Research Topics
Implementation Science
Implementation science seeks to apply and integrate research evidence into practice and policy, with the goal of closing the gap between what is known and what is done. Implementation science researchers work to identify and address both facilitators and barriers to the uptake of proven health interventions and evidence-based practices.
VA health systems researchers conduct a wide variety of implementation science research, largely through the Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI). Much of QUERI’s work has had significant impact on VA care and care policy, resulting in improved care for Veterans.
Each section below is populated by a search of the HSR website. Search results are generated based on the search term "implementation". Results are updated as new data are available.
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Citations
(5 of more than 1903 IMPLEMENTATION focused publications)
- Jimenez EE, Rosland AM, Stockdale SE, Reddy A, Wong MS, Torrence N, Huynh A, Chang ET. Implementing evidence-based practices to improve primary care for high-risk patients: study protocol for the VA high-RIsk VETerans (RIVET) type III effectiveness-implementation trial. Implementation science communications. 2024 Jul 15; 5(1):75.
- Skolarus LE, Williams LS. Implementation research: an approach to overcoming the know-do gap. The Lancet. Neurology. 2024 Jul 1; 23(7):656-658.
- Finley EP, Chrystal JG, Gable AR, Fletcher EH, Palma A, Canelo I, Oberman RS, Jackson SS, Lesser R, Moin T, Bean-Mayberry B, Farmer MM, Hamilton A. The Rapid Implementation Feedback (RIF) report: real-time synthesis of qualitative data for proactive implementation planning and tailoring. Implementation science communications. 2024 Jun 21; 5(1):69.
- Harkness A, Giusto A, Hamilton AB, Hernandez-Ramirez RU, Spiegelman D, Weiner BJ, Beidas RS, Larson ME, Lippman SA, Wainberg ML, Smith JD. Navigating grey areas in HIV and mental health implementation science. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 2024 Jun 1; 27(6):e26271.
- Hundt NE, Plasencia M, Amspoker AB, Yusuf Z, Walder A, Yusuf Z, Nagamoto H, Kim B, Tsao CG, Smith TL, Smith TL. Evaluation of the Implementation of the FLOW Program for Increasing Access to Mental Health Care. The journal of behavioral health services & research. 2024 Jul 1; 51(3):325-337.
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Publication Briefs
(5 of more than 113 IMPLEMENTATION focused publication briefs)
- Veterans with Atrial Fibrillation at VAMCs Serving More Minorities Less Likely to Receive Anticoagulation for Stroke Prevention
This study sought to determine whether medical center racial/ethnic composition is associated with initiation of anticoagulant therapy for Veterans with incident AF. Findings showed that initiation of any anticoagulant and warfarin therapy was significantly lower among Veterans at VAMCs serving larger proportions of minoritized patients. There was no association between initiation of newer, guidel...
Date: June 24, 2024
- QUERI Evaluation Identifies Barriers, Facilitators, Lessons Learned, and Strategies to Better Standardize Veteran Safety Practices Across VA and Community Care
VA’s “Patient Safety Events in Community Care: Reporting, Investigation, and Improvement Guidebook” was designed to standardize safety practices across VA-delivered and VA-purchased care (i.e., community care). This project identified organizational barriers and facilitators related to Guidebook implementation, identified lessons learned during implementation, and developed strategies to improve f...
Date: May 8, 2024
- VA’s Referral Coordination Initiative Does Not Measurably Affect VA or Community Care Wait Times or Community Care Referrals
This study investigated whether the Referral Coordination Initiative (RCI) was associated with changes in the proportion of VA specialty referrals completed by community-based care (CC) providers and mean appointment waiting times for VA and CC providers. Findings showed that in the initial years of the RCI program, RCI implementation did not measurably affect CC referral rates or wait times at VA...
Date: March 30, 2024
- PACT Implementation Associated with Potential Short-Term Improvement in Quality of Follow-Up for Certain Diagnostic Tests
This study used 14 years (2006–2019) of nationwide VA data on Veterans who had abnormal test results related to diagnostic testing for six different cancers. Findings showed that PACT implementation was associated with a potential short-term improvement in the quality of follow-up for certain test results. Better PACT implementation was associated with a reduction in potentially missed timely foll...
Date: March 14, 2024
- VA Surgical Care Comparable or Better than Non-VA Surgical Care
Investigators conducted a systematic review to compare VA and non-VA care for surgical conditions across domains of quality and safety, access, patient experience, and comparative cost/efficiency using studies published between 2015 and 2021 – following implementation of the Choice and MISSION Acts. Findings showed that in all but two studies, VA care had comparable or better quality and safety ou...
Date: May 8, 2023
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Studies
( 5 of more than 709 IMPLEMENTATION focused projects
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| Project No. |
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Funding Start |
| IIR 22-081
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Building a shared decision making implementation strategy for the emerging paradigm of precision cancer screening |
Clayman, Marla |
2023-10-01 |
| IIR 20-318
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Impact of COVID-19 on implementation and outcomes of VA's Life-Sustaining Treatment Decisions Initiative |
Linsky, Amy |
2022-06-01 |
| IIR 20-077
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PAtient-centered mUltidiSciplinary care for vEterans undergoing surgery (PAUSE): a hybrid 1 clinical effectiveness-implementation intervention trial |
Arya, Shipra |
2021-05-01 |
| IIR 19-238
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Continuous Wearable Monitoring Analytics to Improve Outcomes in Heart Failure - LINK-HF2 multicenter implementation study |
Stehlik, Josef |
2020-09-01 |
| IIR 16-245
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Chronic Antibiotic Suppression after Prosthetic Joint Infection: A Target for De-implementation |
Schweizer-Looby, Marin |
2018-09-01 |
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Cyberseminars
The most recent "implementation" seminars are displayed.
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Presenter(s) |
| 9/10/2024 |
Scalable Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Chronic Pain: Results from the Learning to Apply Mindfulness to Pain (LAMP) Pragmatic Clinical Trial)
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Burgess, Diana
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| 7/11/2024 |
Contributions of Anthropological Practice in Implementation Science: Reflections on a Scoping Review
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Fix, Gemmae
Seaman, Aaron
Faro, Elissa
Taber, Peter
Reisinger, Heather
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| 7/9/2024 |
One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Tailoring and the Implementation of Discharge Antibiotic Stewardship Interventions
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Vaughn, Valerie
Szymczak, Julia
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| 6/24/2024 |
Planning for Sustainment
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Landes, Sara
Elwy, A. Rani
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| 6/20/2024 |
Results from the Learning to Apply Mindfulness to Pain (LAMP) Study: A Pragmatic Clinical Trial
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Burgess, Diana
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Videos
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Other Resources
- Visit the Quality Enhancement Research Initiative’s website to find out more about implementation science resources, including:
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