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HSR&D Targeted Research Enhancement Program (TREP)
NOTE: This program will be discontinued by September 30, 2008.
- Center for Patient Healthcare Behavior, Nashville, TN
- Informatics, Decision Enhancement, and Surveillance (IDEAS) Center, Salt Lake City, UT
- Program of Research on Serious Physical and Mental Illness, Bronx, NY
- Understanding Racial and Ethnic Variations in Health Outcomes for Chronic Diseases, Charleston, SC
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Program to Integrate Psychosocial and Health Services in Chronic Diseases and Disability, Providence, RI
- Atlanta VAMC Targeted Research Enhancement Program, Atlanta, GA
Center for Patient Healthcare Behavior, Nashville, TN
Focus
- Characterize the contribution of patient behavior in shaping the organizational dynamics of care and the self-management of chronic illness
- Develop theories and frameworks for the deployment of system-wide strategies that improve patients’ healthcare behavioral patterns
Contact
Theodore Speroff, PhD
(615) 340-2886
ted.speroff@va.gov
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Informatics, Decision Enhancement, and Surveillance (IDEAS) Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Focus
- Implement and evaluate informatics tools and interventions that integrate decision support and surveillance in order to improve outcomes
- Enhance provider and patient decision-making in timeliness of care, prevention of adverse events, and management of infection
Contact
Matthew Samore, MD
(801) 582-1565 x2423
matthew.samore@hsc.utah.edu
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Program of Research on Serious Physical and Mental Illness, Bronx, NY
Focus
- Improving care for veterans with catastrophic and unremitting functional limitations, veterans at the end of life, and veterans with severe mental illness
- Research focus includes patient safety, patient-centered care, and palliative care interventions
Contact
Joan D. Penrod, PhD
(718) 584-9000 x3814
joan.penrod@va.gov
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Understanding Racial and Ethnic Variations in Health Outcomes for Chronic Diseases, Charleston, SC
Focus
- To advance knowledge on racial and ethnic variations in care by focusing on two patient level factors - patient trust and patient preferences for care.
- To evaluate the incremental effect of these patient level factors on racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes for chronic medical conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and osteoarthritis of the knee that are highly prevalent in the veteran population.
Contact
Leonard Egede, MD, MS
(843) 792-2969
egedel@musc.edu
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Program to Integrate Psychosocial and Health Services in Chronic Diseases and Disability, Providence, RI
Focus
- To assess the multiplicity of psychosocial and behavioral factors that influence outcomes among patients with chronic disease and disability
- To develop and evaluate multidisciplinary interventions and integrated service delivery systems to address the effects of psychosocial and behavioral factors on chronic disease and disability
Contact
Peter Friedmann, MD, MPH
(401) 444-3347
pfriedmann@lifespan.org
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Atlanta VAMC Targeted Research Enhancement Program, Atlanta, GA
Focus
- To evaluate and facilitate informed decision-making by patients and compliance with treatment options
- To promote evidence-based decision-making by clinicians;
- To investigate health and economic outcomes in oncology, including palliative care and geriatric oncology, and to design and implement multidisciplinary interventions to improve these outcomes and quality of care delivered
Contact
Theresa W. Gillespie, PhD
(404) 321-6111 x4749
tgilles@emory.edu
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