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About the PROVEN Hub

Coordinating Hub to Promote Research Optimizing Veteran-Centric Electronic Health Record (EHR) Networks (PROVEN) logo

Aim and Function

The PROVEN Hub is designed to provide a single point of contact for the VA research community to design, conduct, and disseminate cutting-edge, operationally prioritized research and evaluation in support of a safe, effective, and efficient implementation of the Cerner Millennium EHR throughout VA. The six main functions of the PROVEN are as follows.

  1. SUPPORT. Support, promote, & enhance health services research and related to EHRM
  2. PILOT. Oversee conduct of rapid pilot projects studying aspects of the EHR implementation
  3. TRAIN and ADVISE. Provide methodological training, methodological and informatics expertise, & support to investigators of EHRM
  4. CONNECT and COORDINATE. Serve as liaison between EHRM researchers and VA operational partners and implementation sites
  5. DISSEMINATE. Communicate EHRM research findings to the EHRM program office and other VA decision-makers, and the informatics research community
  6. PRIORITIZE. Curate and prioritize the EHRM research agenda

PROVEN Hub Cores

The PROVEN Hub is organized into five Cores.

  • Administrative Core (co-led by Dr. Elizabeth Yano and Dr. Steven Simon) – oversees strategic planning, management of PROVEN’s partnership network, research coordination and brokering, and the conduct of rapid pilot projects.
  • Health Informatics Core (led by Dr. Michael Weiner) – organizes health informatics expertise and resources to accelerate EHRM-related research through support of a national research network.
  • Data & Methods Core (led by Dr. Jessica Davila) – provides methodological expertise and support in design and conduct of EHRM research, facilitating collaborations among researchers needing Cerner data.
  • Implementation & Training Core (led by Dr. Elizabeth Yano) – provides consultation and training on implementation strategies for EHRM-related research, evidence reviews of strategies in different organizational contexts, and technical support in deploying and evaluating alternate strategies throughout the EHRM implementation.
  • Partnership & Engagement Core (led by Dr. Seppo Rinne) – supports active bidirectional and coordinated communication between the PROVEN Hub, its Hub members, and our operational partners.





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