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Knowledge groups are Disrupted Care National Project (DCNP) investigator forums designed to facilitate, accelerate, and communicate lessons learned from the pandemic by sharing findings, ideas, methods, and challenges in a collaborative effort to inform both the operational and research communities.
Each group officially began with a virtual kick-off meeting in early 2023 designed to establish introductions and model the Works in Progress format. Quarterly meetings are held with the aim of presenting “a problem you are trying to solve,” followed by a group discussion to identify potential solutions. Topics and presenters for each meeting are chosen by the co-chairs to capture acute problems that can benefit from immediate input.
Operational partners, as critical stakeholders, play key roles in addressing current backlogs and preparing for future disruptions. Therefore, they should remain engaged participants in the research process. Each knowledge group has one or more operational partner members.
Knowledge groups are expected to generate work products to inform the operational or research communities. Potential products include but are not limited to; systematic review, meta-analysis, methods paper (e.g., validation of a cohort phenotype), unique analysis of a particular issue identified by the group with a proposed policy solution.
→ Connection with VA leaders and change-agents as relevant to communicate actionable findings, such as the National Leadership Board, the Healthcare Operations Center, VISN leads, or other high-level VA leadership.
→ Expanded network of others in the same or adjacent fields with subject matter and methodologic expertise to rapidly solve challenges
→ Potential supplemental funding for the creation of impactful products and publications
Each knowledge group is chaired by a lead investigator or subject matter expert and a methodologist. Each of the three groups supports multiple active investigations to be found in the tables below with detailed aims available here. Discussion and cross pollination across groups is encouraged and can be facilitated by contacting the project manager, Sam Rosa.
System Level and Procedural Care
Clinical Co-Chair: Louise Davies
Methods Co-Chair: Caroline Korves
Pain Management and Mental Health
Clinical Co-Chair: Amy Justice
Methods Co-Chair: Christopher Rentsch
Chronic Care Services and Telehealth
Clinical Co-Chair: Anita Vashi
Methods Co-Chair: Diem Tran
Contact Sam Rosa (DCNP project manager) or Brian Lucas (Knowledge Group Lead)
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Knowledge Group |
PI(s) |
Title |
Operational Partner(s) |
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System Level & Procedural Care |
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Impact of COVID-era Disrupted Care on Disparities in Outcomes among Veterans with Kidney Failure |
VHA Kidney Program National Chief of VA Renal Services |
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System Level & Procedural Care |
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Impact of COVID-19 on implementation and outcomes of VA's Life-Sustaining Treatment Decisions Initiative |
Office of Primary Care National Center for Ethics in Health Care |
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System Level & Procedural Care |
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Leveraging pandemic practice change to optimize evidence-based pneumonia care |
Emergency Medicine Claire Yarbrough (PCCM), Mel Anderson (Hospital Medicine) Pharmacy Benefits Management |
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System Level & Procedural Care |
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The broken drug supply chain: The impact of COVID-19 on drug shortages and Veteran health |
Pharmacy Benefits Management |
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System Level & Procedural Care |
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Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on cardiovascular healthcare utilization, quality of care, and clinical outcomes |
National Office of Patient Safety National Office of Health Disparities |
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Pain Management & Mental Health
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COVID-19 Impact on Pain management: Highlighting, Explaining, and Realigning Services (CIPHER)
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Local Interdisciplinary Pain Clinic VA PRIME Center VHA PDICI* and PACT Pain Initiative Director of VA Behavioral Pain Medicine VA Pain Management and Opioid Safety National Pain Management Office Office of Primary Care |
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Pain Management & Mental Health |
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Strategies to improve Utilization of Post-overdose Evidence-based Risk mitigation among Non-fatal Overdoses in VA (SUPER NOVA)
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Pharmacy Benefits Management Veteran’s Family & Assistance Center Emergency Medicine Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program Pain Management, Opioid Safety and Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Office of Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Enterprise Opioid Strategy Team National Center for Homelessness Among Veterans Veterans Justice Program |
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Pain Management & Mental Health |
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Provision of high-quality tele-mental health care during COVID-19 and beyond
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Office of Connected Care Office of Mental Health & Suicide Prevention
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Pain Management & Mental Health |
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Impact of COVID-19 on continuity of care for Veterans on antipsychotic medications
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Office of Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Pharmacy Benefits Management MedSAFE program |
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Pain Management & Mental Health |
Lucinda B. Leung, MD, MPH, PhD
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Leveraging COVID-19 to modernize depression care for VA primary care populations
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Office of Primary Care Office of Connected Care Office of Rural Health Primary Care Analytics Team Center of Integrated Healthcare |
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Telehealth & Chronic Care
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COVID-19 Preventive Health Inventory: Evaluating a primary care approach to catching-up on needed chronic and preventive care for Veterans |
Office of Primary Care |
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Telehealth & Chronic Care |
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Maintaining preventive care during public health emergencies through effective coordination |
VA's National Women Veterans Oncology System Office of Primary Care Primary Care-Mental Health Integration |
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Telehealth & Chronic Care |
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Examining linkages between disrupted care and chronic disease outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a VAMC level spatio-temporal analysis |
Office of Primary Care |
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Telehealth & Chronic Care |
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Evaluating the impact of COVID-19 on case management, health care utilization, and housing outcomes for HUD-VASH Veterans |
Housing and Urban Development-VA Supportive Housing Veterans Homelessness Program |
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Telehealth & Chronic Care |
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Disruption of Health Services: The impact of COVID-19 on Veterans with SCI/D |
SCI/D National Program Office |
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Telehealth & Chronic Care |
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Pandemic-related disruptions in care for Veterans on insulin pumps: A mixed methods analysis |
Office of connected care Office of Rural Health VA National Endocrinology/Diabetes Program Office |
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Telehealth & Chronic Care |
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Resilience to Covid-19 disrupted chronic condition care for older Veterans at risk of hospitalization: Role of VA ambulatory care and VA extended care home and community-based care supports
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Geriatric Extended Care Office of Quality and Safety |
