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Project No. 
Title 
PI 
Funding End 
Effectiveness of telehealth to adequately manage ACSC such as admission for congestive heart failure (CHF)
Winchester, David
2021-04-30
Delaying Cardiovascular Procedures to Curb the Spread of COVID-19 among Veterans: Variation in VHA Practice Patterns and Outcomes
Yong, Celina
2022-04-30
Establishment of Veterans' Cohort and Effect of HCV and COVID-19 Screening and Treatment
Freiberg, Matthew
2021-04-30
Development of a Heart Failure Palliative Care Program (CDA 08-022)
Bekelman, David
2015-06-30
Reducing Risk of Recurrences: Issues in Maintenance and Stability in Stroke (CDA 08-009)
Friedberg, Jennifer
2014-03-31
Pilot Intervention to Improve Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Control Among Veterans with CAD (CDA 08-021)
Maddox, Thomas
2016-06-30
Appropriateness of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (CDA 10-199)
Bradley, Steven
2017-06-30
Identifying and Delivering Point-of-care Information to Improve Care Coordination
Hysong, Sylvia
2020-06-30
Automating Heart Failure Data for Patient Treatment Goals at the Point of Care
Garvin, Jennifer
2016-03-31
Randomized Controlled Trial of Group Prevention Coaching
Edelman, David
2018-10-31
Will Veterans Engage in Prevention after HRA-guided Shared Decision Making?
Oddone, Eugene
2019-12-31
Interactive Spaced Education to Optimize Hypertension Management
Kerfoot, B. Price
2013-09-30
Consortium of Healthcare Informatics Research: Translational Use Case Projects
Goldstein, Mary
2014-03-31
Pro-WATCH: Epidemiology of Medically Unexplained Syndromes
Samore, Matthew
2015-09-30
Working with Veterans Organizations to Improve Blood Pressure
Whittle, Jeffrey
2010-12-31
Guideline Adherence in Elders with Heart Failure and Multiple Comorbidities
Steinman, Michael
2012-09-30
Automated Data Acquisition for Heart Failure: Performance Measures and Treatment
Garvin, Jennifer
2013-09-30
Optimal Use and Cost-Effectiveness of ICDS in the VA Health Care System
Massie, Barry
2011-09-30
Patient-Centered Disease Management for Heart Failure Trial
Rumsfeld, John
2012-06-30
Diagnosis and Treatment of Sleep Apnea in Cerebrovascular Disease
Bravata, Dawn
2011-09-30
Trial of Low And High Intensity Strategies to Maintain Blood Pressure Control
Rosenthal, Gary
2013-12-31
Modeling of Health Care Costs of Veterans with Chronic Diseases
Zhou, Xiao-Hua
2012-12-31
Complex Antithrombolic Therapy in Older Veterans: GI Risk and Preference
Abraham, Neena
2012-07-31
Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality Among Veterans with Schizophrenia
Kilbourne, Amy
2011-12-31
Cardiovascular Intervention Improvement Telemedicine Study
Bosworth, Hayden
2014-12-31
Patient-Centered Adherence Intervention After ACS Hospitalization
Ho, P. Michael
2013-09-30
Dual Use: Safe in Atrial Fibrillation?
Turakhia, Minang
2014-08-31
Cardiac Risk and Stent Effect on Adverse Perioperative Events
Hawn, Mary
2014-03-31
Validating and Classifying VA Readmissions For Quality Assessment and Improvement
Rosen, Amy
2014-05-31
Using Stories to address disparities in Hypertension
Houston, Thomas
2016-01-31
Life Goals Collaborative Care to Improve Health Outcomes in Mental Disorders
Kilbourne, Amy
2015-05-30
Impact of New Technologies on Chronic Heart Failure Outcomes and Costs in the VHA
Groeneveld, Peter
2014-09-30
Patient-Level Determinants of Oral Anticoagulation Control in the VHA
Rose, Adam
2013-12-31
Randomized Trial of Titrated Disease Management for Patients with Hypertension
Jackson, George
2016-09-30
Antimicrobial Use and Control of Clostridium difficile transmission and infection
Rubin, Michael
2015-06-30
Differences in Quality, Cost, and Access between VA and Fee Basis CABG and PCI
Barnett, Paul
2016-05-31
Developing and Validating a Veterans Affairs Cardiac Risk Score
Hayward, Rodney
2016-08-31
Health Policy Implication of Dual Enrollment in the VA and Medicare Advantage
Trivedi, Amal
2015-09-30
National Surveillance of Acute Kidney Injury Following Cardiac Catheterization
Matheny, Michael
2016-08-31
VA Post-Stroke Rehabilitation: Comparing Institutional Long-Term Care Settings
Jia, Huanguang
2015-12-31
Utilizing the RESCUE Stroke Caregiver Website to Enhance Discharge Planning
Uphold, Constance
2021-03-31
VHA-Indian Health Service Collaborations in Rural Health: HBPC
Kramer, B. Josea
2016-12-31
Women Veterans Cohort Study 2
Haskell, Sally
2019-09-30
Understanding Dual Use and Other Potential Determinants of Heart Failure Outcomes
Axon, Robert
2017-11-30
REcovery after in hoSpital Cardiac arrest: late outcomes and Utilization_ResCU
Nallamothu, Brahmajee
2017-07-31
Secondary Event Prevention using Population Risk Management After PCI
Caplan, Liron
2020-08-31
Vet COACH (Veteran peer Coaches Optimizing and Advancing Cardiac Health)
Nelson, Karin
2023-02-28
Assessing Hypertension Care for Aged Veterans: Balancing Risks and Benefits
Min, Lillian
2021-02-03
Group Medical Visits in Heart Failure for Post-Hospitalization Follow-Up
Wu, Wen-Chih
2020-03-31
Comparative Outcomes of Pharmacologic Treatment for Veteran Smokers
Duffy, Sonia
2018-06-30
Appropriate Use of Cardiovascular Procedures to Optimize Healthcare Value
Ho, P. Michael
2022-03-31
Palliative Care to Improve Quality of Life in CHF and COPD
Bekelman, David
2021-09-30
A Technology-Assisted Care Transition Intervention for Veterans with Chronic Heart Failure or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Hogan, Timothy
2021-06-30
Factors and Outcomes Associated with Inappropriate Prescribing of Phosphodiesterase-5-Inhibitors for Pulmonary Hypertension
Wiener, Renda
2020-11-30
Cannabis Use and Health among VHA Primary Care Patients
Blow, Frederic
2021-09-30
Implementation trial of a coaching intervention to increase the use of transradial PCI
Helfrich, Christian
2021-12-31
Developing Benefit-Based Performance Measurement for VHA
Sussman, Jeremy
2020-12-31
Determining and targeting reasons for low statin use to improve guideline-concordant statin therapy in high-risk patients
Virani, Salim
2022-06-30
Integrated Preventive Cardiology Initiative
Hayward, Rodney
2022-06-30
Directed evaluation of provider learning modules to prevent venous thromboembolism after major cancer surgery
Bentrem, David
2023-07-31
ResCU II: Improving In-hospital Cardiac Arrest Care and Discovering Keys to Super-Survivorship
Nallamothu, Brahmajee
2023-03-31
Comparing an opt-out to an opt-in approach for smoking cessation in VA primary care clinics
Sherman, Scott
2023-07-31
Comparative Effectiveness of Alternative Strategies for Monitoring Hospital Surgical Performance
Massarweh, Nader
2021-04-30
Continuing the Conversation: A Multi-site RCT Using Narrative Communication to Support Hypertension Self-Management among African-American Veterans
Cutrona, Sarah
2023-10-31
Mitigating Racial/Ethnic and Socio-Economic Disparities in VA Care Quality and Patient Experience
Washington, Donna
2024-08-31
How Can We Make Invasive Non-Surgical Procedures Safer? Using Big Data to Identify Adverse Events and Opportunities to Mitigate Harm
Mull, Hillary
2024-03-31
Outpatient Palliative Care and Prescribing Safety and Quality at End-of-Life
Thorpe, Joshua
2024-12-31
Continuous Wearable Monitoring Analytics to Improve Outcomes in Heart Failure - LINK-HF2 multicenter implementation study
Stehlik, Josef
2025-08-31
A nurse-led intervention to extend the Veteran HIV treatment cascade for cardiovascular disease prevention (V-EXTRA-CVD)
Bosworth, Hayden
2025-03-31
Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Newer and Older Antihyperglycemic Medications
AlAly, Ziyad
2025-06-30
Promoting De-Implementation of Inappropriate Antimicrobial Use in Cardiac Device Procedures By Expanding Audit and Feedback
Branch-Elliman, Westyn
2025-09-30
Virtual Care Strategies to Improve Participation in Cardiac Rehabilitation among Veterans
Park, Linda
2026-06-30
Identifying and testing a tailored strategy to achieve equity in blood pressure control in PACT
Mohanty, April
2027-03-31
Redesigning Preventive Care Recommendations for Diverse Populations of Veterans
Caverly, Tanner
2027-04-30
Transition to Cardiac Rehabilitation (T2CR) to Address Barriers of Multimorbidity and Frailty
Forman, Daniel
2027-12-31
The broken drug supply chain: The impact of COVID-19 on drug shortages and Veteran health
Suda, Katie
2027-03-31
Improving Value through Comprehensive Episodes of Emergency Care for Veterans
Kocher, Keith
2028-03-31
Improving Performance Evaluation of Clinicians to Support National Standards of Practice
Doll, Jacob
2026-12-31
Ensuring Safe and Effective Delivery of Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy for Veterans
Harrod, Molly
2027-11-30
VISN Collaborative for Improving Hypertension Management with ATHENA-HTN
Goldstein, Mary
2011-03-31
Implementation Trial Evaluating On-site In-person Versus Remote Video-Assisted Facilitation to Train Providers on the Implementation of Shared Medical Appointments (SMAs) in Heart Failure (HF) or HF-S
Wu, Wen-Chih
2022-07-31
An Intervention to Enhance Function in Severe Cardiopulmonary Illness
Steele, Bonnie
2011-08-31
Prevalence and Clinical Course of Depression Among Patients with Heart Failure
Corvera-Tindel, Teresita
2013-12-31
Effects of Patient's Models of Heart Disease on Preventative Behaviors
Wakefield, Bonnie
2012-03-31
Effects of Exercise Training on Fluid Instability in Heart Failure Patients
Boyd, Andrea
2016-09-30
Feasibility of Implementing VTEL Self-Management TO Prevent Stroke (V-STOP)
Anderson, Jane
2012-03-31
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for Women at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease
Saban, Karen
2017-12-31
Adherence to the Use of Home Telehealth Devices by Veterans with Heart Failure
Guzman, Jenice Ria
2018-06-30
Mobile Health Strategies for Veterans with Coronary Heart Disease
Park, Linda
2023-03-31
Personalizing Cardiovascular Care for Veterans
Hayward, Rodney
2011-03-31
Representational Telehealth Nursing Intervention for Veterans with CHD
Vander Weg, Mark
2012-04-30
Using Natural Language Processing to Identify Ischemic Stroke in the VHA
Rose, Adam
2011-09-30
Telemedicine in Cardiac Surgery: A Pilot Study
Chu, Danny
2011-09-30
Managing Personal Health Information for Co-Morbid Chronic Conditions
Hogan, Timothy
2011-09-30
Sleep apnea screening in patients with ischemic cardiac diseases: A computer-base
El-Solh, Ali
2011-09-30
Measuring Up: Associations between SCIP measures and Surgical Outcomes
Hawn, Mary
2012-07-31
Cognitive Support for Shared Decision Making Using Veterans Like Me
Zeng, Qing
2015-05-31
Identifying Heart Failure Patients at Highest Risk for Readmission
Borzecki, Ann
2015-05-31
Cost-Effectiveness of Dabigatran and Warfarin for Veterans with AFib: Pilot Study
Prentice, Julia
2015-03-31
Explaining Variation in Dabigatran Prescription Rates by VA Sites
McCullough, Megan
2016-09-30
Hypertension Improvement Pilot Intervention in Post-Stroke Veterans
Sico, Jason
2019-02-28
Towards Choosing Wisely: Assessing Reason for Exam in Carotid Ultrasound Reports
Chapman, Wendy
2017-06-30
Can Electronic Data and Natural Language Processing Accurately Reproduce a Surgical Quality Measure?
Richman, Joshua
2018-01-31
Natural Language Processing to Develop a Peripheral Artery Disease Registry in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System
Girotra, Saket
2019-07-31
Validation of a Semi-Automated Infection Surveillance Algorithm for Electrophysiology Procedures
Branch-Elliman, Westyn
2019-09-30
Developing Models to Identify Veterans with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Predict Progression
Frey, Lewis
2020-09-30
Validating the GRACE 2.0 Score Derived from Administrative Data to Define Appropriateness of Invasive Care for the Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome
Weisbord, Steven
2021-06-30
Assessment of cardiotoxicity in Immunity Checkpoint Blockers and other cancer therapies
Vaughan-Sarrazin, Mary
2023-06-30
PRN Blood Pressure Medication Use in VA Hospitals: A Mixed Methods Approach
Canales, Muna
2024-04-30
Preliminary Implementation of an Informational Nudge to Improve Heart Failure Prescribing
Dev, Sandesh
2024-10-31
Precision Pharmacogenomic Perioperative Prediction
Barrett, Thomas
2025-01-31
Implementing Tightly-linked Clinical Action Measures for Diabetes
Kerr, Eve
2011-08-31
Better Hypertension and lipid care in racially diverse, veterans at risk
Whittle, Jeffrey
2011-01-31
Beta-Blockers in Heart Failure: Pharmacy-level Intervention Comparison
McCarren, Madeline
2011-06-30
Process Oriented, Validated Electronic Performance Measures Pilot Study
Bryson, Christopher
2011-09-30
Appropriateness of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Bryson, Christopher
2011-09-30
Standardization of Heart Failure Assessments Using Home Tele-Health
Heidenreich, Paul
2011-01-31
The Role of Communication in CHF Care Coordination in Home Tele-health
Pope, Charlene
2010-12-31
Pilot Intervention to Improve Clopidogrel Adherence After DES Implant
Ho, P. Michael
2011-09-30
Developing a Hub and Satellite Heart Failure Providers Network
Ooi, Henry
2011-06-30
Variations in Quality of care & Outcomes for Veterans with Heart failure
Wu, Wen-Chih
2011-08-31
Heart Failure Outcomes: A Self-Management Care Coordination Pilot Program
Neugaard, Britta
2011-03-31
Defibrillator Use Among Medicare-Eligible Veterans with Heart Failure
Groeneveld, Peter
2011-11-30
Controlling Hypertension Outcomes by Improved Communication & Engagement (CHOICE)
Frankel, Richard
2011-09-30
HTN-IMPROVE: Determining the Implementation Process
Jackson, George
2011-07-31
Health Information & Communication Strategies for Improving Stroke Care
Chumbler, Neale
2011-09-30
Achieving Excellence in Hypertension Management and Stroke Prevention
Brienza, Rebecca
2011-09-30
Longer-Term Outcomes of Participation in Hypertension Self-Management
Jackson, George
2011-05-31
VALOR (Veterans Affairs Lowering Readmissions) in Heart Failure Study
Natarajan, Sundar
2013-09-30
Organization and Management of VHA Anticoagulation Clinics
Rose, Adam
2011-03-31
Management and Outcomes of Veterans with Transient Ischemic Attack
Cheng, Eric
2012-01-31
Determinants of Guideline-Concordant Depression Care for COPD Patients
Fan, Vincent
2012-03-31
Medical Center Implementation of PCMH in Acute CHF to Reduce Rehospitalization Rates
Wu, Wen-Chih
2011-12-31
Characterizing Veterans with SCI and Acute Coronary Syndrome
Sabharwal, Sunil
2012-12-31
Veteran Exposure to Radiation in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Tsai, Thomas
2012-06-30
The SMILE BP Toolkit: Implementing VA research findings to improve hypertension control
Natarajan, Sundar
2013-09-30
VIP (Veterans Intensive Personalized) Treatment in Heart Failure
Natarajan, Sundar
2013-12-31
Implementing Collaborative Care to Alleviate Symptoms and Adjust to Heart Failure: A Pilot Study
Bekelman, David
2012-09-30
Pilot Intervention to Improve the Transition from Hospital to Home
Ho, P. Michael
2012-09-30
Blood Pressure Management in the Year after a Stroke
Cheng, Eric
2013-09-30
VISN Implementation of VA Acute Stroke Care Centers: Formative Evaluation
Damush, Teresa
2013-10-31
Evaluation of Risk-Adjusted 30-day Mortality & Readmissions for Veterans with Stroke
Myers, Laura
2013-12-31
Pilot Intervention to Improve Adherence to Dabigatran for Patients with Atrial Fibillation
Ho, P. Michael
2014-06-30
Guidelines to Performance Measures: Automating Quality Review for Heart Failure
Goldstein, Mary
2012-12-31
Natural Language Processing to Identify Persons with Carotid Stenosis
Chapman, Wendy
2014-09-30
Geographic Variations in VA Costs after Acute Ischemic Stroke
Hanchate, Amresh
2013-11-30
Understanding factors associated with 30-day Stroke readmission in the VHA
Keyhani, Salomeh
2014-03-31
Targeted Intervention to Improve Medication Adherence in cognitively impaired patients with heart failure
Silvet, Helme
2013-11-30
Improving Anticoagulation Practices for Patients Presenting with ACS
Plomondon, Mary
2013-09-30
Aligning Transitions of Care for Post-Stroke Patients with Hypertension
Frankel, Richard
2014-09-30
Improving the Safety of Aldosterone Antagonists in Heart Failure
Heidenreich, Paul
2014-05-31
Cardiac Rehabilitation in VHA Study 2: Utilization of Non-VA Services
Whooley, Mary
2014-03-31
Cardiac Rehabilitation in VHA Study 1: Utilization of On-Site Services
Charns, Martin
2015-12-31
Intervention to Reduce Overuse of Left Ventriculography
Heidenreich, Paul
2014-02-28
Integrating Heart Failure Clinical Decision Support (CDS) at Point of Care
Goldstein, Mary
2013-12-31
Natural Language Processing to Ascertain Stress Test Data
Bradley, Steven
2014-06-30
System Dynamics to Model Resource Utilization and Transitions after Stroke
Bravata, Dawn
2014-08-31
Pre-Implementation Study of Spironolactone Appropriateness and Safety Monitoring
Dev, Sandesh
2015-03-31
A Formative Evaluation of VA Heart Failure (HF) Provider Network and e-HF Toolkit
Sahay, Anju
2014-09-30
Effectiveness of a Telemedicine System of A-Fib Alerts for Stroke Prevention
Turakhia, Minang
2015-06-30
e-Measurement of Meaningful Use Stroke Electronic Quality Indicators (MUSE-QI)
Williams, Linda
2015-08-31
De-implementing Unnecessary Medications in Stroke and Cardiovascular Prevention
Keyhani, Salomeh
2015-03-31
Implementation of the Hospital to Home (H2H) Heart failure Initiative
Heidenreich, Paul
2013-04-30
Stroke Self-Management: Effect on Function and Stroke Quality of Life
Damush, Teresa
2017-09-30
RE-INSPIRE: Rich-context Evaluation of INSPIRE
Miech, Edward
2015-09-30
Quality of Care for Veterans with TIA and Minor Stroke
Bravata, Dawn
2015-09-30
Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Study to Improve Clopidogrel Adherence
Ho, P. Michael
2017-10-31
Improving Anticoagulation Control in VISN 1
Borzecki, Ann
2016-09-30
Examining linkages between disrupted care and chronic disease outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a VAMC level spatio-temporal analysis
Hunt, Kelly
2025-05-31
Impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Cardiovascular HealthcareUtilization, Quality of Care, and Clinical Outcomes
Waldo, Stephen
2025-03-31

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