2007 HSR&D National Meeting Abstracts

2007 HSR&D National Meeting Abstracts

Number	Presenter	Title	Type
1001	Bikson	Improving Interdisciplinary Care Delivery: A Qualitative Case Comparison Study	PLENARY
1002	Goldstein	Group Medical Visits to Improve Hypertension Chronic Disease Management	PLENARY
1003	Kanwal	Quality of Care in Chronic Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection	PLENARY
1004	Smith	Discontinuation of VA Pharmacy Use for Chronic Medications after the Copayment Increase	PLENARY
1005	Valenstein	The Impact of a Pharmacy-Based Intervention on Antipsychotic Adherence Among Patients with Serious Mental Illness	PLENARY
1006	Alvarez	An Evaluation of Cognitive Processing Therapy to Treat Male Veterans in a PTSD Residential Rehabilitation Program	ORAL
1007	Barnett	Long Term Use of Beta Blockers in White and Black Patients after Acute Myocardial Infarction	ORAL
1008	Barnett	Comparison of Risk of Cerebrovascular Events in an Elderly VA Population with Dementia between Antipsychotic and Non-Antipsychotic Users	ORAL
1009	Gage	The Cost of Substance Use Rehabilitation across the Continuum of Settings	ORAL
1010	Bennett	Augmenting FDA and Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Passive Pharmacovigilance Efforts: Potential Benefit of Collaboration with VA Pharmacovigilance Program	ORAL
1011	Bosworth	The Veterans’ Study to Improve The Control of Hypertension (V-STITCH): A Patient and Provider Intervention to Improve Blood Pressure Control	ORAL
1012	Butchart	Are Providers Looking at Adherence before Leaping to Intensify Medications? A Medical Record Review	ORAL
1013	Calhoun	Prevalence of Hazardous Alcohol Use and Risk Reduction Counseling among OIF/OEF Veterans	ORAL
1014	Cheng	Multiple Imputation of Right-Truncated Laboratory Data	ORAL
1015	Chinman	Feasibility of Implementing Computerized Self-Assessment in Routine Care Settings Serving Patients with Severe Mental Illness	ORAL
1016	Chou	Identifying Organizational Characteristics in Facilitating the Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices in VAMCs	ORAL
1017	Chou	Application of Information-Technology in the Management of Patients with Diabetes Mellitus	ORAL
1018	Christiansen	Checking for Seasonal Changes in Patient Outcomes	ORAL
1019	Chumbler	The Impact of a Cancer Care Coordination/Home-Telehealth Program on Preventable Health Service Utilization: A Case Control Study	ORAL
1020	Donovan	Developing a Computer Adaptive Measure of Functional Cognition for TBI: Conceptualizing Functional Cognition across the Continuum of Care	ORAL
1021	Egede	Longitudinal Effects of Depression on Glycemic Control in Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes	ORAL
1022	Fihn	Effect of Reporting Worrisome Results to Primary Care Providers on Processes and Outcomes of Care	ORAL
1023	Fish	Understanding the Impact of a Cancer Diagnosis on Desire to Quit Smoking among Family Members of Lung Cancer Patients	ORAL
1024	Frank	Effectiveness of AUDIT-C as a Screening Test for Alcohol Misuse in Three Race/Ethnic Groups	ORAL
1025	Friedmann	Soporific Intervention to Enhance Sleep and Treatment of Alcoholism (SIESTA)	ORAL
1026	Gifford	HIV Testing in Adults Receiving Care from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)	ORAL
1027	Goetz	Implementation and Evaluation of a VISN-Based Program to Improve HIV Screening and Testing: One Year Outcome	ORAL
1028	Goulet	Measuring Performance Using the VA Electronic Medical Record: A Comparison with External Peer Review	ORAL
1029	Knight	Patient Preferences for Prostate Cancer Treatment: A Qualitative Study of Health State Attributes	ORAL
1030	Helfrich	Assessing an Organizational Culture Instrument Based on the Competing Values Framework: Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses	ORAL
1031	Hoang	Comprehensive Care Clinic Visits are Associated with Better Control of HIV	ORAL
1032	Hogan	Harnessing the Power of VA Data for Identifying Medication Adherence for Hypertension	ORAL
1033	Hope	Racial Differences in Neurologist Diagnosis and Treatment of Older Veterans with New Epilepsy	ORAL
1034	Hysong	The Impact of VA's Intramural Research Program on Physician Recruitment and Retention	ORAL
1035	Jha	Where Do Black Veterans Receive Hospital Care? Variability in Disparities within the VA Healthcare System	ORAL
1036	Katzburg	A Patient-Centered Smoking Cessation Program: Integrating Women Veterans’ Preferences and Expert Advice to Design a New Program	ORAL
1037	Kilbourne	Improving General Medical Care for Patients with Bipolar Disorder: A Randomized, Controlled Trial	ORAL
1038	King	How Decision Support System National Data Extracts Can be Linked with Veterans Health Administration Hospital Discharge and Outpatient Data Sets	ORAL
1039	Lenert	Overcoming the Limitations of Health States in Decision Analysis	ORAL
1040	Lin	Impact of a Decision Support System for Hypertension Management (ATHENA-HTN) on New Thiazide Use among Patients with Uncomplicated Hypertension	ORAL
1041	Loveland	Risk Adjustment in VA Populations - A Method for Partial Recalibration	ORAL
1042	McCarthy	Distance Limits Initiation of Mental Health Intensive Case Management Services among High-Risk Patients with Serious Mental Illness	ORAL
1043	McCarthy	VA Treatment for New Episodes of Depression: Does Dual-System Use Explain Poor Performance?	ORAL
1044	Mkanta	Longitudinal Study of Patient Satisfaction with Care in Men with HIV Infection	ORAL
1045	Mohr	Workplace Factors that Increase Employee Satisfaction and Performance	ORAL
1046	Naliboff	Prescription Treatment Strategies for Opiate Medications with Chronic Pain	ORAL
1047	Nelson	Factors Influencing Disease Self-Management among Veterans with Diabetes and Poor Glycemic Control	ORAL
1048	Neugaard	The Effectiveness of a Heart Failure Care Coordination/Home Telehealth Program on Resource Use and Mortality	ORAL
1049	Olsen	Using Mixed Effects Logistic Regression Models for the Analysis of Blood Pressure Control in a Clustered and Longitudinal Trial	ORAL
1050	Oslin	Improving Adherence to HEDIS/EPRP Measures for Newly Prescribed Antidepressants in Primary Care with a Depression Monitoring Program	ORAL
1051	Petersen	Clinical Inertia or Appropriate Care Plan? Effect of Using a Follow-Up Interval on Performance Measures for Hypertension with Co-Existing Conditions	ORAL
1052	Popescu	Declines in VHA Mortality in Association with Organizational Efforts to Improve Care of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes	ORAL
1053	Pugh	Profound Rates of Drug-Drug Interactions among Older Veterans Newly Treated for Epilepsy	ORAL
1054	Pyne	Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Rural Telemedicine Collaborative Care Intervention for Depression	ORAL
1055	Ross	Ambulatory Care Quality at Veterans Affairs Medical Centers	ORAL
1056	Rothendler	Problems in Calculating Medication Adherence from Refill Intervals	ORAL
1057	Rudolph	Improving Safety and Reliability through Organizational Design	ORAL
1058	Rupper	Tele-Health Care Management of High-Utilizing Veterans	ORAL
1059	Sayer	Predictors of Functional Improvement during Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation among Combat-Injured Service Members	ORAL
1060	Sayers	The Importance of Family Readjustment Problems among OEF-OIF Veterans Referred for Behavioral Health Evaluation	ORAL
1061	Shacter	Racial Disparities in Glucose Control: A Qualitative Evaluation of Potential Mechanisms	ORAL
1062	Shokeen	Safety Culture in VA Hospitals	ORAL
1063	Smith	Risk Factors Predicting Pressure Ulcers in Veterans with Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders: An Application of Generalized Ordinal Logistic Regression	ORAL
1064	Spoont	Racial and Ethnic Differences in PTSD Treatment Participation	ORAL
1065	Stecker	Post-Deployment Assessment of Mental Health Needs and Barriers in OIF National Guard Soldiers	ORAL
1066	Stone	The Diabetes Telemonitoring (DiaTel) Study: Three-Month Results	ORAL
1067	Straits-Troster	Gender Differences in VA Healthcare Satisfaction and Health Risk among OIF/OEF Veterans	ORAL
1068	Tiwari	Cost Savings Associated with Guideline-Consistent Depression Treatment in Diabetes	ORAL
1069	Urech	Hospital Community Effects on Racial Disparities in Use of Cardiac Procedures	ORAL
1070	Vaughan Sarrazin	The Effect of Comorbidity on Glycemic Control in Diabetics	ORAL
1071	Wakefield	Short and Long Term Outcomes Following a Home Telehealth Intervention in Veterans with Heart Failure	ORAL
1072	Wang	Organizational Resources for Chronic Care Management	ORAL
1073	Washington	Risk Factors and Propensity for Homelessness among Women Veterans	ORAL
1074	Williams	Medical Comorbidity and its Relationship to Post-Stroke Depression	ORAL
2001	Bonner	Developments in Information Health Technology: Integrating and Evaluating IT to Improve Management of Complexity in Chronic Care	WORKSHOP
2002	Engel	VA and DoD are Innovating to Improve Primary Care for Soldiers and Veterans with Mental Disorders: Research and Implementation Efforts	WORKSHOP
2003	Hedrick	Using the New Geriatrics and Extended Care Referral Form for HSR&D	WORKSHOP
2004	Litaker	Population Health in Veterans with Diabetes: Implementing a New Approach to Quality Measurement	WORKSHOP
2005	Maciejewski	Working with VA and Medicare Data: Matching by Care Type	WORKSHOP
2006	Mallin	Combining Veterans' Health Care Data from VHA and Medicare: Methodological Issues and Research Examples	WORKSHOP
2007	Owen	Bringing Evidence-Based Practices into Regional and National Use: The ReTIDES Example	WORKSHOP
2008	Rittman	Mixed Methodology: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches	WORKSHOP
2009	Safford	Multi-Center HSR&D Intervention Studies: Lessons from the Field	WORKSHOP
2010	Sales	Workshop on Implementation Science	WORKSHOP
2011	Smith	Assessing Cost at Each Stage of Care	WORKSHOP
2012	Velozo	Applications of Item Response Theory Methodologies in Monitoring Healthcare through the Continuum of Care	WORKSHOP
2013	Weaver	Preventing Chronicity and Relapse in SUD/PTSD: Research Issues	WORKSHOP
2014	Bryan	Demystifying the Scientific Review Process: A Simulated Review	WORKSHOP
3001	Abrams	Does Psychiatric Comorbidity Impact Adverse Hospital Outcomes?	POSTER
3002	Agha	Measurement of Physician-Patient Communication during Telemedicine- Results from a Randomized Clinical Trial	POSTER
3003	Anaya	Improving HIV Screening with Nurse-Based Rapid Testing and Streamlined Counseling	POSTER
3004	Bair	Targeting Primary Care Patients with Severe Pain: A Pilot Study of a Clinical Reminder Coupled with Feedback of Pain Information	POSTER
3005	Bean-Mayberry	Do Gender and Race Affect Quality of Care in the VA Healthcare System?	POSTER
3006	Bolkan	Self-Reported Health Care Utilization Rates of Older and Younger Veterans with Depressive Symptomology	POSTER
3007	Boren	Evidence-Based Education for Heart Failure	POSTER
3008	Bryson	Prescription Drug Copayments and Veterans with Hypertension	POSTER
3009	Calhoun	Self-Report and Physician Rated Health in Women with PTSD and Depression	POSTER
3010	Calvitti	Temporal Knowledge Discovery and Data Visualization for Clinical Process Improvement	POSTER
3011	Cannon	Racial Differences in Treatment of COPD Exacerbation within the VA Healthcare System	POSTER
3012	Chaney	Evaluating Implementation of Best Practices for Depression Care: Impacts on Process and Outcomes	POSTER
3013	Chiu	PTSD: A Risk Factor for Comorbid Medical Conditions in Women Veterans?	POSTER
3014	Cho	Diabetic Veterans’ Access to and Use of the Internet: Implications for My HealtheVet Adoption	POSTER
3015	Cowper	Veterans, Multiple System Use, and Stroke Rehabilitation: Who Gets What from Where?	POSTER
3016	Cramer	The Chronic Care Model as a Tool for Organizational Transformation	POSTER
3017	Davis	The Use of Second Generation Neuroleptics for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in VISN-7 FY1999-2005	POSTER
3018	Doyle	The Reliability and Responsiveness of the Burden of Stroke Scale (BOSS)	POSTER
3019	Edinger	Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Primary and Co-Morbid Insomnia	POSTER
3020	Edlund	Risk Factors for Diagnosed Opioid Abuse and Dependence among Individuals Using Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain	POSTER
3021	Egede	Racial/Ethnic Differences in Stroke Awareness among Veterans	POSTER
3022	Eisen	Clinically Meaningful Change in Mental Health Functioning Based on Patient Self-Report and Clinician Assessment	POSTER
3024	Frank	Physicians’ Attitudes Regarding Race-Based Therapeutics	POSTER
3025	French	Prevalence and Cost of Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibitor Use in the VHA in 2004 and 2005	POSTER
3026	Friedemann-Sanchez	Rehabilitation for TBI Patients with Polytrauma: Results of the Rapid Needs Assessment of the Four Polytrauma Rehabilitation Centers	POSTER
3027	Ganz	Will My Patient Fall? A Systematic Review of Risk Factors for Falls in Community-Dwelling Elders	POSTER
3028	Gellad	Variability of Access to Quality Colorectal Cancer Care in the VA Healthcare System	POSTER
3029	Gima	MST Screening and Associated Medical and Mental Health Conditions	POSTER
3030	Goy	Parkinson's Disease at the End of Life: Caregiver Descriptions	POSTER
3031	Green	Symptoms during Recovery from Prostate Cancer Treatment: Opportunities for Improved Management	POSTER
3032	Groeneveld	Racial Differences in Joint Replacement Expectations among Veterans with Osteoarthritis	POSTER
3033	Guihan	Results of a Team-Oriented Pay-for-Performance (TOPP) Program to Improve Clinical Performance and Patient Outcomes in VHA	POSTER
3034	Halanych	Text Searches to Reduce Unknown Race in VistA Data	POSTER
3035	Hastings	The Quality of Pharmacotherapy among Older Veterans Discharged from the Emergency Department	POSTER
3036	Heidenreich	Quality of VA Heart Failure Care: Beta-Blockers Use	POSTER
3037	Heisler	When More is Not Better: Treatment Intensification among Hypertensive VA Patients with Poor Medication Adherence	POSTER
3038	Ho	Continuity of Cardiology Care and Mortality for Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome in the VHA	POSTER
3039	Housen	The Stability of Self-Reported Preferences in VA Nursing Home Residents	POSTER
3040	Houston	Participation of VA Physicians and Non-Physician Primary Care Providers in an Internet Delivered Educational Intervention: The MI Plus Study	POSTER
3041	Ilgen	Predictors of a Suicide Attempt One Year after Entry into Substance Use Disorder Treatment	POSTER
3042	Irmiter	Reinstitutionalization Following Psychiatric Discharges of Patients with Serious Mental Illness: A National Longitudinal Study	POSTER
3043	Jones	Prayer is More Important to Blacks than Whites in Coping with Chronic Osteoarthritis Pain	POSTER
3044	Jones	Depression Screening is Inadequate in Veterans with Cancer	POSTER
3045	Jones	Effect of Antidepressant Treatment Duration on All-Cause Mortality in Veterans with Cancer	POSTER
3046	Jones	No Association between Mental Health Disorders and Clinical Inertia in Veterans with Diabetes	POSTER
3047	Jordan	Predictors of Evidence-Based Depression Treatment in Veterans with COPD and Co-Morbid Depression	POSTER
3048	Kaboli	Lower Health Literacy is Associated with Poorer Medication Knowledge, but Not Adverse Drug Events among Older Veterans	POSTER
3049	Kerr	Prevalence and Causes of Apparent Clinical Inertia among Patients with Diabetes and Hypertension	POSTER
3050	Kimerling	MST Screening and Access to Mental Health Treatment	POSTER
3051	Kovac	Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Pain among Dual NSAID Users	POSTER
3052	Kuno	Systems Approaches to Reduce Missed Appointment Opportunities	POSTER
3053	Li	Patient Care Costs and Nurse Staffing in VA	POSTER
3054	Litaker	New Approaches for Measuring Quality of Care and the Health of Veterans with Diabetes	POSTER
3055	Michel	Usage and Perceptions of ATHENA-Hypertension Decision-Support System by Primary Care Physicians	POSTER
3056	Mills	Results of Aggregate Root Cause Analysis of Adverse Drug Events in the VA System	POSTER
3057	Mooney	Where do Women Veterans Get their Inpatient Care?	POSTER
3058	Mueller	Veterans' Satisfaction with the CWT Program: Results from a Contingency Management Study	POSTER
3059	Munjas	Randomized Controlled Trial of a Mind-Body Therapy for Dyspnea in Advanced COPD	POSTER
3060	Murray-Swank	Family Contact, Experience of Family Relationships, and Views about Family Involvement in Treatment among VA Consumers with Serious Mental Illness	POSTER
3061	Nebeker	Developing Indicators of Adverse Drug Events via Non-Linear Analysis of Administrative Data	POSTER
3062	Nebeker	Barriers to the Adoption of VA Care Management Software	POSTER
3063	Oslin	Telephone Based Referral-Care Management Treatment Outcomes	POSTER
3064	Partin	Maximizing Consent and Minimizing Bias: What is the Best Way to Request Permission to Access Patient Medical Records?	POSTER
3065	Penrod	Risks of Incident Disability and Death in Older Veterans and Non-Veterans	POSTER
3066	Petersen	How Do Common Chronic Coexisting Conditions Affect Quality of Care Measures for Hypertension?	POSTER
3067	Petersen	46 IRB Submissions and Counting: How Variability in the IRB Review Process Impacts Multi-Site VA Health Services Research	POSTER
3068	Phibbs	The Effect of the Computerized Patient Record System and the Bar Coding Medication Administration System on VA Patient Outcomes	POSTER
3069	Polusny	Gender Differences in Predeployment Stressors and Mental Health	POSTER
3070	Polusny	Impact of Previous Combat Exposure on Psychiatric Symptoms among Male and Female National Guard Troops Prior to Deploying to Iraq	POSTER
3071	Powers	The Relationship Between Health Literacy and Hypertension. Do Health Systems Predict Differences?	POSTER
3072	Restrepo	Late Admission to the ICU in Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia is Associated with Higher Mortality	POSTER
3073	Riopelle	Qualitative Description of Palliative Case Management: Implications for Developing Best Practices in the VA System	POSTER
3074	Roberts	Resilience as a Protective Factor against the Development of PTSD Symptoms Following Combat Exposure in OIF/OEF Veterans	POSTER
3075	Roumie	Prevalence of Inadequate Hypertension Control among Diabetics after a Major Cardiovascular Event	POSTER
3076	Salas	Risk for Diabetes Mellitus in Minorities Treated with Second Generation Antipsychotic Medications	POSTER
3077	Saliba	Relationship of Reported Pain Severity to Perceived Effect on Function	POSTER
3078	Sauer	Serum Potassium Monitoring and Hyperkalemia in Veterans using Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone Inhibitors	POSTER
3079	Schutte	Patient and Program Characteristics Predicting Improved Outcomes among Individuals with Co-Occurring Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders	POSTER
3080	Seal	OEF/OIF Veterans with PTSD are High Utilizers of Non-Mental Health VA Services	POSTER
3081	Sharma	A Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS)-Based Decision Support System for Subcutaneous Insulin Administration in the Inpatient Setting	POSTER
3082	Shimada	Are Minorities At Higher Risk of Patient Safety Events in the VA?	POSTER
3083	Siddharthan	Efficacy of Rehabilitation Interventions on OEF/OIF Veterans with Combat Related Injuries	POSTER
3084	Smelson	A Brief Care Coordination Intervention for Individuals with a Mental Health and Substance Abuse Problem: Preliminary Outcomes of a Randomized Trial	POSTER
3085	Smith Hammond	Comparison between Reflexive Cough after Water Swallow to Aerodynamic Measures of Voluntary Cough to Identify Patients with Stroke-Related Dysphagia	POSTER
3086	Smith	Causes of Death for Veterans with Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders	POSTER
3087	Smith	Building QUERI Research-Clinical Partnerships to Disseminate Collaborative Care for Depression	POSTER
3088	Sohn	Dual Use of VA and Medicare Services by Veterans with Prostate Cancer	POSTER
3089	South	Use of Natural Language Processing Techniques to Extract Surveillance Information from Diverse Types of CPRS Notes	POSTER
3090	Spiegel	Improving Adherence with PPI Prescribing Guidelines in High-Risk NSAID Users: A Controlled “Before and After” Study of a CPRS Reminder	POSTER
3091	Stroupe	Guideline-Recommended Care for Veterans with End Stage Renal Disease: Impact of System of Care	POSTER
3092	Stroupe	Effect of Medication Copayment Increase on Medication Acquisition	POSTER
3093	Tan	Negative Emotions and Pain: Where Should the Focus be for Pain Management?	POSTER
3094	Tiet	Ethnicity and VA Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorder Patients	POSTER
3095	Tiet	Substance Use Disorders Interact with Depressive Symptoms to Predict Depressive Outcomes	POSTER
3096	Tipton	Participation of VA versus Non-VA Providers in the Multi-Site MI Plus Study	POSTER
3097	Tseng	Evaluation of Regional Footcare Programs: Uses of Initial and Repeat Lower Extremity Amputation Rates as Quality Improvement Indicators	POSTER
3098	VanDeusen Lukas	The Role of Social Networks in Leadership Effectiveness	POSTER
3099	Vogel	Function-Based Risk Adjustment in Statistical Models: Systems vs. Components	POSTER
3100	Weir	Perceived Threats to Safety Using Electronic Documentation	POSTER
3101	West	AHRQ’s Patient Safety Indicators in Nine Years of VA Inpatient Data: Low Reliability Limits their Use as Performance Measures	POSTER
3102	Whittle	Relationship of Scheduling Interval to Missed and Cancelled Clinic Appointments	POSTER
3103	Williams	Patient and Family Caregiver Characteristics that Predict Development of Post-Stroke Depression	POSTER
3104	Wilt	Preferences and Reasons for Refusal to Participate in Prostate Cancer Treatment RCT	POSTER
3105	Wu	Levels of Preoperative Hematocrit Predict Postoperative Cardiovascular and Fatal Outcomes in Elderly Patients Undergoing Major Non-Cardiac Surgery	POSTER
3106	Yano	Barriers to Achieving Clinical Capacity in Women’s Health Care in VA Facilities	POSTER
3107	Young	Routine Assessment of Functioning: The MIRECC Global Assessment of Functioning Scale (MIRECC GAF)	POSTER
3108	Young	The CHIACC Project: Characterizing Information Technology that Supports Improvement of Chronic Illness Care	POSTER
3109	Zikmund-Fisher	Tolerance of Current Medication Regimes Predicts Whether Patients Have a Problem Adding New Blood Pressure Medications	POSTER
3110	Zillich	A Longitudinal Study of Antibiotic Use Control Guidelines in VA and US Hospitals Predicting Change in Antimicrobial Resistance	POSTER

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2007 HSR&D National Meeting Abstracts