	Empowering Women Veterans with Mental illness to Address their Reproductive Health Needs	Women's Health	ORAL
4017	Driscoll	Addressing Barriers to Pain Self-Management in Women Veterans: A Feasibility Pilot of Project CONNECT	Women's Health	POSTER
5007	Drop	It’s a Two-Way Street: Veteran Engagement Benefits Research and the Veterans it Serves		VetPoster
4056	Duncan	Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Outcomes Among Veterans by Sexual Orientation	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	POSTER
1193	Dunlap	Using Ethnography to Identify Transitions in the Lives of Veterans Experiencing Homelessness	Health Services Research Methods	ORAL
4105	Durham	Identifying disparities in pain treatment by leveraging geriatric emergency department programming	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	POSTER
4097	Eck	Estimating the Non-linear Relationship Between Nurse Staffing and Workload Using National Barcode Medication Administration Data	Quality, Safety, and Value of Health Care	POSTER
1057	Edmond	A National Mixed-Methods Evaluation of Pain Management Teams: Preliminary Findings	Pain Management	ORAL
4055	Edmond	Evaluation of a Hybrid Type III Implementation Trial of an Interdisciplinary Clinic to Address Unsafe Use of Opioids for Veterans with Chronic Pain	Pain Management	POSTER
1121	Edwards	Natural History of Veterans Affairs Home-Based Primary Care	Long-term Care and Aging	ORAL
5015	Edwards	The Evolution of a National Women Veterans’ Research Engagement Group: The VA HSR&D Women’s Improvement Network (WIN)		VetPoster
1176	Eliacin	PARTNER-MH: Peer-led navigation for minoritized Veterans receiving mental health services: A pilot study	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	ORAL
4145	Eliacin	How did VHA Peer Support Programs Adapt to Meet Veterans’ Needs During the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Qualitative Investigation	COVID-19	POSTER
4073	Eliazar-Macke	Creating a tool to examine the unmet community suicide prevention needs of rural Hispanic Veterans using a community participatory based approach	Suicide Prevention	POSTER
1060	Etingen	Use of Whole Health Services Is Associated with Increased Use of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy Among Veterans	Whole Health/Population Health	ORAL
4027	Etingen	Veteran Use of and Perceptions About Virtually Delivered Whole Health Services	Whole Health/Population Health	POSTER
4048	Etingen	Mental Health Provider Perspectives on Impacts of a Mobile Health Application to Support VHA’s ‘Collect, Share, Act’ Model of Measurement-Based Care	Mental Health/PTSD	POSTER
1095	Evans	Evaluating implementation of guidelines to prevent Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales in VA medical centers	Quality, Safety, and Value of Health Care	ORAL
5005	Evans	Veteran-to-Veteran Outreach and Group Support for Rural Veterans with Chronic Pain		VetPoster
5001	Facundo	Leveraging Veterans Experience for Research		VetPoster
1094	Farmer	Cardiovascular Disease in Women Veterans: Implementing a Toolkit in Primary Care Increased Participation in Behavioral Change Programs	Women's Health	ORAL
1049	Feemster	De-Implementing Inhaled Steroids to Improve Care and Safety in COPD (DISCuS COPD)	Quality, Safety, and Value of Health Care	ORAL
4133	Fenwick	Sexual harassment prevention messaging at VA healthcare facilities: a qualitative analysis of expert recommendations	Women's Health	POSTER
1104	Ferguson	What is the right mix? Variation in the proportion of primary care delivered via video for Veterans with common chronic conditions	Virtual Care/Telehealth	ORAL
4107	Ferguson	Variation in Initial and Continued Use of Video-based Care among Veterans	Virtual Care/Telehealth	POSTER
1065	Feyman	Excess Mortality at State Veterans Homes During COVID-19.	COVID-19	ORAL
1099	Feyman	Effect of Mental Health Staffing Inputs on Suicide-Related Events	Suicide Prevention	ORAL
1147	Finley	Partnership building for scale-up and spread in the Veterans Sponsorship Initiative: Strategies for harnessing collaboration to accelerate impact	Implementation Science	ORAL
1150	Finley	Distilling qualitative data for real-time implementation planning and rollout: The Rapid Implementation Feedback (RIF) report	Implementation Science	ORAL
1206	Fitzpatrick	Factors Associated with Guideline-Discordant Management of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections in Veterans with Neurogenic Bladder	Disability/Spinal Cord injury/Traumatic Brain Injury	ORAL
4101	Fix	Evaluating VHA’s Shark Tank Competition: A Typology of Engagement in Innovation Across VHA Medical Centers	Implementation Science	POSTER
1144	Fletcher	Site implementation profiles: a rapid qualitative approach to support formative evaluation and tailoring in the Housing Transitions QUERI	Implementation Science	ORAL
4012	Flike	“Just human things”: Defining peer activities meaningful to reentry Veterans in the process of transition from incarceration to community settings	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	POSTER
5014	Flower	Veteran Engagement in the Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention Research Process: Perspectives on Hospital Cleanliness		VetPoster
2002	Franco	A Decade of Grassroots Veteran Engagement to Informing National VA Policy - A Veteran’s Journey	Process and outcomes of Veteran engagement	VetForum
4092	Frost	Use and retention on video, telephone and in-person buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic	Substance Use Disorders	POSTER
1009	Funderburk	A Self-Help Crisis Intervention for At-Risk Veterans with Symptoms of Depression or PTSD: A Pilot Study During the COVID-19 Pandemic	COVID-19	ORAL
3007	Funderburk	Practical Strategies HSRD Researchers Can Utilize to Be Mindful to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Throughout the Research Process	Health Services Research Methods	Workshop
1177	Gabrielian	Social connectivity and coping among vulnerable Veterans during the COVID-19 pandemic	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	ORAL
4054	Gabrielian	Enhancing the implementation of evidence-based practices for homeless Veterans with serious mental illness	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	POSTER
4112	Gabrielian	Engaging stakeholders to inform national implementation of Critical Time Intervention (CTI) in a program serving homeless-experienced Veterans	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	POSTER
1088	Gaffey	Post-9/11 deployment history and risk of breast cancer among women Veterans	Women's Health	ORAL
1063	Garvin	Increasing Use of Video Telehealth among Veterans Experiencing Homelessness with Substance Use Disorder: Design of A Peer-led Intervention	Virtual Care/Telehealth	ORAL
1073	Geraci	Evidence-basis for Veteran Sponsorship Initiative and Way Ahead: Supporting High Risk Transitioning Servicemembers and Veterans	Health Policy and Legislation	ORAL
4087	Gillespie	Patient Risk Perception and Decision-Making about Repeat Cancer Screening	Whole Health/Population Health	POSTER
4061	Gilmartin	Creating a Relational Playbook for Cardiology Teams to Enhance Employee Well-Being and Veteran Care	Quality, Safety, and Value of Health Care	POSTER
1204	Goldsmith	COVID-19 Pandemic and Chronic Pain Experiences among U.S. Military Veterans on Long-Term Opioid Therapy	COVID-19	ORAL
3002	Goldsmith	Why and How to Address Gender and Sex in VA HSR&D Research	Women's Health	Workshop
4113	Goodsmith	Gender differences in comorbidities and service utilization of Veterans in VHA care with serious mental illness	Mental Health/PTSD	POSTER
1018	Gordon	Burden of post-acute sequelae of SARS CoV-2 infection (PASC) in Veterans seen at a large, inner-city VA Medical Center	COVID-19	ORAL
4095	Graham	Assessing CDW Physiologic Data Adequacy by Comparing Nurse-Recorded to Device-Collected Physiologic Data	Health Services Research Methods	POSTER
1207	Grau	Treatment Response Trajectories in Residential PTSD Programs for Veterans: A National Cohort Investigation.	Mental Health/PTSD	ORAL
4137	Gray	Barriers Accessing Care among Rural Veterans with Disabilities	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	POSTER
1035	Griesemer	Unmet Social Needs Among Rural Veterans: Lived experiences, impacts on health, and recommendations for VA interventions	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	ORAL
1061	Griffin	Leveraging VA Tablets to Support My HealtheVet Adoption and Use	Virtual Care/Telehealth	ORAL
1196	Griffin	Blood Pressure Control Lowers Long-Term Mortality in Veterans Following Acute Kidney Injury: Outcomes and Impacts of Social Determinants of Health	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	ORAL
1140	Griffith	Non-White Veterans Likely Face Barriers to Accessing Lung Transplant Evaluation Not Faced by White Veterans	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	ORAL
1205	Griffith	Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Excess Mortality Due to COVID-19 Among U.S. Veterans	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	ORAL
4114	Griffith	Medicaid Expansion was Associated With Longer Wait Times for Specialty Care	Health Policy and Legislation	POSTER
4144	Groeneveld	Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Treatment and Outcomes of Acute Coronary Syndromes in the Veterans Health Administration	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	POSTER
1033	Gurewich	Research Protocol: A mixed-methods RCT to assess unmet social need intervention among Veterans with cardiovascular disease	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	ORAL
4148	Hadlandsmyth	Tailoring Chronic Pain Care for Rural-Dwelling Women Veterans: A Feasibility Pilot	Women's Health	POSTER
1167	Haltom	Exploring Best Practices for Completing Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pits Registry (AHOBPR) Exams	Implementation Science	ORAL
4115	Hargrave	Factors associated with military sexual trauma (MST) disclosure during VA screening among women Veterans	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	POSTER
1048	Harris	Developing a domain-specific vocabulary for extraction of 3-step Theory of Suicide concepts from clinical progress notes	Suicide Prevention	ORAL
4039	Hastings	Quality of Care and Quality of Life in GeriPACT: A Comparative Effectiveness Study	Long-term Care and Aging	POSTER
4141	Haun	Promoting Proactive Integrated Use of Virtual Healthcare Resources in PACT: Examining Implementation Strategies and Use Patterns Pre- and Post- COVID	Virtual Care/Telehealth	POSTER
1070	Hausmann	Examining Facility-Specific Disparities in Electronic Quality Measures to Guide Equity-Focused Priorities	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	ORAL
1208	Hausmann	Developing a Brief Assessment of Social Risks for the Veterans Health Administration Survey of Healthcare Experiences of Patients	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	ORAL
4108	Haverhals	How Veterans and Caregivers Adapted to Changes in VA Home Based Primary Care Delivery & Increased Social Isolation during the COVID-19 Pandemic	COVID-19	POSTER
1127	Hayes	Are Rates of Retention on Buprenorphine for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder Improving among Veterans over Time?	Substance Use Disorders	ORAL
1134	He	Use of Telecare in Pre-Anesthesia Evaluations: Trends,Safety, and Efficiency in the Pre vs Post-COVID Eras	Virtual Care/Telehealth	ORAL
1074	Heidenreich	Facility Implementation of Inpatient Hypoglycemia Safety Interventions and Episodes of Hypoglycemia.	Quality, Safety, and Value of Health Care	ORAL
1014	Helfrich	Results of a stepped-wedge trial of expert-coaching to increase implementation of the transradial approach in cardiac catheterizations	Implementation Science	ORAL
4047	Hermes	Trends in the Utilization of Complex Interventions for Treatment Resistant Depression in the Veterans Health Administration	Access to Care	POSTER
1092	Hickson	Outcomes of Antihypertensive Deintensification in Veteran Community Living Center Residents with Limited Life Expectancy and/or Advanced Dementia	Long-term Care and Aging	ORAL
1169	Hoffmire	Linking VA and CDC data to improve understanding of circumstances contributing to US Veteran suicides and deaths of undetermined intent	Suicide Prevention	ORAL
1006	Hoggatt	Trends in substance use disorder diagnoses among Veterans, 2009-2019	Substance Use Disorders	ORAL
1016	Hoggatt	Building and validating a machine learning model to predict SUD using integrated electronic health record and survey data	Substance Use Disorders	ORAL
4075	Holleman	De-intensification opportunities and patterns across VA facilities.	Quality, Safety, and Value of Health Care	POSTER
1020	Hubbard	Examining Discussions of Racial Trauma for Black Veterans Engaged in PTSD Evidence-Based Psychotherapy to Advance Health Equity	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	ORAL
1106	Hutchins	The Impact of Multi-System Healthcare Use on Classification of Medically-Complex, High-Risk Veterans	Primary Care Practice/Complex Chronic Disease Management	ORAL
1173	Hwang	Patterns of emergency department visits for Veterans with and without dementia or cognitive impairment: An opportunity for dementia detection?	Long-term Care and Aging	ORAL
4038	Hyde	Whole Health Mental Health Care: How Can It Improve Clinicians’ Capacity to Provide High Quality, Person-Centered Treatment?	Whole Health/Population Health	POSTER
1081	Inderstrodt	Facilitators and Barriers to Breastfeeding in Veterans Using VA Maternity Benefits	Women's Health	ORAL
4006	Interian	A Telehealth Psychotherapy Hub Improves Access to Mental Health Care for Rural Veterans with Parkinson’s Disease	Access to Care	POSTER
1194	Intrator	Race and COVID Severity among Veterans: Applications of Machine Learning	COVID-19	ORAL
1164	Iverson	A Stepped Wedge Hybrid-II Trial to Implement Intimate Partner Violence Screening Programs in VHA Primary Care Clinics	Women's Health	ORAL
4036	Jackson	Provider Characteristics Associated with Viewership of the EQUIPPED Dashboard: A Medication Safety Audit and Feedback Health IT Solution	Health Care Informatics and EHR Modernization (Cerner Transition)	POSTER
1098	Jasuja	Social Stressors and Health among Older Transgender and Gender Diverse Veterans	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	ORAL
1133	Joyce	Healthcare costs and utilization before and after opioid overdose in Veterans with opioid use disorder	Substance Use Disorders	ORAL
1026	Kamdar	"I didn't really feel like a human being. I felt more like an ant": Veterans' experiences seeking food assistance	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	ORAL
1185	Kaul	Disparities in Utilization of Antifibrotic Medications Among U.S. Veterans with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	ORAL
1002	Kelly	Trauma-Sensitive Yoga versus Cognitive Processing Therapy for Women Veterans with PTSD related to MST: Final Results from a 5-year RCT	Mental Health/PTSD	Plenary
1151	Kim	Sustainability of the evidence-based Collaborative Chronic Care Model in VA outpatient mental health clinics: a Matrixed Multiple Case Study (MMCS)	Implementation Science	ORAL
1156	Kim	Autonomy in Work Location Decision and Burnout in Behavioral Health Providers: Lessons Learned from COVID-19	Whole Health/Population Health	ORAL
4135	Kimber	Patient Satisfaction in the VHA Headache Centers of Excellence: A Cross-Sectional Cohort Study	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	POSTER
1072	Kimerling	The Return on Engagement: Validity of a new Veteran-Centered Measure of Healthcare Engagement	Quality, Safety, and Value of Health Care	ORAL
4014	Kittel-Moseley	Prevalence and Correlates of Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempt among Women Veterans Using VHA Reproductive Health Care Services	Suicide Prevention	POSTER
4103	Knox	Changes in Nurse Staffing and Workload with the COVID-19 Pandemic as Seen with Medication Pass Analysis of BCMA Data	COVID-19	POSTER
1064	Kowalski	Facilitating Future Implementation and Translation to Clinical Practice: The Implementation Planning Assessment Tool	Implementation Science	ORAL
1056	Krishnamurthi	Home-based cardiac rehabilitation associated with lower mortality in patients with heart disease: Results from the VA Healthy Heart Program	Virtual Care/Telehealth	ORAL
1066	Krishnamurti	Improving Suicide Prevention for Women Veterans: Recommendations from VHA Suicide Prevention Coordinators	Women's Health	ORAL
1186	Kroll-Desrosiers	Exploring Pain Experience and Pain Management Strategies for Pregnant and Postpartum Veterans with Chronic Pain	Women's Health	ORAL
4066	Kullgren	What Information Do Veterans Want for Decisions about VA and Non-VA Health Care? Results from Focus Groups with Veterans from Across the United States	Access to Care	POSTER
4040	Kurlander	Intended and unintended effects of a VISN-wide proton pump inhibitor deprescribing intervention: A quasi-experimental study of over 4 million Veterans	Quality, Safety, and Value of Health Care	POSTER
4003	Kyrish	Practices to Enhance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Health Services Research Workforce: An Environmental Scan of Academic Institutions	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	POSTER
1043	Lafferty	Rural Women Veterans’ Experiences with Firearms and Perceptions of VA Firearm Injury Prevention Strategies	Women's Health	ORAL
1115	Lafferty	Veterans’ perceptions about firearm safety discussions in the VA	Other	ORAL
1190	Lamba	Examining Equity on Access to Care and Care Coordination Measures of Sexual Minority Veterans Utilizing the Veterans Health Administration	Access to Care	ORAL
1200	Lamba	Assessing Equity on Patient Centered Care Outcomes by Sexual Minority Status of Veterans Using Primary Care Across the VHA	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	ORAL
5010	Layton	Co-designing a Model of Veteran and Veteran Family Caregiver Engagement in Research: The VetREP Experience		VetPoster
4007	Lazar	VHA-sponsored Musculoskeletal Disorder (MSD) Treatment Costs: VA-delivered vs. Community Care	Pain Management	POSTER
1050	Lee	Accessing Telehealth through Local Area Stations (ATLAS)— the Veteran Perspective	Access to Care	ORAL
1089	Lee	Uneven VA Mental Healthcare Experiences among Transgender Veterans with Depression	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	ORAL
1120	Leung	Widening rural-urban divide in telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic: A national observational study of VA primary care delivery	Access to Care	ORAL
4001	Levis	National Cross-Sectional Cohort Study of the Relationship Between Quality of Mental Healthcare and Death by Suicide	Suicide Prevention	POSTER
4100	Lewinski	Understanding Diabetes Distress in Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes: Findings from an Explanatory Sequential Mixed-Methods Study	Primary Care Practice/Complex Chronic Disease Management	POSTER
4023	Leykum	Veteran caregiver needs and recommendations for service improvements 2 years into the COVID-19 pandemic: results from an HSR&D pilot	Long-term Care and Aging	POSTER
4030	Li	Impact of Policy on Opioid Prescribing Trends: Studying the Relationship Between a VHA National Safety Initiative and Opioid Discontinuation	Substance Use Disorders	POSTER
1027	Littman	Evaluation of the effectiveness of remote foot temperature monitoring for prevention of amputation in a large integrated healthcare system	Virtual Care/Telehealth	ORAL
2003	Littman	Conducting impactful and relevant research with underrepresented populations: perspectives of transgender and gender diverse Veterans	Best practices for Veteran engagement	VetForum
1030	Livorsi	Using remote Infectious Disease physician expertise to support inpatient antibiotic stewardship activities at three VA medical centers	Virtual Care/Telehealth	ORAL
4021	Lovelace	Insights into COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake from Cluster Analysis of Veterans’ Thoughts and Feelings about COVID Infection and Vaccine Safety/Effectiveness	COVID-19	POSTER
1170	Luther	Nursing Unit Design and Hospital Falls	Quality, Safety, and Value of Health Care	ORAL
3008	Maciejewski	Learnings from the COVID-19 Observational Research Collaboratory	COVID-19	Workshop
1058	Magid	Facilitators and Barriers to Implementation of the VA Redefining Elder Care in America Project (RECAP) Program: A Qualitative Evaluation	Long-term Care and Aging	ORAL
1135	Maguen	Advancing Health Equity by Understanding Race and Other Factors Associated with PTSD Symptom Improvement Following Evidence-Based Psychotherapy	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	ORAL
1077	Manja	Impact of Mental Health Conditions on use of Anticoagulants in Veterans with Atrial Fibrillation	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	ORAL
1068	Marinec	Patient-Centered Pain Care Using Artificial Intelligence and Mobile Health Tools: A Randomized, Comparative Effectiveness Trial	Pain Management	ORAL
4098	Masheb	Development of the brief, Weight and Eating Quality-of-Life (WE-QOL) Scale for standardized use across VHA weight- and eating-related health services	Access to Care	POSTER
1198	Matthias	Communication and Activation in Pain to Enhance Relationships and Treat Pain with Equity: Results from the COOPERATE Trial	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	ORAL
4043	Matthieu	Evaluation Theory in the Wild: The VA Office of Rural Health and RE-AIM	Health Services Research Methods	POSTER
4116	Mattocks	Examining Veterans’ Experiences with In Vitro Fertilization Provided Under P.L. 114-223	Access to Care	POSTER
1128	Maxim	Emerging Strategies to Incorporate Firearm Injury Prevention into VA Healthcare: Results of Qualitative Interviews with Providers and Patients	Whole Health/Population Health	ORAL
1005	McCoy	Establishing an Engagement Committee of Homeless-Experienced Veterans Residing in a VA-Sanctioned Tiny Structure Community	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	ORAL
4083	McCoy	Improving Encampment Medicine Services in a VA-Sanctioned Tiny Home Community for Homeless-Experienced Veterans	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	POSTER
1103	McKee	NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF EVIDENCE-BASED COLONOSCOPY QUALITY MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING – INITIAL UPTAKE OF A LARGE OPERATIONAL PROGRAM	Quality, Safety, and Value of Health Care	ORAL
3009	McNamara	Disrupted Care National Project Workshop	COVID-19	Workshop
1175	Medich	The Feasibility of an Innovative Mobile Mental Health Intervention Using Passive Mobile Monitoring and Self-Tracking for Veterans with Serious Mental	Mental Health/PTSD	ORAL
1025	Mengeling	An Emerging Population at High Risk for Suicide by Firearm: Characteristics of Women Reserve and National Guard Veterans Who Have Guns in their House	Suicide Prevention	ORAL
4150	Mills	Suicide attempts with 7 days of admission to an inpatient mental health admission	Suicide Prevention	POSTER
4127	Moeckli	Clinical Pharmacy Practitioners as Boundary Spanners in Rural Substance Use Disorder Treatment Clinics: An Evaluation	Substance Use Disorders	POSTER
4125	Mohanty	Preliminary descriptive findings of a comparative effectiveness study of remdesivir among US Veterans and their social determinants of health	COVID-19	POSTER
4049	Moldestad	Challenges of Transitioning from VA’s Homegrown Electronic Health Record System to a Vendor-based System: Findings from the First Go Live Site	Health Care Informatics and EHR Modernization (Cerner Transition)	POSTER
1189	Molloy-Paolillo	A mixed-methods approach to understanding and assessing electronic health record (EHR) use at VA during major EHR transition to Cerner	Health Care Informatics and EHR Modernization (Cerner Transition)	ORAL
1111	Montgomery	Association Between Use of Services to Address Adverse Social Determinants of Health and Suicide Attempt among Veterans	Suicide Prevention	ORAL
1187	Montgomery	Migration to Health Care among Unstably Housed Veterans Living in Rural Areas	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	ORAL
4096	Moo	Challenges Rural Community-Based Outpatient Clinics Face Delivering Geriatrics Care	Access to Care	POSTER
1145	Morley	VA/DoD Mortality Data Repository: A Comprehensive Resource for Veteran Mortality Studies	Health Services Research Methods	ORAL
1047	Mu	An Innovative Approach to Defining Pregnancy Episodes Using VA Data	Women's Health	ORAL
1125	Mulcahy	Healthcare use by Veteran and Disability Status: Findings from the 2015-2018 National Health Interview Survey	Disability/Spinal Cord injury/Traumatic Brain Injury	ORAL
1046	Natarajan	VETERANS WITH DIABETES WHO REQUIRE FOOT CARE ARE AT EQUIVALENT OR HIGHER RISK FOR MORTALITY COMPARED TO THOSE WITH CANCER OR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE	Whole Health/Population Health	ORAL
1004	Navathe	(In)equity in Risk Prediction: Examining and Mitigating Racial Bias in the Veterans Affairs Care Assessment Needs (CAN) Risk Model	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	Plenary
4091	Nearing	Digital Divide Magnified for Rural, Older Veterans Living “Off the Grid”	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	POSTER
1109	Nelson	Veteran peer Coaches Optimizing and Advancing Cardiac Health (Vet-COACH): results from a randomized controlled trial of peer support among Veterans	Primary Care Practice/Complex Chronic Disease Management	ORAL
4057	Nelson	The impact of temporary financial assistance on mortality, suicide attempt, and suicidal ideation among Veterans experiencing housing instability	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	POSTER
1126	Nevedal	Factors influencing why patients with spinal cord injury may be overlooked for obesity screening in the Veterans Health Administration	Disability/Spinal Cord injury/Traumatic Brain Injury	ORAL
4065	Ngo	Delivering Tele-dementia care to Older Veterans During the Covid-19 Pandemic	Virtual Care/Telehealth	POSTER
1148	Nicholson	Is this Patient Following the Recommended Diet? Validity and Reliability of a Brief Dietary Stage of Change Instrument	Primary Care Practice/Complex Chronic Disease Management	ORAL
1184	O'Hare	Complexity and challenges of the clinical diagnosis and management of long COVID: A qualitative study of electronic health records	COVID-19	ORAL
1037	O'Mahen	Comparison of multi-system data to estimate disease burden for VA-Medicaid dual-enrollees	Health Services Research Methods	ORAL
1203	O'Neil	Advancing FAIR Data and Synthesis Methods by Developing and Disseminating Repositories: Examples from PTSD, Suicide Prevention, and TBI	Health Services Research Methods	ORAL
4022	Oh	Evaluation of Teledermatology Programs Serving Rural Veterans Using RE-AIM Framework	Virtual Care/Telehealth	POSTER
1041	Oliva	Patient- and Setting-Related Gaps and Implementation Targets for VA Naloxone Distribution	Substance Use Disorders	ORAL
4078	Oliva	Transition to Opioid Use Disorder Among Patients Prescribed Opioids in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)	Substance Use Disorders	POSTER
4134	Orejuela	Methodology of a RCT testing the impact of a Spanish Online and Telephone Intervention for Hispanic Caregivers of Veterans with Stroke	Health Services Research Methods	POSTER
4149	O’Shea	Association of Broadband Internet Service with Utilization of Video-based Mental Health Services Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic	Access to Care	POSTER
4008	Panahi	Veteran perspectives on quality of epilepsy care: Impact of Veteran satisfaction, knowledge, and proactivity.	Quality, Safety, and Value of Health Care	POSTER
1013	Patel	Clinicians’ user experience with VA’s health information exchange technologies: Think-aloud during simulated medication reconciliation	Health Care Informatics and EHR Modernization (Cerner Transition)	ORAL
1032	Patel	Clinicians’ strategies for organizing and reconciling medications from multiple VA and non-VA sources: Card-sorting study	Health Care Informatics and EHR Modernization (Cerner Transition)	ORAL
4094	Penney	Supports and challenges in access to Veteran care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed methods study of Veteran caregiver experiences	COVID-19	POSTER
5012	Peoples-Robinson	“It Made Me Feel Like I Have a Seat at the Table in VA Research”: A Veteran’s Experience Developing a Diabetes Texting Program		VetPoster
4084	Peracca	Implementation of Direct-to-Patient Mobile Teledermatology in VA	Virtual Care/Telehealth	POSTER
1138	Petersen	Nurse Staffing Levels and Escalation to Intensive Care or Mortality: A National Study	Quality, Safety, and Value of Health Care	ORAL
1008	Peterson	Acceleration and improvement of COVID-19 case review with machine learning and deep language models	COVID-19	ORAL
4138	Peterson	Nowcasting Community COVID-19 Case Burden using near real-time VA Predictors	COVID-19	POSTER
1192	Pfeiffer	Clinical Outcomes of IV Ketamine Treatment for Depression in VA	Mental Health/PTSD	ORAL
1017	Pogoda	Fidelity to the Supported Employment Model is Associated with Employment Among Veterans with TBI History: A Formative Evaluation	Disability/Spinal Cord injury/Traumatic Brain Injury	ORAL
1036	Pogoda	Increased Risk for Adverse Outcomes among Post-9/11 Veterans who Screen Positive for TBI and do not Receive a Follow-up Comprehensive TBI Evaluation	Disability/Spinal Cord injury/Traumatic Brain Injury	ORAL
1075	Portnoy	Piloting the implementation of bidirectional intimate partner violence screening in routine mental health care: A mixed methods evaluation	Implementation Science	ORAL
1071	Possemato	Results from a Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Trial of Clinician Supported PTSD Coach in VA Primary Care Patients	Mental Health/PTSD	ORAL
4122	Powell	Variation in Clinical Characteristics and Longitudinal Outcomes in Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder Diagnosis Codes	Substance Use Disorders	POSTER
4045	Preddie	Coming Back for More: Conditions Linked to Higher Veteran Participation in an Innovative VA-YMCA Wellness Clinic	Implementation Science	POSTER
4063	Presseau	Veteran, provider, and setting characteristics related to bidirectional intimate partner violence screening implementation	Implementation Science	POSTER
1076	Pugh	Employment trajectories of Post-9/11 Veterans in the three years following military discharge: The impacts of gender, race/ethnicity, and health	Women's Health	ORAL
1130	Pugh	Resilience and employment among post-9/11 Veterans with and without military sexual trauma exposure	Women's Health	ORAL
4067	Pugh	Labor force participation among Post-9/11 Women Veterans: The impact of military sexual trauma	Women's Health	POSTER
4070	Quach	Health care teams and access to home and community-based services for older Veterans with dementia: Do comorbidities matter?	Long-term Care and Aging	POSTER
1031	Quinn	What happens when Veterans become pregnant while using contraception?	Women's Health	ORAL
1067	Quinn	Severe maternal morbidity and pregnancy-associated death among Veterans	Women's Health	ORAL
1040	Radomski	The Use and Cost of Low-Value Services Delivered to Veterans through the Veterans Health Administration and Medicare	Quality, Safety, and Value of Health Care	ORAL
4010	Rattray	Learning from Women Veterans Who Navigate Invisible Injuries, Caregiving, and Reintegration Challenges	Women's Health	POSTER
4121	Reddy	Identifying Major Barriers to Home Dialysis (The IM-HOME Study): Findings from a National Survey of Patients and Providers	Implementation Science	POSTER
1086	Reed	Use of Whole Health and Self-Care among Veterans Experiencing Distress Due to COVID	Whole Health/Population Health	ORAL
1163	Richardson	Veteran Preferences for the Timing and Modality of Completing Patient Reported Outcome Measures	Virtual Care/Telehealth	ORAL
4033	Richardson	Process mapping as a tool to prepare for multi-site implementation of a peer-based intervention for Veteran prisoner reentry support	Implementation Science	POSTER
1010	Rinne	Key findings and lessons learned from initial clinician experiences with VA electronic health record modernization	Health Care Informatics and EHR Modernization (Cerner Transition)	ORAL
1154	Robinson	Factors Associated with Veteran Self-Reported Use of Digital Health-Related Devices	Virtual Care/Telehealth	ORAL
4090	Rogers	Video-Telecare Collaborative Pain Management during COVID-19: Implications for expanding access to care	Virtual Care/Telehealth	POSTER
1052	Rose	Payer Shifting After Expansions in Access to Private Care Among Veterans Affairs Health Care System Enrollees	Health Policy and Legislation	ORAL
1152	Rose	Characteristics and Trends in Veterans Affairs Community Care Utilization	Access to Care	ORAL
1137	Rosen	Risk and Protective Factors for Burnout among VA Psychotherapists Treating PTSD Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic	Mental Health/PTSD	ORAL
4099	Rosen	Comparing Trends in Safety Events in VA-Delivered Care versus VA-Purchased Care in the Community	Quality, Safety, and Value of Health Care	POSTER
1097	Rosland	Engaging Family Supporters of Veterans with Diabetes to Improve Patient Activation, Behavioral, and Clinical Outcomes: A Randomized Trial	Primary Care Practice/Complex Chronic Disease Management	ORAL
4005	Rossi	Development and Evaluation of a Clinical Decision Support Tool for Intimate Partner Violence Screening Among Women Veterans	Women's Health	POSTER
1182	Saini	Impacts of COVID-19 on Appropriate Use of Screening Colonoscopy in the Veterans Health Administration	Quality, Safety, and Value of Health Care	ORAL
4082	Salovaara	Navigating COVID-19 and Related Challenges to Completing Clinical Research: Lessons Learned from the PATRIOT and STEP-UP Randomized Prevention Trials	COVID-19	POSTER
1101	Schapira	Risk Factors for New Persistent Opioid Use Among Veterans Treated for Early-Stage Cancer	Health Services Research Methods	ORAL
1113	Schapira	A Multisite Randomized Trial of a Veteran-Centric Lung Cancer Screening Decision Aid	Primary Care Practice/Complex Chronic Disease Management	ORAL
1093	Scharer	Feasibility and Acceptability of a Mailed Intervention to Increase Readiness to Reduce Alcohol/Tobacco Use in Rural Veterans with Chronic Conditions	Access to Care	ORAL
1038	Scheuner	Genetics providers are key to the integration of genetic testing within the practice of frontline clinicians	Access to Care	ORAL
1102	Scheuner	New delivery models improve access to germline testing for patients with advanced prostate cancer	Access to Care	ORAL
4140	Scheuner	Team-based genetic consultation: An effective system of care for equitable delivery of precision oncology services	Access to Care	POSTER
1195	Schexnayder	Tailoring a Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Program for Women Veterans: The Example of TEAM-WOVEN	Women's Health	ORAL
4044	Schexnayder	Opportunities for Improving Cardiovascular Risk Management Among Veterans Living with HIV: Findings of a Rapid Qualitative Analysis	Primary Care Practice/Complex Chronic Disease Management	POSTER
4077	Schleiden	Provider and Family Caregiver Perspectives on De-intensifying Chronic Disease Medications in Veterans Affairs Nursing Home Residents Near End-of-Life	Long-term Care and Aging	POSTER
1199	Schmajuk	National rollout of a medication safety dashboard to improve testing for latent infections among biologic/targeted synthetic DMARD users	Implementation Science	ORAL
5009	Schmidt	Engaging All Veterans: My Experience with the Multi-Veteran Engagement Group Meetings to Improve Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in VA Research		VetPoster
4024	Schneider	A National Examination of Prevalence, Correlates, and Lived Experience of Suicidal Ideation during the COVID-19 Pandemic among U.S. Veterans	Suicide Prevention	POSTER
1045	Seal	Rural-Urban Differences in Receipt of COVID-19 Primary and Booster Vaccinations: Implications for Strategies to Decrease Disparities	COVID-19	ORAL
1158	Shell	Incorporating Veteran Preferences into Designing a Customizable Diabetes Self-Management Text Messaging System	Virtual Care/Telehealth	ORAL
1087	Shepardson	Balancing Feasibility and Scientific Rigor: Navigating Implementation Challenges in Conducting Real-World Hybrid Trials of Interventions	Health Services Research Methods	ORAL
1188	Shepherd-Banigan	Adapting a family-involved intervention to increase initiation and completion of evidenced-based psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder	Mental Health/PTSD	ORAL
4151	Shepherd-Banigan	Primary Care Engagement Among Individuals with Experiences of Homelessness and Serious Mental Illness: An Evidence Map	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	POSTER
1171	Shimada	The Power of Healthcare Team Encouragement on Veterans’ Use of Mobile Health Apps	Virtual Care/Telehealth	ORAL
1181	Sico	Impacts of the ICD-9 to ICD-10 Transition on Diagnostic Coding of Post-Traumatic Headache in the Veterans Health Administration	Disability/Spinal Cord injury/Traumatic Brain Injury	ORAL
2001	Sides	Engagement is at our CORE: Sharing the successful model of the Pain/Opioid CORE Veteran Engagement initiative	Best practices for Veteran engagement	VetForum
4046	Slightam	A Novel “Video Visit User Experience” Survey Measure to Assess Veterans’ Experiences with Virtual Care	Health Services Research Methods	POSTER
1119	Slightam	Increasing a Diverse VA Workforce through a Health Services Research Career Pipeline Program for Students from Historically Excluded Groups	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	ORAL
1044	Smith	Impact of VA Medication Copayment Restructuring on Medication Adherence and Outcomes for Veterans with Hypertension	Quality, Safety, and Value of Health Care	ORAL
1085	Smith	The Impact of Travel Distance and Veteran Characteristics on SCI/D Annual Evaluation Receipt	Disability/Spinal Cord injury/Traumatic Brain Injury	ORAL
4072	Smith	Veteran Perceptions of the SCI/D Annual Evaluation	Disability/Spinal Cord injury/Traumatic Brain Injury	POSTER
4018	Solanki	Women Veterans’ Experiences with Mobility Assistive Technology	Women's Health	POSTER
1096	Sripada	Reducing COVID-related PTSD symptoms in Frontline Healthcare Workers through Trauma-Focused Treatment in Employee Assistance Programs	COVID-19	ORAL
4064	Stevens	The VA COVID-19 National Surveillance Tool and its evolved ability to investigate disparity	COVID-19	POSTER
4026	Stevenson	Accessing Telehealth through Local Area Stations (ATLAS), the provider and community partner perspective	Virtual Care/Telehealth	POSTER
4130	Stroupe	Survey on the Impact of VA Medication Copayment Restructuring on Veteran Cost of Medications and Use of Non-VA Pharmacies	Access to Care	POSTER
4028	Subramaniam	Refining the Implementation of a Hub-and-Spoke Model for the Delivery of Pain Management Care: A Qualitative Study	Implementation Science	POSTER
4146	Subramaniam	Addressing Workforce Development Needs for Scribe Pilot Program Success	Implementation Science	POSTER
1039	Suda	Improving Veteran health by increasing dental stewardship of antibiotics and opioids	Quality, Safety, and Value of Health Care	ORAL
4124	Sullivan	A Paucity of Data on Veterans 65 and Older and Risk of Suicide: A Systematic Review	Suicide Prevention	POSTER
1178	Takamine	Older Veterans’ Perceptions of Discontinuing Chronic Benzodiazepine Use: A Qualitative Study	Long-term Care and Aging	ORAL
3010	Tamang	Natural Language Processing for Health Services Research: Design, Development & Decision	Health Services Research Methods	Workshop
4111	Tenso	Excess Mortality at Veterans Health Administration Facilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic	COVID-19	POSTER
1183	Tenso	Community Care Emergency Room Use and Specialty Care Leakage from Veterans Health Administration Hospitals	Access to Care	ORAL
1114	Teo	Using Nudges to Enhance Appointment Reminders and Reduce No-Shows	Access to Care	ORAL
1179	Teo	Pilot randomized controlled trial of a brief online video training for suicide prevention in military veterans (VA S.A.V.E.)	Suicide Prevention	ORAL
4034	Tianwen	Five Diverse Claims-Based Frailty Indices Predict Long-Term Institutionalization	Long-term Care and Aging	POSTER
4051	Tisdale	Disparities in Video Care Use Among Veterans with Cardiovascular Disease	Virtual Care/Telehealth	POSTER
4002	Touchett	Promoting Equitable Access to Mental Healthcare for Rural Veterans with SCI: Stakeholder Engagement and Lessons Learned	Disability/Spinal Cord injury/Traumatic Brain Injury	POSTER
4102	Trivedi	Unmet Needs and Perceived Barriers to Accessing Home and Community-Based Services among Caregivers of Veterans of all Eras	Long-term Care and Aging	POSTER
4147	True	What Barriers Do Suicide Prevention Staff Face When Addressing Veterans’ Adverse Social Determinants of Health?	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	POSTER
1141	Turvey	Racial, Ethnic, and Predominant Language Spoken at Home Differences in Secure Messaging Communication with Providers	Virtual Care/Telehealth	ORAL
1028	Upham	Implementation of Nudges to Encourage Use of Complementary and Integrative Health Therapies in the Veterans Health Administration	Whole Health/Population Health	ORAL
1124	Uphold	The RESCUE CREST Stroke Caregiver Program: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial	Virtual Care/Telehealth	ORAL
4126	Uphold	Find the Positive Aspects of Caring for a Veteran Post-Stroke: A Thematic Analysis of Data from the Experiences of Caregivers	Long-term Care and Aging	POSTER
5016	Urbina	Acknowledging Caregiver Experiences, To Arm Veteran Families With Resources		VetPoster
4053	Usman	Prevalence and Correlates of Moral Injury among a National Sample of VA Healthcare Workers: Implications for Prevention and Mitigation Strategies	COVID-19	POSTER
1172	Vaghani	Using the Electronic Health Record to Measure Missed Opportunities in Diagnosis in Emergency Departments	Quality, Safety, and Value of Health Care	ORAL
1011	Van Houtven	A Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial to Implement and Evaluate a Family Caregiver Skills Training Program (iHI-FIVES)	Implementation Science	ORAL
4120	Van Houtven	Racial Inequality in Functional Trajectories Between Black and White U.S. Veterans	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	POSTER
3003	Vanneman	VA-Purchased Community Care: Addressing High-Priority Access and Quality of Care Research Questions with Available Data and Appropriate Methods	Health Services Research Methods	Workshop
1100	Varley	Towards increased access to medications for opioid use disorder within the inpatient hospital setting: rapid qualitative analysis and strategy mapping	Implementation Science	ORAL
1079	Vashi	Access to emergency care for Veterans: factors influencing setting choice	Access to Care	ORAL
1023	Vaughan	Results from a cluster randomized trial of two implementation strategies to deliver audit and feedback in the EQUIPPED medication safety program	Quality, Safety, and Value of Health Care	ORAL
4037	Venkatachalam	Comparing Specialty Service Utilization Associated with Veterans Health Administration’s Traumatic Brain Injury and Mental Health Screening Programs	Disability/Spinal Cord injury/Traumatic Brain Injury	POSTER
1069	Vimalananda	Comparison of VA PCPs’ Experience of Care Coordination with VA Specialists vs. Community Care Specialists under the MISSION Act	Health Policy and Legislation	ORAL
1180	Vimalananda	Endocrinologists’ Experiences with Telehealth: a Qualitative Study with Implications for Promoting Sustained Use	Virtual Care/Telehealth	ORAL
1053	Wachterman	Concurrent Receipt of Hospice and Dialysis Among Veterans with End-Stage Kidney Disease	Long-term Care and Aging	ORAL
4110	Walsh	Incorporating TechQuity in Virtual Care within the Veterans Health Administration: Identifying Future Research and Operations Priorities	Virtual Care/Telehealth	POSTER
1129	Ward	Improved prediction of opioid-related adverse health outcomes from electronic medical record data	Substance Use Disorders	ORAL
1034	Warren	Implementation of “Age-Friendly” Evidence-Based Practices in the VA Healthcare System: An Examination of Facilitators and Barriers	Long-term Care and Aging	ORAL
4059	Weaver	Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and Parkinson's Disease (PD) risk in a Veteran cohort	Mental Health/PTSD	POSTER
4109	Weaver	Women Veteran Marines and Exposure to Environmental Toxins: The Case of Camp Lejeune	Women's Health	POSTER
1084	Webermann	MST-Related PTSD: Gender and Race Differences in Service-Connection, and Comparisons to Combat Trauma	Mental Health/PTSD	ORAL
4071	Webermann	Compensation and Pension Exams for Military Sexual Trauma-Related PTSD: Examiner Experiences, Clinical Impacts on Veterans, and Best Practices	Mental Health/PTSD	POSTER
1083	Weeda	Sulfonylureas as Second Line Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes among Veterans: Results from a National Longitudinal Cohort Study	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	ORAL
2004	Wendleton	Suicide Prevention Research and Enhancing Veteran Engagement: building trust, cohesion, and collaboration		VetForum
1159	Weppner	Avoidance of travel costs and greenhouse gas emissions with a telehealth program for Veterans with persistently poor diabetes control	Virtual Care/Telehealth	ORAL
1162	Wheat	Addressing delayed care due to COVID-19: Use of the Preventive Health Inventory in Veteran’s Health Administration’s Primary Care	Primary Care Practice/Complex Chronic Disease Management	ORAL
3004	White	Basic Training in Military and Veteran Cultural Humility	Implementation Science	Workshop
1143	Widanagamaachchi	Demographic Characteristics of Veterans with COVID-19 by Wave	COVID-19	ORAL
1149	Wiener	Timely receipt of guideline-recommended annual lung cancer screening across three rounds among US Veterans	Quality, Safety, and Value of Health Care	ORAL
1166	Wilkerson	Implementation of Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support Within the Virtual Medical Center	Implementation Science	ORAL
4050	Willenberg	Ischemic stroke incidence in US Veterans living with spinal cord injury: Preliminary data	Disability/Spinal Cord injury/Traumatic Brain Injury	POSTER
1022	Williams	The VA national teleneurology program (NTNP): Implementing telehealth care to improve access to outpatient neurologists	Access to Care	ORAL
4004	Willson	A Demographic Analysis of the Presenting Acuity of Veterans with COVID-19	COVID-19	POSTER
4035	Wilson	Comparative effectiveness of Antibiotic Therapy for Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) Bloodstream Infections in Hospitalized U.S. Veterans	Quality, Safety, and Value of Health Care	POSTER
4119	Wilson	Rolling out PRIDE: Barriers and facilitators for sites implementing a veteran-centered LGBTQ+ health education group	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	POSTER
5003	Wohlford	Leveraging Community Outreach and Veteran Peers to Enhance Mental Healthcare Access for Rural, Racially Diverse Women Veterans		VetPoster
4106	Wolfe	Patient Characteristics Associated with Receipt of Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy in the Veterans Health Administration	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	POSTER
1054	Wong	Incorporating a Health Equity Focus into Implementation and Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices for High-Risk Patients	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	ORAL
3006	Wong	Identifying and addressing structural racism/racial and ethnic bias in healthcare systems	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	Workshop
4117	Wray	Overcoming Obstacles: An Evaluation of Barriers to Virtual Care Use Among Recipients of VA Video-Enabled Tablets	Virtual Care/Telehealth	POSTER
1110	Wu	In-person outpatient care delays, virtual clinic visits and associated mortality among Veterans with heart failure during the COVID-19 pandemic	COVID-19	ORAL
4032	Yin	Remarkable Changes in Frequency of ICD Code Use at the Time of the ICD-9 to ICD-10 Transition	Health Care Informatics and EHR Modernization (Cerner Transition)	POSTER
1202	Yoon	Use of VA Primary Care and Adherence to Medications During the COVID-19 Pandemic for High-Risk Veterans with Diabetes	COVID-19	ORAL
4025	Youles	Specialty Care Visit Completion Among Veterans with Newly-Diagnosed Liver Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Study in VISN 10	Access to Care	POSTER
1123	Zeliadt	Relationship Between Use of Complementary and Integrative Health Therapies and Subsequent Suicide Risk among Veterans Using VHA	Suicide Prevention	ORAL
4041	Zeliadt	Use of Whole Health as a Tool to Reduce Risk of Suicide and Overdose Events Among Veterans with Complex Mental Health Conditions	Whole Health/Population Health	POSTER
4104	Zeliadt	Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on a Cluster-Randomized Trial of Proactive Tobacco Treatment for Veterans Undergoing Lung Cancer Screening	Quality, Safety, and Value of Health Care	POSTER
4089	Zeng	Long Term Outcomes of CIH Therapies in Veterans with TBI	Whole Health/Population Health	POSTER
1139	Zhang	Characteristics of homeless-experienced Veterans using telehealth for primary care before and after COVID-19 onset	Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health	ORAL
1153	Zimolzak	Reducing Missed Test Results Through a Virtual Breakthrough Series Collaborative	Quality, Safety, and Value of Health Care	ORAL
1019	Zocchi	The Impact of the MISSION Act on VA-based and Community Outpatient Care Delivered to Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes	Health Policy and Legislation	ORAL
1136	Zogas	An early evaluation of the implementation of the Referral Coordination Initiative	Health Policy and Legislation	ORAL
1131	Zulman	Necessary But Not Sufficient: Implementation and Effectiveness of VA’s Tablet Initiative and Digital Divide Consult During the COVID-19 Pandemic	Virtual Care/Telehealth	ORAL
3001	Zulman	Opportunities to Advance Virtual Care Access, Engagement, and Outcomes: VA Virtual Care CORE Discussion about Research Priorities and Data Sources	Virtual Care/Telehealth	Workshop
4016	de Groot	The Impact of Including Medicare Data to Research on Veterans with COVID-19	COVID-19	POSTER

VA Health Systems Research

2023 HSR&D/QUERI National Conference Abstracts