2008 HSR&D National Meeting Abstracts

2008 HSR&D National Meeting Abstracts

Number	Presenter	Title	Content Area	Type
3112	Abrams	Alternative Methods of Identifying Mental Health Disorders and their Impact on Mortality Following Acute Myocardial Infarction.	Research Methodology	Poster Session A
1055	Agha	Patient-Centered Communication during Telemedicine versus In-Person Medical Consultations	Other	ORAL
3074	Agha	Patient Assessment of Physician-Patient Communication during Telemedicine versus In-Person Medical Consultation: Results from a Randomized Trial	Other	Poster Session A
3087	Agha	Does Physician Electronic Medical Record Use Effect Patient Centered Communication?	Other	Poster Session A
3013	Bauer	From Clinic toward Community: Care for Complex, Chronic Cases	Chronic Disease	Poster Session B
3035	Bean-Mayberry	Does Race Affect Cancer Screening among Women in VA Care?	Equity	Poster Session A
3113	Bian	An Algorithm for Constructing Longitudinal Data on Colorectal Cancer Screening among Non-Elderly Veterans	Research Methodology	Poster Session A
1006	Bokhour	Barriers and Facilitators to Routine HIV Testing in VA	Chronic Disease	ORAL
3014	Bolkan	A Comparison of Perceptions of Primary Care Provider Behavior among Veterans by Age	Chronic Disease	Poster Session A
3040	Bonner	Informatics Supporting Chronic Illness Care: An Implementation Challenge	Implementation & Management Research	Poster Session A
1061	Boockvar	Predictive Value of Prescribing Discrepancies for Adverse Drug Events after Patient Transfer	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	ORAL
3065	Bormann	Tele-Conference Support for Family Caregivers of Veterans with Dementia	Nursing Research	Poster Session A
3066	Bormann	Mantram Repetition Practice to Manage PTSD in Veterans: A Preliminary Qualitative Analysis	Nursing Research	Poster Session A
3099	Borzecki	Inpatient Quality Indicators: Comparison of Facility-Level Rates Across the VA	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	Poster Session B
3015	Boult	The Effects of "Guided Care" on Chronically Ill Patients' Quality of Care and Use of Inpatient Services	Chronic Disease	Poster Session B
3100	Bravata	Quality Evaluation in Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	Poster Session B
3059	Brewer	Consult Completion Rates in VHA	Implementation & Management Research	Poster Session A
2007	Bryan	Demystfying the Scientific Review Process	Other	Workshop
1007	Bryson	Combined Medication Adherence to Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Therapy	Chronic Disease	ORAL
1008	Budiman-Mak	The Association Between Obesity and Charcot Arthropathy in a Diabetic Population	Chronic Disease	ORAL
1031	Burgess	Patient Race and Physicians’ Decisions to Prescribe Opioids for Chronic Low Back Pain	Equity	ORAL
1039	Burkitt	A National VA Initiative to Decrease Nosocomial MRSA Infection: A Pre-Post Survey of Employee Knowledge, Attitudes, and Prevention Practices	Implementation & Management Research	ORAL
1040	Campbell	Implementation Research and Suicide Risk: Qualitative Analysis of an Assessment Process for Suicide Risk in a Sample of Depressed Veterans	Implementation & Management Research	ORAL
2008	Canning	Behind the VA Firewall and in the Trenches: Perspectives on Data Security from the Field	Other	Workshop
3032	Cannon	Racial Differences in hospital Mortality among Veterans with COPD Are Not Explained by Differences in ICU admission or use of ventilatory support	Equity	Poster Session B
3075	Carey	Access to Care and Sectoral Choice: Do Dually Eligible Veterans with Psychiatric Problems Use VA and Medicare Services as Substitutes or Complements?	Other	Poster Session A
3088	Carlson	External Cause of Injury Coding in VA Polytrauma Patient Discharge Records: Use and Accuracy across Rehabilitation Center Sites	Other	Poster Session A
3008	Chandler	Self-reported Pain in Persons with Dementia Predicts Subsequent Decreased Psychosocial Functioning	Chronic Disease	Poster Session A
3041	Chaney	Evaluating Implementation of Best Practices for Depression Care: 18 Month Results	Implementation & Management Research	Poster Session A
3101	Chatterjee	Predicting Mental Health Outcomes in the VA: What is the Best Model for Risk Adjustment?	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	Poster Session B
3016	Chen	Out-of-Pocket Payment and Chronic Conditions among Older Veterans with Medicare Coverage	Chronic Disease	Poster Session B
3102	Chermack	The Prevalence and Predictors of Acute Phase Depression Treatment in a National Sample of Veterans: Medications, Psychotherapy and Combined Treatment	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	Poster Session B
1048	Chinman	Improving Care for Schizophrenia: Process Evaluation of Implementation in EQUIP	Implementation & Management Research	ORAL
1041	Chou	Identifying Organizational Dimensions Underlying the Implementation of Quality Improvement Efforts in VHA	Implementation & Management Research	ORAL
2015	Christiansen	Multilevel Models in Health Services Research	Statistical Methods	Workshop
3017	Chuang	Factors Related to Preventable Hospitalization among VHA Stroke Patients	Chronic Disease	Poster Session B
1009	Chumbler	The Impact of a Care Coordination/Home-Telehealth Program on Mortality	Chronic Disease	ORAL
3042	Chumbler	Use of Telehealth in VHA for Chronic Disease Management and Depression Care	Implementation & Management Research	Poster Session A
3043	Cohen	Implementation of Family Services in Outpatient Mental Health	Implementation & Management Research	Poster Session A
3072	Cohen	Ambulatory Activity Monitoring: Comparison of Daily Activity in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease on LTOT and not on LTOT	Nursing Research	Poster Session A
3106	Copeland	Postoperative Complications in the Seriously Mentally Ill: A Systematic Review of the Literature	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	Poster Session A
3073	Corvera-Tindel	Functional Status and Quality of Life of Patients with HF and Arthritis after Exercise Training	Nursing Research	Poster Session B
1056	Cowper Ripley	Geographic Access to VHA Rehabilitation Services by OEF/OIF Veterans	Other	ORAL
3018	Cramer	VHA Patient and Caregiver Persepctives about the Quality of Life and Satisfaction with Care for Parkinson's Disease	Chronic Disease	Poster Session B
3060	Damschroder	Understanding Champion Roles in Context: Evidence from Implementing Practices to Reduce Hospital-acquired Infections	Implementation & Management Research	Poster Session A
3019	Datta	The Use of Teleophthalmology for Diagnosing Diabetic Retinopathy and Macular Edema	Chronic Disease	Poster Session B
3076	Daw	The Impact of Variation in DSS Cost Data on VA Health Services Research	Other	Poster Session A
1062	DeLisle	Using the Electronic Medical Record to Reduce Both the Delay and the Work-Load Required to Detect an Influenza Epidemic	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	ORAL
3020	Dossa	Organizational, Provider, and Client Influences on Elder Participation and Outcomes in Community-Based Disability Prevention Programs	Chronic Disease	Poster Session A
1050	Drews	The Frequency and Impact of Task Interruptions in the ICU	Nursing Research	ORAL
2001	Edelman	Group Medical Visits: Approaches to their Implementation and Evaluation	Implementation & Management Research	Workshop
1032	Egede	Racial Differences in Mortality among Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes	Equity	ORAL
3025	Egede	Medication Non-Adherence is Associated with Increased Mortality in Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes	Chronic Disease	Poster Session A
3033	Egede	A Longitudinal Analysis of Racial/Ethnic Differences in Glycemic Control in Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes	Equity	Poster Session B
3103	Eisen	Do self-reported mental health measures add to Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) ratings in predicting functional outcomes of veterans?	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	Poster Session B
1010	Erbes	Psychiatric Distress in a Cohort of Deployed National Guard Soldiers	Chronic Disease	ORAL
3044	Felker	Providing Care for the OIF and OEF Veterans with Mental Disorders: Site Manager Survey Results from 12 Different VA Medical Centers	Implementation & Management Research	Poster Session A
3045	Fickel	Clinic-level Process of Care for Depression in VA Primary Care Settings	Implementation & Management Research	Poster Session A
1063	Fihn	Trends in Mortality following Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Veterans Health Administration and Medicare-Funded Hospitals	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	ORAL
1011	Fischer	Venue of Predialysis Nephrology Care and Dialysis-Related Health Outcomes	Chronic Disease	ORAL
3114	Fisher	Medical Record Validation of the National Cancer Institute’s Colorectal Cancer Screening Status Questionnaire	Research Methodology	Poster Session A
1012	Fitzgerald	Epidemiology and Cost of Falls in Veterans with a Spinal Cord Injury	Chronic Disease	ORAL
3077	Frakt	Getting VA Drug Prices for More Medicare-Enrolled Veterans	Other	Poster Session A
3036	Frank	Experiences of Discrimination and Self-Reported Health in a Diverse Population of Diabetic Veterans	Equity	Poster Session A
3115	Frayne	Length of Stay Calculations: Effect of Algorithm Choice	Research Methodology	Poster Session A
1042	French	Drug Costs and Utilization in VHA Nursing Homes: A National Overview of Long-Stay Residents	Implementation & Management Research	ORAL
3021	French	Healthcare Costs for Patients with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury in the Veterans	Chronic Disease	Poster Session B
3107	French	Rehospitalization After Hip Fracture: Predictors and Prognosis from a National Veterans Study	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	Poster Session A
3116	Funkhouser	Recruitment into a Nationwide Group Randomized Trial of CBOCs: The VA MI-Plus Study	Research Methodology	Poster Session A
1064	Gellad	Time to Colonoscopy from Positive Fecal Occult Blood Test and Findings on Colonoscopy	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	ORAL
1078	Glickman	Differential Item Functioning in a Graded Response IRT Model: A Bayesian Approach to Item Discrimination	Statistical Methods	ORAL
1013	Goetz	Implementation and Evaluation of a VISN-based Program to Improve HIV Screening and Testing: Two-Year Outcomes	Chronic Disease	ORAL
2009	Gonzalez-Rothi	Emerging Therapies and Technologies in Brain Rehabilitation	Other	Workshop
3037	Gordon	Predictors of Prostate Cancer Stage at Presentation	Equity	Poster Session B
1079	Goulet	Comparing Methods for Clustering Comorbidity Data	Statistical Methods	ORAL
3117	Greene	Objective Simplified Surveillance Criteria Improve Comparisons of Central-Line Associated Blood Stream Infection (CLA-BSI) Rates between Institutions	Research Methodology	Poster Session B
3061	Greenwald	Integrating General Medical Services for Veterans with Serious Mental Illness: What is the Role of Accountability?	Implementation & Management Research	Poster Session A
3062	Grubaugh	Delayed-Onset PTSD among Patients in VA Primary Care Clinics	Implementation & Management Research	Poster Session B
3047	Haggstrom	Degree of Cancer Care Coordination among Primary Care, Gastroenterology, and Oncology through Service Agreements	Implementation & Management Research	Poster Session A
1073	Hannold	Identifying Veteran-Centered Outcomes Using Qualitative Methods	Research Methodology	ORAL
1065	Harrow	Pressure Ulcers and Occipital Alopecia in Polytrauma: Research Translation Opportunities	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	ORAL
3108	Hartmann	Hospital characteristics and safety climate in the VA	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	Poster Session A
3089	Hasche	Dynamics and Clinical Characteristics of Veterans who Primarily Used VHA Pharmacy Services over a Four Year Period	Other	Poster Session A
3109	Hastings	Suboptimal pharmacotherapy and adverse outcomes among older veterans discharged from the emergency department	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	Poster Session B
3078	Hawkins	Recognition and Management of Alcohol Misuse in OEF/OIF and Other Veteran Cohorts	Other	Poster Session A
3048	Helfrich	Psychometric Validation of Readiness-To-Change Scales Based on the Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Systems (PARiHS) Model	Implementation & Management Research	Poster Session A
1001	Hickam	Effectiveness of Home-based Monitoring to Improve Blood Pressure Control	Chronic Disease	Plenary Paper Session
1014	Hoffman	Eating Disorders, PTSD, and Sexual Assault Histories in Female Gulf War and OIF/OEF Veterans: Worrisome Associations	Chronic Disease	ORAL
2011	Hogan	Medical Record Data in an Era of Electronic Records	Research Methodology	Workshop
1051	Horvath	Dementia Caregiver Implementation of Safety Recommendations: The Veterans Home Safety Study	Nursing Research	ORAL
3110	Humphrey	Colon Cancer Prevention: A System Approach to Improving Care	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	Poster Session B
3090	Imperiale	A Decision Tool for Determining Colonoscopy Preparation	Other	Poster Session A
1057	Jones	Beyond the Traditional Prognostic Indicators: The Impact of Primary Care Utilization on Cancer Survival in the VHA	Other	ORAL
3022	Jordan	Impact of Depression on Mortality for Co-existing Illness	Chronic Disease	Poster Session B
1043	Kaboli	The VA Project to Implement Diuretics (VAPID): A Patient-Oriented Intervention Study	Implementation & Management Research	ORAL
1066	Kazis	Comparison of the Performance of the VHA versus the Medicare Advantage Plans: A National Comparison of two Large Systems Using Health Outcomes	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	ORAL
1015	Kehle	Relationship between Pre-Deployment Alcohol Consumption, Pre-Deployment Psychiatric Symptoms, and In-Theater Psychological Functioning	Chronic Disease	ORAL
3049	Kerfoot	Interactive Spaced Education Improves Providers’ Knowledge of Prostate Cancer Screening Guidelines: A Randomized Controlled Trial	Implementation & Management Research	Poster Session B
3104	Khan	Quality of VA depression care, health service use, and mortality over a 6-year period	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	Poster Session B
1033	Kilbourne	Quality of Care for Cardiovascular Disease-Related Conditions in Veterans with Mental Disorders	Equity	ORAL
1034	Kimerling	MST in Veterans Returning from Iraq and Afghanistan: The “Other” Deployment Stressor	Equity	ORAL
3118	King	Comparing two methods for identifying non-veteran data in VHA utilization files	Research Methodology	Poster Session B
1016	Klamerus	Treatment Decisions for Complex Patients: Differences between Primary Care Physicians and Mid-level Providers	Chronic Disease	ORAL
3053	Kowalski	What Practices Are U. S. Hospitals Using to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Urinary Tract Infection and Why? A Mixed-Methods Study	Implementation & Management Research	Poster Session B
1035	Kramer	Healthcare for American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans in VHA and IHS	Equity	ORAL
3023	Kreyenbuhl	Adherence to Oral Hypoglycemic Medications among VA Patients with Schizophrenia and Type 2 Diabetes	Chronic Disease	Poster Session B
1080	Kudel	Identification of Latent Groups using Veterans’ Responses on the HIV Symptom Inventory	Statistical Methods	ORAL
3024	Kunik	Incidence and Causes of Aggression in Dementia	Chronic Disease	Poster Session B
1017	LaFleur	Recognition and Treatment of Male Osteoporosis Is Low in at Least One VISN	Chronic Disease	ORAL
3050	Lash	Contracting, Prompting and Reinforcing Substance Use Disorder Continuing Care	Implementation & Management Research	Poster Session B
1018	Lee	Risk of All-Cause Mortality Associated with Long-Acting Beta-Agonist Use in Veterans with COPD	Chronic Disease	ORAL
1019	Lee	Medication Safety in COPD Patients: The Risk of Respiratory and Cardiovascular Deaths Associated with Treatment in Veterans with COPD	Chronic Disease	ORAL
2006	Li	Measuring Nurse Staffing Levels: VA and Non-VA Perspectives	Nursing Research	Workshop
3067	Li	The Associations of Nurse, Patient and Organizational Characteristics with Nursing Workload	Nursing Research	Poster Session A
1052	Liu	Nurse Staffing and Direct Inpatient Care Costs	Nursing Research	ORAL
1067	Liu	Long-Term Cost-Effectiveness of Screening Strategies for Hearing Loss	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	ORAL
3105	Loveland	The Effect of ACGME Resident Duty Hour Reform on Three Patient Safety Indicator Composite Measures	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	Poster Session B
1020	Maciejewski	Which Veterans Were Most Adversely Impacted by the VA Medication Copayment Increase?	Chronic Disease	ORAL
3051	Maciejewski	Factors Associated with Veterans’ Dual Use of VA and Medicare Primary Care Services	Implementation & Management Research	Poster Session B
1021	McCarthy	Mental Health Access and Use of Non-VA Services in VA Patients with Bipolar Disorder	Chronic Disease	ORAL
3034	Meghani	Missing Race/Ethnicity Data in the VA Longitudinal Online Research Database: Implications for Health Disparities Researchers	Equity	Poster Session B
3091	Miller	Improvements in VA Patient Glycemic Control Over Time with Differences by Race and Co-Morbid Diseases	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	Poster Session A
3079	Mills	Inpatient Suicide and Suicide Attempts in Veterans Affairs Hospitals	Other	Poster Session A
3028	Mohler	Minority Disparities: A Comparison of Two Cohorts of Southwestern Insulin-Using Veterans	Equity	Poster Session A
3080	Mohr	Barriers to Psychological & Behavioral Intervention in Primary Care	Other	Poster Session B
1081	Mor	Comparison of Statistical Methods to Account for Missing Race in VA Administrative Data	Statistical Methods	ORAL
1053	Moriarty	Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Dimensions of the Lower Urinary Tract Symptom Experience in Men with Parkinson's Disease	Nursing Research	ORAL
1022	Mueller	Longitudinal Effects of Medication Adherence on Glycemic Control in Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes	Chronic Disease	ORAL
3001	Mueller	Depression Increases VA Costs in Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes	Chronic Disease	Poster Session A
1036	Murdoch	Association between Perceived Local Social Norms and the Reported Severity of Men's and Women’s Military Sexual Harassment	Equity	ORAL
3038	Myaskovsky	Cultural Factors and Transplant Knowledge Related to Race Disparities in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation	Equity	Poster Session B
1023	Neiderer	Skin Temperature Monitoring Reduces the Risk for Diabetic Foot Ulceration in High-Risk Patients	Chronic Disease	ORAL
3081	Neily	Using Lessons from Root Cause Analysis to Enhance the Safety of Surgical Procedures	Other	Poster Session B
2010	Nelson	Enhancing Success for Nurse Investigators	Other	Workshop
3052	Neugaard	Prescription of Cholesterol-lowering Medications in Patients Admitted with an Acute Coronary Syndrome	Implementation & Management Research	Poster Session B
3002	Nichols	The Use of Telephone Support Groups to Increase Free Time for Dementia Caregivers	Chronic Disease	Poster Session A
1024	O'Hare	Prognostic Importance of Albuminuria: Does Level of Kidney Function Matter?	Chronic Disease	ORAL
1082	Obrosky	A Data Security Framework for Research Study Databases Using Metadata	Statistical Methods	ORAL
1044	Owen	Comparison of Strategies to Improve Antipsychotic Monitoring and Management for Schizophrenia	Implementation & Management Research	ORAL
1074	Partin	Validation of Self-Reported Colorectal Cancer Screening Behavior Data Collected from a Mixed-mode Survey of Veterans	Research Methodology	ORAL
3003	Penrod	New Onset Disability in Older Veterans	Chronic Disease	Poster Session A
3092	Perencevich	Acceptable Failure Rates for Therapy of Complicated Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in Older Men: Implications for Antibiotic Therapy and Resistance	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	Poster Session A
2012	Perrin	National Clinical Data for VA Research: the VA Corporate Data Warehouse	Research Methodology	Workshop
1075	Pizer	Does Fragmented Financing Undermine Coordination of Care?	Research Methodology	ORAL
1058	Polusny	Prospective Predictors of In-Theater Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms in a Cohort of National Guard Soldiers Deployed to OIF	Other	ORAL
3093	Powell	Timely Follow Up of Positive CRC Screening	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	Poster Session A
1068	Prentice	Waiting for Health Care and Preventable Hospitalizations	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	ORAL
2002	Render	Developing and Validating Quality Metrics for Acute Care	Implementation & Management Research	Workshop
3068	Rittman	Relationship Between Stroke Caregiver Sleep Patterns and Caregiver Burden, Health, and Depression	Nursing Research	Poster Session A
1069	Robinaugh	Are We Underestimating Blood Pressure in the Clinic? Concerning Discrepancies between Manual and Automated Measurements	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	ORAL
1054	Robinson	An Explanatory Study of the Lower Urinary Tract Symptom Experience and Quality of Life in Men with Parkinson’s Disease	Nursing Research	ORAL
1025	Rose	The Accuracy of Clinician Perceptions of “Usual” Blood Pressure Control	Chronic Disease	ORAL
1026	Rosen	Demand for and Utilization of VA Outpatient Mental Heath Care for PTSD: 2001 - 2006	Chronic Disease	ORAL
3082	Rosen	A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Money-Management Based Intervention Targeting Substance Use	Other	Poster Session B
3094	Ross	Dual Use of VA Services and Use of Recommended Ambulatory Care	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	Poster Session A
3004	Rothendler	Diabetes Control in Patients on Oral Monotherapy Regimens: Relationship to Adherence and Medication Dose	Chronic Disease	Poster Session A
1076	Rubin	An Agent-Based Modeling Approach to Surveillance of Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections	Research Methodology	ORAL
2013	Rubin	An Introduction to Agent-Based Simulation in Health Services Research	Research Methodology	Workshop
3026	Sadler	Sexual Assault, Post-Traumatic Stress, and Head Injury in Women Veterans	Chronic Disease	Poster Session A
3069	Sadler	Sexual Assault and Women Veteran’s Gynecologic Health	Nursing Research	Poster Session B
3029	Saha	Cultural Competence among Health Professionals: A Composite Conceptual Framework	Equity	Poster Session A
1045	Sahay	Heart Failure Network of VA Providers: An Innovative Strategy for Implementation	Implementation & Management Research	ORAL
3063	Sahay	Use of Heart Failure Clinics and Quality of VA Heart Failure Care	Implementation & Management Research	Poster Session B
1046	Saleem	Approaches to Design and Implementation of Clinical Decision Support in the VA: Relationship to Staff Sufficiency	Implementation & Management Research	ORAL
3046	Saleem	Extent of Implementation of Clinical Decision Support in VHA: Results of a National Survey	Implementation & Management Research	Poster Session A
3054	Sanders	Health and Economic Impact of Strategies to Improve HIV Testing and Receipt of Results	Implementation & Management Research	Poster Session B
3121	Sauer	An approach to detect novel adverse drug events using medical and pharmacy claims databases.	Research Methodology	Poster Session B
2017	Sayer	Traumatic Brain Injury in OIF/OEF Veterans: Opportunities and Challenges for Health Services Research	Other	Workshop
3055	Sayer	Barriers and Facilitators to PTSD Treatment Seeking Among OIF/OEF and Vietnam Veterans	Implementation & Management Research	Poster Session B
3005	Sayers	Levels of Family Autonomy-Support Climate and Self-care of Veterans with Heart Failure and Diabetes	Chronic Disease	Poster Session A
1027	Schaefer	Making the Transition from Intensive Substance Use Disorder Outpatient Treatment to Continuing Care: Predictors of Alcohol and Drug Abstinence	Chronic Disease	ORAL
3070	Scott	Perioperative Pressure Ulcer Assessment and Prevention: Efficacy Study of a Multi-Layer Pressure Relief Pad in the Operating Room (OR)	Nursing Research	Poster Session B
1059	Seal	Escalating Prevalence and Incidence of Mental Health Disorders in over 200,000 OEF/OIF Veterans Utilizing VA Healthcare, 2001-2007	Other	ORAL
3071	Shane	Creation of a High Involvement Work System Scale for Registered Nurses at the VA	Nursing Research	Poster Session B
2003	Sherman	Social Marketing to Providers: Theory and Practice	Implementation & Management Research	Workshop
3027	Sherman	Preliminary Results from a Study of Telephone Care Coordination for Smoking Cessation	Chronic Disease	Poster Session B
3030	Shimada	Are There Racial Disparities in Surgical Procedure Length in the Veterans Health Administration?	Equity	Poster Session A
3095	Siddharthan	The Relationship between Functional Status at Hospitalization and Cost of Healthcare Utilization after Discharge for Combat Wounded OEF/OIF Veterans	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	Poster Session A
3006	Singh	Clinically Applicable Predictors of Mortality and Hospitalization	Chronic Disease	Poster Session A
1077	Smith	Comparing Outpatient Cost Data in the DSS National Pharmacy Extract and the PBM Database	Research Methodology	ORAL
3007	Smith	The Impact of the VA Medication Copayment Increase on Medicare and VA Outpatient Utilization	Chronic Disease	Poster Session A
3083	Snow	Veterans in VA and Medicare Nursing Homes: Mental Health Service Need and Realized Access	Other	Poster Session B
3096	South	Supporting VA EPRP Measures for Vaccination Using Text-Processing and NLP Methods	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	Poster Session A
3097	Sox-Harris	Measuring the Quality of Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Assessing the VA Continuity of Care Performance Measure	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	Poster Session A
1070	Spiegel	Adherence to Colonoscopy Quality Indicators in a Large Regional VA Healthcare System	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	ORAL
1071	Steinman	New Methods for Performance Measurement in Hypertension: Results from an Expert Panel	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	ORAL
3084	Strauss	Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial to Facilitate the Use of Psychiatric Advance Directives: Lessons Learned	Other	Poster Session B
1002	Stroupe	Pre-Dialysis Nephrology Care and Healthcare Costs and Outcomes after Dialysis Initiation in Veterans with Chronic Kidney Disease	Chronic Disease	Plenary Paper Session
1047	Subramanian	Effect of Nurse Practitioner CHF Case Management on Resource Utilization	Implementation & Management Research	ORAL
2004	Sullivan	Strengths and Challenges of an Action Research Approach in Implementing New Clinical Practices	Implementation & Management Research	Workshop
1028	Taveira	Pharmacist-Led Group Medical Visits for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Diabetes	Chronic Disease	ORAL
3085	Torner	Head Injury in Women Veterans	Other	Poster Session B
3009	Tseng	Race and Dialysis-free Mortality Among Patients with Diabetes and Advanced CKD	Chronic Disease	Poster Session A
3010	Vander Weg	Associations between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Use in Female Veterans	Chronic Disease	Poster Session A
1060	Vogel	Rehabilitation Costs for VA Stroke Patients: Is Subacute Care Really Less Costly?	Other	ORAL
1029	Volpp	A Randomized Controlled Trial of Strategies for Weight Loss	Chronic Disease	ORAL
2005	Wagner	Research and My HealtheVet	Implementation & Management Research	Workshop
1003	Wakefield	A Comparison of Low- and High-Intensity Monitoring in Veterans with Co-Morbid Diabetes and Hypertension	Chronic Disease	Plenary Paper Session
3064	Warr-Wing	Increasing Stroke Risk Factor and Prevention Awareness through Public Health Marketing	Implementation & Management Research	Poster Session B
1004	Washington	VA and Community Mental Healthcare Use by Women Veterans Who Screen Positive for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder	Chronic Disease	Plenary Paper Session
3098	Washington	Quality of Care for Racial-ethnic Minorities in the Veterans Health Administration	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	Poster Session A
3039	Weaver	Is PTSD Always PTSD?: Factor Structure Variability for Multiple Methods of PTSD Assessments across African American, Hispanic, and White Veterans	Equity	Poster Session A
1005	Weeks	Using a Comprehensive Dataset to Understand the Characteristics, Utilization, Efficiency, and Outcomes of VA Patients' VA and Non-VA Inpatient Care	Implementation & Management Research	Plenary Paper Session
3056	Weir	Predictors of physician's intention to investigate Adverse Drug Events	Implementation & Management Research	Poster Session B
3057	Weir	A Test of Dual-Process Cognitive Theories in Modeling Variation in A Meta-Analysis of Computerized Interventions	Implementation & Management Research	Poster Session B
1037	West	Reliance on Medicare over VA Hospitalizations is Less for Urban Than Rural Veterans	Equity	ORAL
3086	West	Non-VA hospitalizations for VA Patients: Payer Mix Varies by Condition, Age, and Medicare Coverage	Other	Poster Session B
3058	Woodward-Hagg	Development and Implementation of a Lean Redesign Program Using Implementation Science Principles within a VAMC	Implementation & Management Research	Poster Session B
3011	Wray	A Telehealth Education Program for Caregivers of Veterans with Dementia: VA Cost Outcomes	Chronic Disease	Poster Session A
3012	Yancy	A Randomized Trial of a Low-Carbohydrate Diet Versus Orlistat for Weight Loss in Veteran Outpatients	Chronic Disease	Poster Session A
1072	Young	The Quality of Medication Management for Schizophrenia: An Update	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	ORAL
3111	Young	The Validity of Using Patient Self-report to Assess Psychotic Symptoms in Schizophrenia	Quality Measurement & Effectiveness	Poster Session B
1038	Zeber	Medication Adherence, Ethnicity, and the Influence of Multiple Psychosocial and Financial Barriers in Veterans with Bipolar Disorder	Equity	ORAL
3031	Zeber	Patient Characteristics Affecting Perceived Access to Medical and Psychiatric Care in Veterans with Bipolar Disorder	Equity	Poster Session A
3119	Zeber	Cardiovascular Disease in Type-2 Diabetes: Using the UKPDS Methodology to Determine Attributable Risk Variance Across 20 Community Clinics	Research Methodology	Poster Session B
2016	Zhou	Statistical Methods for the Analysis of Health Care Costs	Statistical Methods	Workshop
1030	Zhu	A Longitudinal Analysis of the Effects of Using Data from One System for Dual VA and Medicare Users with Dementia	Chronic Disease	ORAL
2014	Zickmund	Maximizing Mixed-Methods Data: Hands-on Training in Qualitative Computer Software Technology	Research Methodology	Workshop
3120	Zickmund	Methodological Issues in Using Mixed Methods Data: The Integration of Qualitative and Quantitative Data at the Analytical Level	Research Methodology	Poster Session B
1049	Zubkoff	Balancing Internal Versus External Validity in Implementation Research	Implementation & Management Research	ORAL

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