Current HSR&D Studies and QUERI Projects (last updated 6/24/2009)

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Blast-Related Health Problem Identification and Polytrauma Taxonomy
12/31/2010
Measurement and Outcomes Post Severe Brain Injury
09/30/2010
Evaluation of a Cardiac Nurse Practitioner Palliative Care Program
02/28/2010
Colorectal Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Quality Surveillance Data System
09/30/2009
Translation of Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines: A System Intervention
09/30/2009
Stigma, Gender, and Other Barriers to VHA Use for OEF/OIF Veterans
08/30/2011
Veterans Telemedicine Outreach for PTSD Services
04/30/2012
Women Veterans Cohort Study
10/30/2012
A Computer Adaptive Test to Measure Community Reintegration
05/30/2011
Soldier to Civilian: RCT of an Intervention to Promote Post-Deployment Reintegration
08/31/2013
Telemental Health and Cognitive Processing Therapy for Rural Combat Veterans with PTSD
09/30/2012
Outcomes and Correlates of Suicidal Ideation in OEF/OIF Veterans
09/30/2011
Perspectives on Enhancing Family Involvement in Treatment for PTSD
03/31/2011
Identifying Potential Demand for VA Rehabilitation Services for OEF/OIF Veterans
12/31/2010
Combat, Sexual Assault, and Post-Traumatic Stress in OIF/OEF Military Women
06/30/2011
Physician-Patient Communication in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure
03/30/2010
CONNECT for better falls prevention in VA Community Living Centers
07/31/2012
Interventions to Improve Fatigue Management Among Physician Trainees
03/31/2012
Intervening to Prevent Contextual Errors in Medical Decision Making
06/30/2012
Sexual Assault Prevalence Among Male, PTSD-Disabled Gulf War Veterans
08/31/2009
Consortium of Healthcare Informatics Research: Document Quality and Challenge Evaluations
04/30/2013
Consortium for Healthcare Informatics Research: Clinical Inference and Modeling
03/31/2013
Consortium for Healthcare Informatics Research: PTSD
04/30/2013
Consortium for Healthcare Informatics Research: MRSA
03/31/2013
Consortium for Healthcare Informatics Research - De-Identification
01/31/2013
Consortium of Healthcare Informatics Research: Locally Initiated Project
01/31/2013
Treatment Cost for Veterans with Chronic Kidney Disease
02/28/2010
Primary Care Quality and Service Customization for the Homeless
08/31/2011
VA Facility Determinants of Racial-Ethnic Variations in Quality of Care
05/31/2011
Adapting Tools to Implement Stroke Risk Management to Veterans
08/30/2010
Proactive Tobacco Treatment for Diverse Veteran Smokers
12/31/2011
Detailing Smoking Attributable Risks for Post-Morbidity: Planning for Policy and Clinical Interventions
06/30/2010
Working with Veterans Organizations to Improve Blood Pressure
12/31/2010
Group Intervention for DM Guideline Implementation
03/31/2012
Implementing Integrated Care for Veterans with Serious Mental Illness
12/31/2009
A Self-Management Intervention for Veterans with Hepatitis C
08/31/2010
AUDIT-C as a Scaled Marker for Health Risks in VA Medical Out-patients
11/30/2009
Illness Management and Recovery for Veterans with Severe Mental Illness
09/30/2011
Alcohol Misuse and the Risk of Post-Surgical Complications and Mortality
11/30/2009
Reengineering Systems for the Primary Care Treatment of PTSD
12/31/2010
Predicting Post-Deployment Mental Health Substance Abuse and Services Needs
09/30/2009
Participation in PTSD: Who Starts, Who Stays and Who Drops Out
06/30/2010
Help-Seeking Depression in VHA Primary Care Patients
02/28/2011
Management of Suicidal Veterans during Substance Use Disorder
09/30/2010
Senior Coordinated Referral (SCORE) Study
06/30/2010
VA Nursing Home Care for Veterans with Serious Mental Illness
06/30/2010
Outpatient Waiting Times, Outcomes, and Cost for VA Patients with Diabetes
02/28/2010
Outlook: An Intervention to Improve Quality of Life in Serious Illness
10/31/2009
Chronic Physical and Mental Ilness Care in Women Veterans
08/30/2009
Evaluation of Military Sexual Trauma Screening and Treatment
07/31/2009
Women Veterans Ambulatory Care Use Project, Phase II
08/30/2009
Impact of Practice Structure on Quality of Care for Women Veterans (Phase 2)
09/30/2009
Using VA Databases to Identify Drug AEs & Their Health and Costs Impact
06/30/2010
Guideline Adherence in Elders with Heart Failure and Multiple Comorbidities
09/30/2012
Operating Room Workload and Quality of Care
06/30/2010
Is Bisphosphonate Therapy Associated with Osteonecrosis of the Jaw
01/31/2012
A Culturally Sensitive Values-Guided Aid for End of Life Decision-Making
09/30/2009
Effect of Self-Management on Improving Sleep Apnea Outcomes
12/31/2009
Prospective Study of Functional Status in Veterans at Risk for Unexplained Illnesses
06/30/2010
Tele-Mental Health Intervention to Improve Depression Outcomes in CBOCs
12/31/2009
Effectiveness of Contingency Management in VA Addictions Treatment
02/28/2010
Intervention to Improve Care at Life's End in VA Medical Centers
03/31/2012
Methylphenidate for Depressed Cancer Patients in Hospice
03/30/2010
Quality and Costs of Colon Cancer Care in VA and Medicare
09/30/2009
Use of VA and Medicare by Older Veterans with New Disability
09/30/2009
Clinical Practice Intensity: Comparing VA to Private Sector Providers
12/31/2009
Mesh Repair for Ventral Hernia: Which Rate is Right?
12/31/2009
Improving Patient-Provider Communication For Colorectal Cancer Screening
06/30/2010
Patient-Centered Medication Adherence Intervention for Schizophrenia
12/31/2009
Reinforcement of Abstinence and Attendance in Substance Abuse Treatment
03/31/2010
Surveillance of Medical Device-Related Problems in Intensive Care Units
12/31/2009
Cost Effective Strategy to Evaluate Veterans with Sleep Apnea
09/30/2009
Clinical and Cost Effectiveness of Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy Using Tele-Ophthalmology
12/31/2010
Optimal Use and Cost-Effectiveness of ICDS in the VA Health Care System
06/30/2010
Modifiable Determinants of Anti-Depressant Adherence Among Older Veterans
02/28/2010
Identifying and Predicting Contextual Errors in Medical Decision Making
08/30/2009
A Behavioral Intervention to Improve Hypertension Control in Veterans
09/30/2010
Hip Fracture Repair and Outcomes: A National Cohort Study of Veterans
12/31/2009
Effectiveness of Screening and Treatment for PTSD in SUD Patients
12/31/2011
Electrodiagnostic Services: Guidelines, Compliance, and Outcome
08/30/2010
Patient and Provider Attitudes in the Healthcare Context
06/30/2010
Partners in Dementia Care
02/28/2011
Improving Insulin Therapy with Enhanced Care Management and Peer Support
03/31/2010
Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation: Impact of Mental Illness
03/31/2010
The Effectiveness of FMPO in Improving the Quality of Care for Persons with Severe Mental Illness
06/30/2010
Why Are Intermediate Outcomes in Diabetic Veterans Still Sub-Optimal?
12/31/2009
Manifestations, Causes, and Consequences of PEU in Elderly TCU Residents
04/30/2011
Non-Pharmacological Interventions on Sleep in Post-Acute Rehabilitation
12/31/2009
RCT of Financial Incentives to Translate ALLHAT into Practice
06/30/2011
Identifying Successful Approaches to Smoking Cessation Treatment for Veterans
12/31/2009
MST Effects on PTSD and Health Behavior: A Longitudinal Study of Marines
08/30/2009
Telepsychology-Service Delivery for Depressed Elderly Veterans
07/31/2010
Behavioral/Pharmacological Telemedicine Interventions for BP Control
09/30/2009
Impact of Health Status on Colorectal Cancer Screening in Older Adults
12/31/2010
The Impact of Neighborhood Environment on Veteran Health and Survival
09/30/2009
Dual Diagnosis Self-Help Group Referral: Outcomes and Services Use
03/31/2011
Health Care Use, Outcomes, and Costs of Comorbid Diabetes and Depression
08/30/2009
Assessing Information Value in Computerized Patient Care Documentation System
06/30/2010
Improving Longterm SUD Outcomes with Telephone Case Monitoring
07/31/2009
Culture and Communication in Hypertension Management
09/30/2009
Quality of Practices for Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Staging
03/31/2010
Caregiver Psychoeducation and Support: Improving Outcomes in AD/ADRD
03/31/2011
Dementia in Primary Care: Setting the Stage for Quality Improvement
03/31/2010
Using Knowledge Discovery Strategies to Identify Fall Related Injuries
06/30/2010
Predicting Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Carriage at Hospital Admission
08/30/2009
Long-term Outcomes of Bariatric Surgery in the Veterans Health Administration
03/31/2010
Family-Supported Smoking Cessation for Chronically Ill Veterans
06/30/2012
Examining Healthcare Patterns and MS Outcomes with VHA and Medicare Data
06/30/2011
Sociocultural Dimensions of Provider Decision-Making in Pain Management
08/31/2009
Sleep Specialty Consultation: Improving Management or Sleep Disorders
12/31/2010
Team Process and Performance in Primary Care
12/31/2009
Intra-Operative Predictors of Adverse Outcomes
12/30/2009
Knee Replacement Disparity: A Randomized, Controlled Intervention
08/31/2009
Novel Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Renal Insufficiency
03/31/2010
Longitudinal Analysis of Utilization and Cost by VA Patients with Diabetes
12/30/2011
A Patient-Spouse Intervention for Self-Managing High Cholesterol
08/30/2010
Impact of Teledermatology on Health Services Outcomes in the VA
06/30/2011
Barriers to Initiating Antiviral Therapy for Veterans with Hepatitis C
08/31/2010
Impact of a Plain Language Prostate Cancer Decision Aid on Decision Making
09/30/2011
The Quality of Locoregional Breast Cancer Treatment for Breast Cancer in the VHA
08/31/2009
Primary Care Based Disease Management for Alcohol Dependence
12/31/2010
Inappropriate Drug Use for Seniors: Should VA adopt new HEDIS measures
06/30/2011
Learning and Relationships in Primary Care Clinical Microsystems
09/30/2012
Patient-Centered Disease Management for Heart Failure Trial
06/30/2011
Depression and CHF in Outpatients
02/28/2010
VA's Quality Transformation: Lessons for Evidence-Based Management
03/31/2010
Summary Measures of Quality for Diabetes Care
09/30/2010
VA and Non-VA Healthcare Utilization and Outcomes by Veterans with Stroke
09/30/2009
From Syndromic to Disease-Course Surveillance
09/30/2010
The Influence of Obesity on Veterans' Quality of Care
09/30/2010
Self-Management to Prevent Ulcers in Veterans with Spinal Cord Injury
12/31/2011
Evaluating a Preference-based Intervention for Increasing CRC Screening
03/31/2012
Ethnic Differences in Medication Adherence and Cost for Elderly Veterans with DM
01/31/2010
Promoting Recovery Using Mental Health Consumer Providers
02/28/2011
Diagnosis and Treatment of Sleep Apnea in Cerebrovascular Disease
03/31/2011
Veterans' and Families' Priorities for Palliative Home Care Services
12/31/2011
Health and Economic Outcomes for Uninsured Non-Elderly Veterans
12/30/2009
Enhancing fitness in older overweight vets with impaired fasting glucose
06/30/2011
Improving Quality Measurement Using Quality Adjusted Life Years
03/31/2011
Identifying and Characterizing High Performing VHA Nursing Homes
06/30/2010
Enhancing Indoor, Community, and Advanced Wheelchair Skills in SCI
06/30/2012
Organizational Correlates of Adherence to Medication
06/30/2011
Patient Safety and Costs in VA Hospitals
03/31/2011
Illness Perceptions, Emotions and Decision Making in Veterans with CMP
09/30/2011
Process Quality Measures of Addiction Care: Validation and Refinement
03/30/2010
An Integrated Care Model for Improving HCV Patient Outcomes
10/31/2012
Quality of Care Among Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection
03/31/2011
Improving the Delivery of Smoking Cessation Guidelines in Hospitalized Veterans
02/28/2013
VA Nursing Homes: Medical Saff Models and Care Correlates
05/31/2011
Determinants of Diabetes Control in Veterans with Serious Mental Illness
12/31/2011
Screening for prediabetes and early diabetes in primary care
12/31/2012
Racial Variations in Communication, Decision Making and Diabetes Outcomes
09/30/2011
Effects of Performance Measurement on Healthcare Systems
12/31/2009
Trial of Low And High Intensity Strategies to Maintain Blood Pressure Control
09/30/2012
The Business Case for Reduction in Surgical Complication Rates in the VA
12/31/2009
Predictors and Outcomes of Treating Bipolar Depression as MDD
03/31/2012
Expert System-Based Feedback in Sedentary Overweight Veterans
09/30/2012
Improving Obstructive Sleep Apnea Management via Wireless Telemonitoring
06/30/2012
VA Physician Adherence to Colonoscopy Guidelines
04/30/2012
Veterans Walk to Beat Back Pain
09/30/2011
Enhancing caregiver support for patients with heart failure
06/30/2012
Health Care Use and Costs of Veterans with Neurotrauma
03/31/2011
Pain, Sexual Dysfunction and Depression in Hemodialysis Patients
07/31/2011
Using multimedia patient feedback to reduce disparities in VA healthcare
06/30/2012
The Impact of Dioscontinuity of Care on Hospitalized Patients
06/30/2011
Generalized Linear Model Analysis Under Directional Selection Bias
09/30/2010
Access Factors Affecting VA Enrollees' Use of Non-VA Medical Care
03/31/2011
Modeling of Health Care Costs of Veterans with Chronic Diseases
12/31/2012
Improving Transfers of Care in VA Nursing and Medical Services
04/30/2011
Prevention of Weight Loss in Long-Term Care Veterans
01/31/2012
A Patient-Centered Approach to Improve Screening for Side Effects of SGAs
06/30/2011
Treating Violence-Prone Substance Use Disorder Patients
08/31/2012
Decision Aid in Veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
06/30/2011
Prevalence, Management and Outcomes of Extra Spinal Fractures in SCI
03/31/2012
Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality Among Veterans with Schizophrenia
12/31/2011
Patients' Experiences of Antiviral Treatment for Hepatitis C in the VHA
04/30/2012
Mechanisms of Patient Activation and Self-Management in Schizophrenia
04/30/2011
Improving Depression Management through Peer Support
03/31/2013
Clinical Guidelines for ESA Use in Cancer: Impacts on Clinical Practice
09/30/2011
Screening Electonic Prescripton Records for Dropouts
08/31/2011
VISN Collaborative for Improving Hypertension Management with ATHENA-HTN
09/30/2009
Implementing Telemedicine-Based Collaborative Care for MDD in Contract CBOCs
09/30/2009
Telemedicine Outreach for Post Traumatic Stress in CBOCs
01/31/2013
Web Intervention for OEF/OIF Veterans with Mental Health Problems
03/31/2012
Implementing Effective, Collaborative Care for Schizophrenia
12/31/2009
HIV Translating Initiatives for Depression into Effective Solutions
06/30/2010
Clinical Trial of a Home Safety Intervention for Alzheimer's Disease
06/30/2011
Reducing Nosocomial Infection in ICUs by Active Screening Surveillance
09/30/2011
Relationships and PTSD Study: Detection of Intimate Partner Violence
06/30/2011
Efficacy of Mantram Repetition on PTSD Symptoms in Veterans
09/30/2010
Early Trajectory of Wandering in Veterans with Mild Dementia
03/31/2012
An Intervention to Enhance Function in Severe Cardiopulmonary Illness
08/31/2011
Prevalence and Clinical Course of Depression Among Patients with Heart Failure
03/31/2013
Effects of Patient's Models of Heart Disease on Preventative Behaviors
03/31/2011
Minimizing Harm from ADEs by Improving Nurse-Physician Communication
09/30/2009
Speech Intelligibility and Cognition: Are Inpatients Impaired by Noise
09/30/2010
Care for Depression at Hub and spoke Facilities in the SCI/D System
12/31/2009
Developing a Home Telehealth Program to Manage Pressure Ulcers in SCI/D
07/31/2009
PTSD/Substance Abuse Treatment for OEF/OIF Veterans
09/30/2009
Ability to Cough to Predict Dysphagia in Rehabilitation Patients
09/30/2009
Dose Response-Driven Fluid Implementation to Assess and Treat Dysphagia
09/30/2009
Impact of Organizational Factors of the Spoke and Hub Model on SCI Care
09/30/2009
Disparities in VA Heart Failure Care
09/30/2009
Best VA Practices For Reducing Heart Failure Hospitalizations
09/30/2009
The Effectiveness of Personalize Stroke Risk Communication
09/30/2009
Optimization of CHF Management in VA: Improve post discharge care plan
09/30/2009
Clinician Characteristics as Modifiers of a Collaborative Care Intervention
09/30/2009
Identifying Who Benefits from Diabetes Shared Medical Appointments
07/31/2009
Characteristics Associated with Multiple SUD Treatment Episodes
09/30/2009
Information-User-Task Fit and the Utility of the Diabetes Cube
09/30/2009
Addressing Tobacco Dependence Through Organizational Change in CBOCs
09/30/2009
Telephone Screening of Community Veterans
09/30/2009
Pilot Test of an Improved Smoking Cessation Delivery Care System
12/31/2009
Implementation and Sustainability of VA Women's Mental Health Clinics
09/30/2009
VA National Plain Quality Indicators Pilot
09/30/2009
Measurement Equivalence/Invariance Analysis of Organizational Culture
09/30/2009
Survey of VA Clinicians' Falls Prevention and Assessment Practices
08/31/2009
Supporting the Evaluation of the Health eVet Personal Health Record
07/31/2009
Expert Panel for Development of PU Implementation Research Agenda
12/31/2009
Pilot Test of Preference-Based Insomnia Treatment for OEF/OIF Veterans
05/31/2010
Development and Testing of MRSA educational materials for SCI
08/31/2010
Measuring Care Quality and Pain Outcomes in Hospitalized Veterans
09/30/2009
VA Supplement to INQRI Proposal
02/28/2011
Evidence Based Nursing Practices and Falls in VA and Non-VA Hospitals
11/30/2009
Electronically Identifyinig Adverse Events in Clinical Narrative
09/30/2009
Inpatient Smoking Cessation: Bringing the Program to the Smoker
03/31/2010
The Development and Feasibilty Test of Implementation Test of Implementing SQUIDSS: A Stroke Quality Improvement
09/30/2011
Translating the AHRQ Quality Indicators to VA
09/30/2009
Adherence and Intensification of Medications: A Population-Based Clinical Pharmacists Implementation Study among Hypertensive Diabetes Patients
04/30/2011
Web-based Informational Materials for Caregivers of Veterans Post-Stroke
05/31/2011
Telephone Care Coordination for Smokers in Mental Health Clinics
09/30/2011
Training SUD Counselors CBT for Depression
04/30/2012
Multi-VISN Implementation of a Program to Improve HIV Screening and Testing
09/30/2011
Blended Facilitation to Enhance PCMH Program Implementation
08/31/2009
Evaluation of Parkinson's Disease Research, Education and Clinical Centers
09/30/2010
MI-Plus: Web-enhanced Guideline Implementation for Post MI CBOC Patients
06/30/2010
Cognitive Assessment of Veterans After Traumatic Brain Injury
04/30/2012
Enhancing Equitable and Effective PTSD Disability Assessment
08/31/2009
Validating the Patient Safety Indicators in the VA: A Multi-faceted Approach
09/30/2011
Long-Term Outcomes in Burned OEF/OIF Veterans (LOBO)
09/30/2012
Understanding and Meeting the Needs of Informal Caregivers to Improve Outcomes for Traumatic Brain Injury Patients with Polytrauma
03/31/2011
Pain, Psychiatric Disorders, and Disability Among Veterans with and without Polytrauma
12/31/2010
The Cost and Benefits of the VA Central Institutional Review Board
04/30/2011
Telerehabilitation for OIF/OEF Returnees with Combat-Related Traumatic Brain Injury
06/30/2011
Evaluation of VA's TBI Clinical Reminder And Secondary Level Evaluation
04/30/2011
TBI Evaluation Instruments and Processes for Clinical Follow-up
03/31/2011
Evaluation of TBI Screening Processes and Healthcare Utilization
03/31/2011
Measuring Implementation Success
07/31/2009
Pilot Study to Assess Gaps in Follow-Up for Suspicious PSA Tests
09/30/2009
Telephone based care for OIF/OEF Veterans with PTSD
09/30/2009
Telephone Care as a Substitute for Routine Psychiatric Medication Management
09/30/2009
Telephone Case Monitoring for Veterans with PTSD
03/31/2011