2017 HSR&D/QUERI National Conference Abstracts

2017 HSR&D/QUERI National Conference Abstracts

Number	Presenter	Title	Content Area	Type
4044	Annis	A Description of the Landscape of Anesthesia Care in an Integrated National Healthcare System	Workforce and Employee Engagement	Poster
4006	Aspinall	Trends in Opioid and Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug Prescriptions and Adverse Events before and after an Opioid Safety Initiative in Veterans	Pain Management	Poster
1043	Barrera	Diagnostic Error among Veterans with Anxiety and Trauma-related Disorders	Mental and Behavioral Health	Oral
4102	Bathulapalli	Gender Differences in Healthcare Utilization among OEF/OIF/OND Veterans With Musculoskeletal Diagnoses	Disparities in Health and Healthcare	Poster
4059	Baughman	Improving Handoffs from Acute to Sub-Acute Care: A VA Interdisciplinary HFMEA Quality Improvement Project	Care Coordination: VA and non-VA Care and Benefits	Poster
4072	Baughman	Improving Medication Reconciliation in a VA Nursing Home as part of MARQUIS2	Other	Poster
2008	Becker	Implementing Multimodal Pain Care for Veterans in a Time of Rapidly Changing Evidence and Policy	Pain Management	Panel
4027	Bekelman	Improving Health Status in Chronic Heart Failure: The Collaborative Care to Alleviate Symptoms and Adjust to Illness (CASA) Randomized Clinical Trial	Health Promotion, Care Management, and Veterans' Experience	Poster
2009	Bokhour	Assessing Implementation of the Whole Health Partnership: A Discussion of Operational Priorities, Practicality and Rigor in Guiding National Adoption	Health Promotion, Care Management, and Veterans' Experience	Panel
1046	Bolton	Implementing Complementary and Integrative Health in VHA: The Critical Role of Hospital Leadership and Strategies for Engagement	Pain Management	Oral
1014	Bosworth	Telemedicine Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Veterans: The CITIES trial	Health Promotion, Care Management, and Veterans' Experience	Oral
4058	Bounthavong	Impact of a National Academic Detailing Service on Opioid Overdose Education & Naloxone Distribution,and Opioid & Psychotropic Drug Safety Initiatives	Mental and Behavioral Health	Poster
1074	Brenner	Two Promising Evidence-Based Interventions for Suicide Prevention among Veterans with TBI	Mental and Behavioral Health	Oral
1081	Brignone	Homelessness Following Disability-Related Discharges from Active Duty Military Service in Afghanistan and Iraq	Special Populations	Oral
4046	Burgess	Socioeconomic Status and Smokers' Response to a Proactive Smoking Cessation Intervention	Disparities in Health and Healthcare	Poster
4023	Burk	Medication Use Evaluation of Digoxin Monotherapy for Atrial Fibrillation in Absence of Heart Failure	Implementation Science, and Adoption, Fidelity, and Dissemination of Effective Practices	Poster
1036	Callegari	Unequal Treatment? Racial/Ethnic Differences in Receipt of Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy in the Veterans Health Administration	Disparities in Health and Healthcare	Oral
4036	Callegari	"Just Talk to Me About It:" How Women Veterans' Experiences of Stigma in Health Care Shape Reproductive Counseling Needs	Health Promotion, Care Management, and Veterans' Experience	Poster
3003	Carey	Implementing High Value Spatial Analytics in the Context of VA Data.	Access to Care	Workshop
1077	Carlson	Concurrent VA and non-VA Prescriptions among Post-9/11 Veterans Receiving Long-term Opioid Therapy	Care Coordination: VA and non-VA Care and Benefits	Oral
1026	Caverly	Comparison of observed harms and expected mortality benefit for Veterans in VHA's low-Dose CT lung cancer screening demonstration project	Performance, Efficiency, and Value	Oral
1053	Chanfreau	What Drives Veteran Quality Ratings In and Outside the VA: Findings from the Women Veterans' Health Experience Survey	Health Promotion, Care Management, and Veterans' Experience	Oral
4018	Chanfreau-Coffinier	Mental Health Status Influences Veterans' Trust and Ratings of Provider Communication and VA Quality	Special Populations	Poster
1008	Chen	Capturing Intraoperative Adverse Events (IAEs) By Surgical Debriefing: Does It Complement the IAE Detection By Traditional Incident Reporting?	Performance, Efficiency, and Value	Oral
1064	Cheng	Predicting Adverse Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients Using Different Frailty Status Measures	Healthcare Informatics	Oral
4084	Chou	Effects of Policy and Resources on Antimicrobial Stewardship Interventions in the VA using a Transaction Cost Economics Framework	Implementation Science, and Adoption, Fidelity, and Dissemination of Effective Practices	Poster
4064	Cook	Applying User Experience Journey Mapping to the Modernization of VHA Health Information Technology Solutions	Health Promotion, Care Management, and Veterans' Experience	Poster
1027	Cordasco	The ED-PACT Tool: Communicating Veterans' Care Needs after Emergency Department Visits via Electronic Messages	Implementation Science, and Adoption, Fidelity, and Dissemination of Effective Practices	Oral
4049	Corneau	Concurrent Care for Veterans with Terminal Cancer: The Impact of Avoiding the "Terrible Choice"	Aging, Long-Term Care, and Informal Caregiving	Poster
4070	Cornwell	VA Primary Care-Mental Health Integration Same-Day Access: How do Program Characteristics Relate to Performance?	Access to Care	Poster
4005	Cully	Delivery of Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Primary Care: A Randomized Trial	Mental and Behavioral Health	Poster
2004	Damschroder	Improving the Reach and Impact of Behavioral Treatment for Obesity: To Tailor or Not to Tailor	Health Promotion, Care Management, and Veterans' Experience	Panel
2005	Damush	Technology Implementation to Increase Rural Veterans' Access to Services	Access to Care	Panel
4020	Damush	Stroke Self-Management: Effectiveness on HRQOL	Health Promotion, Care Management, and Veterans' Experience	Poster
1082	Dang	What Providers and Clinics Can Do to Manage Wait Time Experiences: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study	Health Promotion, Care Management, and Veterans' Experience	Oral
1070	Deen	ActiVets: A Clinical Innovation to Improve Physical Health Among Rural Veterans with PTSD	Disparities in Health and Healthcare	Oral
4013	DelVentura	Women Veterans Enrolling in Women-Only versus Mixed-Gender Pain Treatment Groups Demonstrate Greater Psychological Distress and Attrition from Treatment	Disparities in Health and Healthcare	Poster
4103	Deppen	Assuring Quality in Transforming the Department of Veterans Affairs Data to the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP) Common Data Model	Healthcare Informatics	Poster
1016	Dichter	Impacts of Intimate and Sexual Violence Experiences on Women Veterans' Housing Stability	Special Populations	Oral
4071	Drapalski	Understanding the Contraceptive Counseling Needs of Women Veterans with Serious Mental Illness	Special Populations	Poster
1006	Drummond	Rapid Qualitative Assessment for the National Rural Health Evaluation Center: Bringing the "Voice of the Veteran" into Large-Scale, Partnered Research	Scientific Methodology	Plenary
4096	Duan-Porter	Mapping the Evidence: Social Determinants of Veteran Health	Disparities in Health and Healthcare	Poster
4082	Edmond	Use of Non-Pharmacological Pain Treatment Modalities among Veterans with Chronic Pain	Pain Management	Poster
1067	Edwards	Association of the Office of Academic Affiliations' Centers of Excellence in Primary Care Education with Quality of Care and Utilization	Workforce and Employee Engagement	Oral
4094	Edwards	Preventing Hospitalization with Home-Based Primary Care: Which Patients Benefit Most?	Aging, Long-Term Care, and Informal Caregiving	Poster
1045	Elwy	Risk Communication in VA Healthcare: Minimizing Risks Leads to Poor Veteran Reported Outcomes	Health Promotion, Care Management, and Veterans' Experience	Oral
4090	Ertl	Improving the Appeal of Regular Physical Activity for Older Veterans	Health Promotion, Care Management, and Veterans' Experience	Poster
4062	Feemster	Targeting Incomplete and Inappropriate Recommendations by Radiologists as a Quality Improvement Initiative	Health Promotion, Care Management, and Veterans' Experience	Poster
1035	Fischer	Comparing Attitudes Toward Mental Health Service Use among Rural and Non-Rural Veterans: The Impact of Varying Definitions of Rurality	Disparities in Health and Healthcare	Oral
1072	Frayne	Women's Health Primary Care Providers: Antidote to Attrition from VA among Women Veterans New to VA?	Special Populations	Oral
1080	Frayne	Declining Attrition of New Women Veteran Patients After Implementation of Comprehensive Women's Health Care Policy	Special Populations	Oral
4067	Frey	Cohort Identification in the VA with the C3PO System	Healthcare Informatics	Poster
2010	Gabrielian	Ending Veteran Homelessness: Can Housing First Meet the Needs of an Increasingly Vulnerable Homeless Population?	Special Populations	Panel
4016	George	The Impact of Organizational Climate on Patient Safety: Evidence from Large-Scale Adverse Events	Workforce and Employee Engagement	Poster
1007	Gifford	Facilitation of Tobacco Treatment Implementation in VA Residential Addiction Programs: Impact on Tobacco Dependence Pharmacotherapy	Implementation Science, and Adoption, Fidelity, and Dissemination of Effective Practices	Plenary
3002	Glasgow	Multi-method Assessment of Adaptations During the Implementation of Research and Quality Improvement Projects	Implementation Science, and Adoption, Fidelity, and Dissemination of Effective Practices	Workshop
4069	Glassman	Adverse Drug Events in the Veterans Healthcare System: Reported Incidence, Severity and Causative Medications by Age Range	Other	Poster
4057	Glorioso	Modifications to Increase Power in a Stepped Wedge Designed Trial Targeting Improved Medication Adherence for Ischemic Heart Disease in VA Patients	Scientific Methodology	Poster
4101	Gobbel	A Flexible, Rapid, and Scalable System for Identifying AKI Risk Factors within Medical Free Text: Development and Evaluation	Other	Poster
4055	Golden	Complementary and Integrative Health Preferences of Women Veterans: A Women's Health Practice-Based Research Network Veteran Feedback Project	Other	Poster
1020	Grasso	Implementation and Evaluation of the Integrated Pain Team: Pain Outcomes, Opioid Safety and Treatment Satisfaction among Veterans in Primary Care	Pain Management	Oral
4011	Gray	Identifying and Classifying Health Disparities in VA: Application to Racial Disparities in Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy	Disparities in Health and Healthcare	Poster
4015	Gundlapalli	Using Network Projections to Explore Co-incidence and Context in Large Clinical Datasets: Application to Homelessness Among U.S. Veterans	Healthcare Informatics	Poster
1003	Hanchate	External Determinants of Veterans' Demand of VA Healthcare	Care Coordination: VA and non-VA Care and Benefits	Plenary
4028	Hanjian	Impact on Employee Engagement and Retention: Final Evaluation of the Office of Rural Health Providers Continuing Education Initiative	Workforce and Employee Engagement	Poster
4041	Hastings	Discharge Information and Support for Veterans Receiving Outpatient Care in the Emergency Department: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial	Health Promotion, Care Management, and Veterans' Experience	Poster
2001	Haun	Advancing VA Connected Care Technology: Shaping Research and Operations Through Collaboration	Implementation Science, and Adoption, Fidelity, and Dissemination of Effective Practices	Panel
4014	Hausmann	A Randomized, Controlled Study of a Positive Psychological Intervention to Improve Pain, Functioning, and Wellbeing in Veterans with Osteoarthritis	Pain Management	Poster
1049	Hawkins	Evaluating an Advanced Medication Alert to Reduce Opioid and Benzodiazepine Co-prescribing	Other	Oral
4097	Hawkins	All-Cause Mortality associated with Opioid and Benzodiazepine Co-Prescribing among Patients with PTSD	Pain Management	Poster
4043	Heapy	Incorporating Walking into Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain: Safety and Efficacy of a Progressive Walking Intervention	Pain Management	Poster
4074	Hebert	A Simulation Study of the Long-Run Implications for Veterans' Cardiovascular Outcomes and Costs after Wide-Spread Implementation of the VA Patient-Centered Medical Home Model	Performance, Efficiency, and Value	Poster
1073	Hermayer	Coordinated Care Approach to Impact Health Disparities in Diabetes Care for Veterans	Care Coordination: VA and non-VA Care and Benefits	Oral
4002	Hofer	Stepping up or Scaling Back? An Examination of (de)Intensification Recommendations in Clinical Practice Guidelines	Performance, Efficiency, and Value	Poster
4080	Hooyer	Freedom on a Leash: Perceived Benefits of Service Dog Therapy among Veterans with PTSD	Mental and Behavioral Health	Poster
1033	Huynh	Evaluation of Changes in Patient-Provider Communication in Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Sites Using a Non-randomized Stepped Wedge Design	Access to Care	Oral
4037	Hysong	A Goal-Driven Approach to Aggregating Measures of PACT Performance	Care Coordination: VA and non-VA Care and Benefits	Poster
4085	Interian	Neurocognitive Risk Factors Detect Past-Year Suicide Attempt among Veterans at High Risk for Suicide	Other	Poster
1029	Intrator	Geriatrics & Extended Care Data Analysis Center Evaluation of the Impact of Personal Care Services on Costs of Veteran Care	Aging, Long-Term Care, and Informal Caregiving	Oral
4010	Jackson	Intermediate Diabetes Outcomes by Primary Care Provider Type: Differences among Patients of Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants	Performance, Efficiency, and Value	Poster
4026	Jia	Stroke Readmission and Mortality: A Comparison between VA Community Living Centers and Community Nursing Homes	Aging, Long-Term Care, and Informal Caregiving	Poster
4048	Jones	In Data We Trust? Comparison of Electronic versus Manual Medical Use Evaluation for Hospitalized Veterans with Pneumonia	Healthcare Informatics	Poster
4061	Jones	Positive Experiences with Primary Care Predict Receipt of Guideline-Concordant Treatment for Depression	Mental and Behavioral Health	Poster
1071	Kertesz	Ending Homelessness: Can We Rationally Allocate Social Benefits?	Special Populations	Oral
4019	Kim	What are the Implications for Task Sharing between Interprofessional Team Members?	Implementation Science, and Adoption, Fidelity, and Dissemination of Effective Practices	Poster
1075	Klingaman	A Mixed Method Assessment of Sleep Needs and Barriers of Veterans with SMI	Mental and Behavioral Health	Oral
1063	Koola	Prediction of Mortality among Hospitalized Patients with Cirrhosis among a National VHA Cohort	Healthcare Informatics	Oral
1061	Krebs	Adoption of Lung Cancer Screening Among VHA Medical Centers	Access to Care	Oral
4053	Krebs	Clinician Response to Aberrant Urine Drug Test Results among Patients Initiating Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain	Pain Management	Poster
1030	Kurlander	The Right Idea in the Wrong Patient: Results of a National Survey on Stopping PPIs	Performance, Efficiency, and Value	Oral
4045	Lampman	Organizational and Social Determinants of Burnout among PACT Personnel	Workforce and Employee Engagement	Poster
4076	Lasky	Timely Evaluation for Veterans New to Mental Health: Findings from the My VA Access Chart Reviews	Access to Care	Poster
1078	Leecaster	Healthcare Provider-Environment Interactions: Measuring Touch Frequency to Understand Their Role in Transmission of Healthcare Associated Infections	Healthcare Informatics	Oral
1011	Lehavot	Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in a Representative National Sample: Prevalence, Correlates, and Treatment Utilization by Gender and Veteran Status	Mental and Behavioral Health	Oral
1039	Leung	Changing Patterns of Mental Health Care: The Role of Integrated Mental Health Services in VA Primary Care	Access to Care	Oral
4007	Levy	A Qualitative Exploration of Veteran and Family Perspectives on Medical Foster Homes	Aging, Long-Term Care, and Informal Caregiving	Poster
4050	Lew	Stepped Wedge Designs: Balancing Site Characteristics over Time	Scientific Methodology	Poster
4081	Lin	Use of Pharmacotherapy for Opioid Use Disorders among Veterans Discontinued from Chronic Opioids	Mental and Behavioral Health	Poster
1047	Littman	What Motivates Veterans to Participate in Research? Results From a National Study Involving Focus Groups	Scientific Methodology	Oral
1048	Lowery	Translating Research Into Practice Using Quality Improvement at the Frontline: Early Results From the Learn. Engage. Act. Process. (LEAP) Program	Workforce and Employee Engagement	Oral
1002	Lucero-Obusan	Firearm Injury Encounters in the Veterans Health Administration, 2010-2015	Mental and Behavioral Health	Plenary
1065	Luckhurst	A Qualitative Study of Factors in Care Coordination that Contribute to Medication Errors: Cognitive Task Analysis with VA Physicians and Pharmacists	Care Coordination: VA and non-VA Care and Benefits	Oral
4051	Lund	Epidemiology of Hospital Acquired Acute Kidney Injury in the Veterans Health Administration	Performance, Efficiency, and Value	Poster
4035	Luther	Improved Measures of Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) for Veterans with Deployment-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)	Mental and Behavioral Health	Poster
1022	Maciejewski	Long-term Cost of Bariatric Surgery for Veterans	Health Promotion, Care Management, and Veterans' Experience	Oral
1056	Manja	Use of Ecomaps in Qualitative Research -- An Integrative Review	Scientific Methodology	Oral
2006	Martin	Veteran Engagement Three Ways: Insights and Lessons Learned from Engaging Veterans at Three VA Research Centers	Health Promotion, Care Management, and Veterans' Experience	Panel
4095	Mastarone	Military to Civilian Transition Factors and Interest in Supported Employment Among Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Mixed Methods Analysis	Special Populations	Poster
3004	Matheny	Overview of the Availability and Use of the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership Common Data Model in VHA	Healthcare Informatics	Workshop
1044	Mattocks	Examining Patterns of Mental Health Utilization Among Pregnant and Postpartum Veterans	Mental and Behavioral Health	Oral
4022	Mattocks	Examining Women Veterans' Perceptions, Experiences and Satisfaction with the Veterans Choice Program (VCP)	Care Coordination: VA and non-VA Care and Benefits	Poster
1051	Maust	Trends in Prevalent and Incident Benzodiazepine Use Among Older Veterans: 2010-2016	Aging, Long-Term Care, and Informal Caregiving	Oral
4089	McCarthy	VHA Service Utilization Before and After Receipt of a Service Connected Disability Award for PTSD: Findings from a National Sample	Mental and Behavioral Health	Poster
1018	Meyer	Identifying Veterans with Delays in Diagnostic Evaluation of Cancer using Electronic Triggers	Healthcare Informatics	Oral
1032	Miake-Lye	Readiness in Context: A Literature Synthesis of Organizational Readiness Measures Mapped to an Implementation Framework	Implementation Science, and Adoption, Fidelity, and Dissemination of Effective Practices	Oral
1010	Miech	Different Methods, Different Results: Comparing Logistic Regression and QCA Findings From the Same VA Dataset	Scientific Methodology	Oral
1054	Miller	Invisible Partners in Care: Snapshot of Well-Being among Caregivers Receiving Comprehensive Support from the VA	Aging, Long-Term Care, and Informal Caregiving	Oral
4060	Mills	Formative Evaluation of a New Theory-Driven Framework to Guide Quality Improvement in Community Living Centers	Aging, Long-Term Care, and Informal Caregiving	Poster
1025	Mitchell-Miland	Effect of Peer Support on Emergency Room usage in Relation to Primary Care in a High Risk Veteran Population	Access to Care	Oral
4066	Mohanty	Chronic Multisymptom Illness among Iraq/Afghanistan-Deployed Veterans and their Healthcare Utilization	Disparities in Health and Healthcare	Poster
1038	Moin	Weight and Participation Outcomes in an Online Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) for Veterans with Prediabetes	Health Promotion, Care Management, and Veterans' Experience	Oral
1001	Montgomery	Correlates of Increased Risk of Housing Instability Among Women Veterans With Recent Experience of Intimate Partner Violence	Disparities in Health and Healthcare	Plenary
1055	Moore	Automated, Mobile, Ancillary Care for Substance Abuse Treatment	Mental and Behavioral Health	Oral
4083	Muralidharan	Impact of In-Person and Online Delivered Weight Management Interventions on Physical Activity Levels for Veterans with Serious Mental Illness	Mental and Behavioral Health	Poster
4009	Murphy	Electronic Algorithms Can Efficiently Detect Delays in Follow-Up of Abnormal Mammograms	Special Populations	Poster
4024	Nevedal	Implementation through Intermediaries: The Use of Third Party Contractors to Implement the Veterans Choice Program	Access to Care	Poster
4021	Nicosia	Making Function Part of the Conversation: Clinician Perspectives on Measuring Functional Status in Primary Care	Aging, Long-Term Care, and Informal Caregiving	Poster
4034	Nolan	Facility-Level Variation in Non-Pharmacologic Pain Care and Its Association with Opioid Medication Prescribing	Pain Management	Poster
4030	O'Mahen	Method to Develop Facility-Specific Groups of VA Hospital Peers	Scientific Methodology	Poster
4075	Obrst	A Clinical Care Ontology for an Enhanced Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Clinical Reasoning	Healthcare Informatics	Poster
4056	Ottomanelli	Provider Perspectives from Early to Late Stages of Implementing Supported Employment in Spinal Cord Injury Care	Implementation Science, and Adoption, Fidelity, and Dissemination of Effective Practices	Poster
4017	Owens	Receipt of Evidence-Based Alcohol-Related Care among VA Patients With Hepatitis C And Unhealthy Alcohol Use	Mental and Behavioral Health	Poster
4025	Panaite	Modified PROMIS Anger Measure for Veterans with Deployment-Related PTSD	Mental and Behavioral Health	Poster
4093	Park	Weight Gain of 5 Pounds Associated with Hospital Readmission in Rural Heart Failure Patients	Health Promotion, Care Management, and Veterans' Experience	Poster
1037	Phibbs	A Case for VA Home Based Primary Care Expansion: HBPC Reduces Costs and Improves Community Survival	Aging, Long-Term Care, and Informal Caregiving	Oral
4031	Pigeon	A Small Randomized Trial of CBT for Insomnia among Primary Care Patients Endorsing Suicidal Ideation	Mental and Behavioral Health	Poster
4077	Pimentel	Blended Facilitation to Support Implementation Efforts in VHA Community Living Centers	Aging, Long-Term Care, and Informal Caregiving	Poster
1060	Pogoda	Predicting Employment Status in OEF/OIF/OND Veterans Three Years after Evaluation for Traumatic Brain Injury	Mental and Behavioral Health	Oral
4033	Presley	Results of the Rural VA Multi-Center Medication Reconciliation Quality Improvement Study (R-VA-MARQUIS)	Implementation Science, and Adoption, Fidelity, and Dissemination of Effective Practices	Poster
4073	Rinne	Quality Improvement Effort to Reduce Inappropriate Inhaled Corticosteroids: Baseline Perspectives of Nurse Practitioners and Physicians	Workforce and Employee Engagement	Poster
4079	Romodan	Expanding Access to Women's Health Primary Care Providers, FY11 to FY15	Access to Care	Poster
4063	Rose	Mental Health and Dual Use: Understanding Women Veterans' Care Coordination Needs	Care Coordination: VA and non-VA Care and Benefits	Poster
1031	Rosen	Brief Counseling for Veterans with Musculoskeletal Disorders, Risky Substance Use and Service-Connection Claims	Pain Management	Oral
4008	Rubenstein	Overuse of Repeat Upper Endoscopy in the Veterans Health Administration	Performance, Efficiency, and Value	Poster
1066	Rubinsky	Implementation of a Pilot Randomized Pragmatic Trial of a Screening Program for Chronic Kidney Disease among Non-Diabetic Hypertensive Veterans	Implementation Science, and Adoption, Fidelity, and Dissemination of Effective Practices	Oral
2003	Rudolph	Veteran Directed Home and Community Based Services Evaluation: Collaboration for a Common Mission	Implementation Science, and Adoption, Fidelity, and Dissemination of Effective Practices	Panel
4086	Saechao	Evolving Profile of Women and Men Veterans in VHA, FY00 to FY15	Special Populations	Poster
4088	Saechao	Revolving Doors: Portal of Entry to VA for New Women Veteran Patients Influences Speed of Exit	Special Populations	Poster
1013	Saini	Increasing Use of Post-Polypectomy Surveillance Colonoscopy in the Veterans Health Administration	Performance, Efficiency, and Value	Oral
1015	Santa Ana	Group Motivational Interviewing for Patients With Substance Use and Co-existing Psychiatric Disorders: Outcomes and Process	Mental and Behavioral Health	Oral
4052	Savoy	Usability Evaluation of VA Consultation Order Templates: Identifying Problems to Prioritize Redesign Efforts	Healthcare Informatics	Poster
1024	Sayre	Patient and Provider Perceptions of Primary Care Nurse Practitioners in the VA	Workforce and Employee Engagement	Oral
3001	Sayre	Beyond Open-Ended Questions: Purposeful Interview Guide Development to Elicit Rich, Trustworthy Data	Scientific Methodology	Workshop
4099	Schneider	Development & Evaluation of mTBI Case Ascertainment Methods Using the VA Comprehensive TBI Evaluation Database	Mental and Behavioral Health	Poster
2002	Schnurr	Perspectives on Implementation of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy for PTSD	Implementation Science, and Adoption, Fidelity, and Dissemination of Effective Practices	Panel
1012	Schroeck	Development of a Natural Language Processing Engine to Generate Pathology Data to Advance Bladder Cancer Care	Scientific Methodology	Oral
1041	Schwartz	Prior Antibiotic Exposure and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Weight Gain Among Veterans	Health Promotion, Care Management, and Veterans' Experience	Oral
4092	Scott	Differences in Receipt of Hospice for Veterans Enrolled in Medicare Managed Care versus Fee-for-Service Medicare	Access to Care	Poster
1069	Shaw	Are Mothers Who Rely on VA Coverage for Maternity Care a Higher Risk Obstetric Population?	Care Coordination: VA and non-VA Care and Benefits	Oral
1042	Shin	Leveraging Frontline Expertise: How Senior Managers Empower and Support Frontline Staff in Identifying and Addressing Improvement Opportunities	Workforce and Employee Engagement	Oral
4065	Simmons	Accelerating the Implementation of an Oral Health Education Tool within the VA Oral Health System	Implementation Science, and Adoption, Fidelity, and Dissemination of Effective Practices	Poster
1023	Skolnik	Pathways to PrEP: What Medical Records Reveal About Access to HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in VA	Access to Care	Oral
4091	Slightam	Effect of intensive outpatient program on high-need Veterans' end-of-life care	Health Promotion, Care Management, and Veterans' Experience	Poster
1017	Sripada	Who Gets Evidence-Based Treatment? Factors Associated with the Receipt of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy for PTSD in VA	Mental and Behavioral Health	Oral
1034	Stockdale	The Role of Communication among Primary Care Team Members and Patient-Provider Communication in Predicting Patients' Satisfaction with Their Providers	Health Promotion, Care Management, and Veterans' Experience	Oral
1028	Street	Patient Perspectives on Military Sexual Trauma (MST) Screening: Are Veterans Satisfied with Their Experiences?	Health Promotion, Care Management, and Veterans' Experience	Oral
1005	Sussman	The Impact of a Quality Improvement Project on Statin Prescribing in Primary Care: Quality Improvement and Personalization for Statins (QUIPS)	Implementation Science, and Adoption, Fidelity, and Dissemination of Effective Practices	Plenary
1068	Suzuki	Improving Signal-to-noise Ratio in Big Data to Identify Multifactorial Risks of Drug-induced Liver injury (DILI)	Healthcare Informatics	Oral
4012	Taylor	Adoption and Implementation of Complementary and Integrative Health Implementation at the VA	Other	Poster
4040	Taylor	Physical Activity for Older Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain, PACe-LBP: A Pilot Trial	Pain Management	Poster
1059	Thorpe	Effect of Dual Use of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Medicare Part D Drug Benefits on Chronic Disease Refill Adherence in Veterans with Dementia	Care Coordination: VA and non-VA Care and Benefits	Oral
1019	Tighe	Improving Chronic Pain Care and Opioid Safety in VA Primary Care: Implementation and Evaluation of the Integrated Pain Team Clinic	Pain Management	Oral
4032	Tuepker	A Qualitative Study of Implementation and Adaptations to Progressive Tinnitus Management (PTM)	Implementation Science, and Adoption, Fidelity, and Dissemination of Effective Practices	Poster
4047	Van	Association of Nurse Staffing Changes with Hospital-Associated Infections	Performance, Efficiency, and Value	Poster
1052	Van Houtven	Are There Cost Offsets From Comprehensive Support of Family Caregivers? Impact on 3-year Veteran Health Care Costs	Aging, Long-Term Care, and Informal Caregiving	Oral
2007	Vanneman	The Future of VA Community Care	Access to Care	Panel
1058	Vimalananda	Patient Characteristics Associated with Receipt of Prescription Weight Management Medications Among Veterans in VA's MOVE! Weight Management Program	Other	Oral
4039	Walters	Suicidal Ideation among National Guard Soldiers Reporting Hazardous Drinking and Prescription Medication Misuse	Mental and Behavioral Health	Poster
4078	Walters	Acceptance for Interventions to Slow Firearm Access During High Risk Periods Among Veterans in VA Mental Health Care	Mental and Behavioral Health	Poster
1050	Ward	Developing an Improved Comorbidity Summary Score through Modeling ICD Data from Electronic Health Records Data	Scientific Methodology	Oral
1040	Washington	Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Intermediate Clinical Outcomes Four Years Into VA Implementation of Patient-Aligned Care Teams	Disparities in Health and Healthcare	Oral
4004	Weston	Identifying Improvement Opportunities to Reduce Common Pathogen Transmission During Routine Care	Other	Poster
3005	White	Applied Design and Statistical Methods for Performing High Impact Meta-Analyses	Scientific Methodology	Workshop
1057	Wiener	National Patterns of Guideline-Discordant Prescribing of Phosphodiesterase-5-Inhibitors for Pulmonary Hypertension in VHA	Performance, Efficiency, and Value	Oral
4054	Wiitala	Rethinking Risk Prediction Using Electronic Health Record data: The VA Risk Score for Cardiovascular Disease (VARS-CVD)	Scientific Methodology	Poster
1079	Woodard	Promoting Veteran and Employee Engagement in Diabetes Management through the Transformational Elements of the PACT Model	Workforce and Employee Engagement	Oral
4100	Yakovchenko	Diffusion of Innovation: Case Study of Hepatitis C in the VA	Care Coordination: VA and non-VA Care and Benefits	Poster
4042	Yankey	The Veterans Health Administration Registered Nurse Transition-To-Practice Program: A Qualitative Evaluation of Factors that Affect Implementation	Workforce and Employee Engagement	Poster
1021	Yano	Tailoring PACT to the Needs of Women Veterans Using Evidence-Based Quality Improvement	Implementation Science, and Adoption, Fidelity, and Dissemination of Effective Practices	Oral
1004	Yoon	Impact of PACT Intensive Management on High-Risk Veterans' Costs and Utilization	Performance, Efficiency, and Value	Plenary
4068	Yoon	Latent Classes of High Risk Patients Receiving Care from VHA Patient-Centered Medical Home Model	Scientific Methodology	Poster
1076	Young	VA Intensive Housing First in Southern California: Implementation and Veteran Experience	Other	Oral
4098	Young	Ensuring Primary Care Provider (PCP) Participation and Sustaining Renal-ECHO	Access to Care	Poster
4087	Yu	NoteAid: A System That Translates Medical Terms to Lay Definitions to Support Veterans' Comprehension of Electronic Health Record Notes	Healthcare Informatics	Poster
1062	Zeber	A Multisite Implementation Trial of Portable Pulsed Xenon Ultraviolet Ray Technology to Reduce Hospital Associated Infections	Implementation Science, and Adoption, Fidelity, and Dissemination of Effective Practices	Oral
4003	Ziaeian	Clinical Effectiveness of Hydralazine-Isosorbide Dinitrate in VHA Heart Failure Patients by Race	Special Populations	Poster

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2017 HSR&D/QUERI National Conference Abstracts