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Medich M, Shin MH, McGowan MG, Kasom DR, Lott B, Zeliadt SB, Taylor SL. Patient Reports on How Well Combining Provider-Delivered and Self-Directed Complementary and Integrative Health Therapies Help Their Health and Well-Being. Global advances in integrative medicine and health. 2025 Dec 13; 14:27536130251390862, DOI: 10.1177/27536130251390862.
Flike K, St Pierre C, Howard A, Tsai J. Perceptions of the Impact and Utility of Battlefield Acupuncture Among Veterans Experiencing Homelessness: A Qualitative Pilot Study. Global advances in integrative medicine and health. 2025 Aug 17; 14:27536130251369534, DOI: 10.1177/27536130251369534.
Haun JN, McDaniel JT, Benzinger RC, Melillo C. Enhancing patient-provider relationships with a whole person oriented healing pathway model. BMC health services research. 2025 May 13; 25(1):682, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-025-12858-8.
Flike K, Byrne T, Hyde J. The Association Between Complementary and Integrative Health Service Use and Completion of a Residential Rehabilitation Program for Veterans Experiencing Homelessness. Journal of integrative and complementary medicine. 2025 May 1; 31(5):493-496, DOI: 10.1089/jicm.2024.0757.
Reed DE, Engel CC, Etingen B, Hyde J, Bokhour BG, Zeliadt SB. Reaching Veterans with Cooccurring Mental Health Conditions Through the VA Whole Health System of Care. Journal of integrative and complementary medicine. 2025 May 1; 31(5):463-470, DOI: 10.1089/jicm.2024.0766.
Comella N, Elwy RA. Identifying Barriers to Implementing Complementary and Integrative Health Therapies in Rhode Island Health Care Systems: A Qualitative Approach. Journal of integrative and complementary medicine. 2025 Feb 1; 31(2):155-165, DOI: 10.1089/jicm.2024.0370.
Haderlein TP, Zeliadt SB, Kloehn AT, Lott BD, Toyama J, Resnick A, Elwy AR, Der-Martirosian C, Taylor SL. Are Virtual Complementary and Integrative Therapies as Effective as In-Person Therapies? Examining Patient-Reported Outcomes Among Veterans with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain. Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association. 2025 Feb 1; 31(2):176-184, DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2024.0060.
Resnick A, Bergman AA, Oberman RS, Taylor SL, Chuang E, Cummings KM, Chang ET. Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Use of Complementary and Integrative Health Therapies for Veterans with Opioid Use Disorder in the Veterans Health Administration. OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine. 2024 Jan 31; 9(1):doi:10.21926/obm.icm.2401012.
Coleman BC, Lisi AJ, Abel EA, Runels T, Goulet JL. Association between early nonpharmacological management and follow-up for low back pain in the veterans health administration. North American Spine Society journal. 2023 Jun 1; 14:100233.
McGowan MG, Taylor SL. Registry of Current Research on Veterans and Complementary and Integrative Health Therapies and Chiropractic Care. Research Registry. Whitehead A, Taylor SL, editors. Los Angeles CA: Produced by VA Complementary and Integrative Health Evaluation Center for the VA Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation; 2023 Feb 1. 1-15 p.
Der-Martirosian C, Shin M, Upham ML, Douglas JH, Zeliadt SB, Taylor SL. Telehealth Complementary and Integrative Health Therapies During COVID-19 at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association. 2023 Apr 1; 29(4):576-583.
Quinlan TAG, Roberts AW, Frank JW, Whittington MD. Health costs of women with chronic overlapping pain conditions by opioid and complementary and integrative health use. Health services research. 2021 Dec 1; 56(6):1233-1244.
Dryden EM, Bolton RE, Bokhour BG, Wu J, Dvorin K, Phillips L, Hyde JK. Leaning Into Whole Health: Sustaining System Transformation While Supporting Patients and Employees During COVID-19. Global advances in health and medicine. 2021 May 26; 10(21649561211021047):21649561211021047.
Bolton RE, Bokhour BG, Dvorin K, Wu J, Elwy AR, Charns M, Taylor SL. Garnering Support for Complementary and Integrative Health Implementation: A Qualitative Study of VA Healthcare Organization Leaders. Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.). 2021 Mar 1; 27(S1):S81-S88.
Zeliadt SB, Coggeshall S, Gelman H, Shin MH, Elwy AR, Bokhour BG, Taylor SL. Assessing the Relative Effectiveness of Combining Self-Care with Practitioner-Delivered Complementary and Integrative Health Therapies to Improve Pain in a Pragmatic Trial. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 2020 Dec 12; 21(Suppl 2):S100-S109.
Elwy AR, Taylor SL. Progress of Veterans Health Administration Complementary and Integrative Health Research Along the Quality Enhancement Research Initiative Implementation Roadmap. Medical care. 2020 Sep 1; 58 Suppl 2 9S:S75-S77.
Farmer Coste MM, Taylor SL, McGowan MG, Yuan A, Osawe U. The Provision of Complementary and Integrative Health Services in VA: Results from the National VA Survey of Complementary and Integrative Health Approaches 2017-2018. Washington, DC: VA Office of Patient Centered Care & Cultural Transformation (OPCC&CT), Integrative Health Coordinating Center; 2020 Jun 4. 63 p.
Zeliadt SB. Department of Veteran Affairs VA Pilot Program on the Integration of Complementary and Integrative Health and Well-being Programs. In accordance with the requirements of section 933 of Public Law 114-198,
enclosed is the 30-month progress report on implementation of Complementary and Integrative Health (CIH) and Whole Health at the 18 flagship sites after 2 years of the pilot program. The required cost analysis is also enclosed.. Washington, DC: Department of Veterans Affairs; 2020 Mar 31. 1-29 p.
Sherman KJ. The Trials and Tribulations of Selecting Comparison Groups in Randomized Trials of Nonpharmacological Complementary and Integrative Health Interventions. Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.). 2020 Jun 1; 26(6):449-455.
Taylor SL, Hoggatt KJ, Kligler B. Complementary and Integrated Health Approaches: What Do Veterans Use and Want. Journal of general internal medicine. 2019 Jul 1; 34(7):1192-1199.
Mathersul DC, Tang JS, Schulz-Heik RJ, Avery TJ, Seppälä EM, Bayley PJ. Study protocol for a non-inferiority randomised controlled trial of SKY breathing meditation versus cognitive processing therapy for PTSD among veterans. BMJ open. 2019 Apr 3; 9(4):e027150.
Bradley R, Booth-LaForce C, Hanes D, Scott C, Sherman KJ, Lin YS, Zwickey H. Design of a Multidisciplinary Training Program in Complementary and Integrative Health Clinical Research: Building Research Across Interdisciplinary Gaps. Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.). 2019 May 1; 25(5):509-516.
Farmer Coste MM, Taylor SL. The CIHEC Environmental Scan of CIH Services in VA. Complementary and Integrative Health [Cyberseminar]. VA HSR&D. 2019 Jan 17.
Evans EA, Taylor SL. Gender Disparities in the Use of Complementary and Integrative Health by U.S. Military Veterans with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain. Spotlight on Women's Health [Cyberseminar]. VA HSR&D. 2018 Nov 29.
Elwy R, Hoggatt KJ, Taylor SL. The Complementary and Integrative Health Evaluation Center (CIHEC) Study on Veterans' Preferences for and Use of CIH. Complementary and Integrative Health [Cyberseminar]. VA HSR&D. 2018 Nov 15.
Hecht MI. Research Briefs-3: Spotlight: Complementary and Integrative Health Research. 2018 Jul 23; 16(3).
Taylor SL. Spotlight on Evidence-Based Practice (EBP): Complementary and Integrative Health Evaluation Center. HSR&D Monthly News Feature. 2018 Jul 1; July(2018): 1.
Ashrafioun L, Allen KD, Pigeon WR. Utilization of complementary and integrative health services and opioid therapy by patients receiving Veterans Health Administration pain care. Complementary therapies in medicine. 2018 Aug 1; 39:8-13.
Mathersul DC, Mahoney LA, Bayley PJ. Tele-yoga for Chronic Pain: Current Status and Future Directions. Global advances in health and medicine. 2018 Apr 2; 7:2164956118766011.
Taylor SL, Giannitrapani KF, Yuan A, Marshall N. What Patients and Providers Want to Know About Complementary and Integrative Health Therapies. Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.). 2018 Jan 1; 24(1):85-89.
Taylor SL, Herman P, Lorenz K. The Use of Complementary and Integrative Health in the OEF/OIF/OND Veteran Population. Spotlight on Pain Management [Cyberseminar]. HSR&D. 2017 Jan 10.
Bossi KE. FORUM-2: Pain Management. 2016 Jun 10; 8(2).
Taylor SL, Bolton RE, Dvorin K, Elwy AR, Bokhour BG. Complementary and Integrative Health Implementation in the VA. Paper presented at: International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health; 2016 May 1; Las Vegas, NV.
Taylor SL, Lorenz K. A VA Priority: Complementary and Integrative Health Approaches to Addressing Pain. VA HSR&D Forum. 2016 May 1; 2016(Spring): 6-8.
Taylor SL, Bolton R, Huynh AK, Dvorin K. Implementing Complementary and Integrative Health in the VA. Poster session presented at: National Institutes of Health / AcademyHealth Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation; 2015 Dec 14; Washington, DC.
Polusny MA. Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Among Veterans. Presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2015 Jul 9; Philadelphia, PA.
Taylor SL, Bolton R, Huynh A, Dvorin K. Adoption and Implementation of Complementary and Integrative Health Therapies. Paper presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2015 Jul 8; Philadelphia, PA.