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HSR&D/QUERI National Meeting Live Stream Archive

This archive includes all plenary sessions, selected workshops, paper sessions, and panels that were held during the 2017 HSR&D/QUERI National Conference.

July 18 3:30-5

Implementing Multimodal Pain Care for Veterans in a Time of Rapidly Changing Evidence and Policy

Erin Krebs, MD (moderator); Will Becker, MD; Friedhelm Sandbrink, MD; Alicia Heapy, PhD

Part 1: Alicia Heapy, PhD; Will Becker, MD (video transcript),
Part 2 : Friedhelm Sandbrink, MD, (video transcript)

July 19

8-9:15am

Opening Plenary session

Keynote speaker Harlan Krumholz, MD, SM
Harold H. Hines, Jr. Professor of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine
Director, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE), Yale New Haven Health
NextGen Research: Opportunities and Imperatives Ahead, (video transcript)

July 19

9:30-11

Paper Session: Implementation Science

Potomac 3
Moderator: Linda Kim, PhD, MSN, RN

Tailoring PACT to the Needs of Women Veterans Using Evidence-Based Quality Improvement (video transcript)
Elizabeth Yano, PhD, MSPH

Readiness in Context: A Literature Synthesis of Organizational Readiness Measures Mapped to an Implementation Framework (video transcript)
Isomi Miake-Lye, PhD

Implementation of a Pilot Randomized Pragmatic Trial of a Screening Program for Chronic Kidney Disease among Non-Diabetic Hypertensive Veterans (video transcript)
Anna Rubinsky, PhD

A Multisite Implementation Trial of Portable Pulsed Xenon Ultraviolet Ray Technology to Reduce Hospital Associated Infections (video transcript)
John Zeber, PhD

The ED-PACT Tool: Communicating Veterans' Care Needs after Emergency Department Visits via Electronic Messages (video transcript)
Kristina Cordasco, MD, MPH, MSHS

July 19

11:15-12:45

Paper Session: Mental and Behavioral Health I

Potomac 3
Moderator: Stephen Luther, PhD

Who Gets Evidence-Based Treatment? Factors Associated with the Receipt of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy for PTSD in VA (video transcript)
Rebecca Sripada, PhD

Two Promising Evidence-Based Interventions for Suicide Prevention among Veterans with TBI (video transcript)
Lisa Brenner, PhD

Diagnostic Error among Veterans with Anxiety and Trauma-related Disorders (video transcript)
Terri Barrera, PhD

Examining Patterns of Mental Health Utilization Among Pregnant and Postpartum Veterans (video transcript)
Kristin Mattocks, PhD, MPH

Predicting Employment Status in OEF/OIF/OND Veterans Three Years after Evaluation for Traumatic Brain Injury (video transcript)
Terri Pogoda, PhD

July 19

1:45-3:30

Plenary Session

HSR&D State of the Service (video transcript)
David Atkins, MD, MPH
Director, HSR&D

QUERI State of the Service (video transcript)
Amy Kilbourne, PhD, MPH
Director, QUERI

Research Presentations

Correlates of Increased Risk of Housing Instability Among Women Veterans With Recent Experience of Intimate Partner Violence (video transcript)
Ann Elizabeth Montgomery, PhD

Firearm Injury Encounters in the Veterans Health Administration, 2010-2015 (video transcript)
Cynthia Lucero-Obusan, MD

External Determinants of Veterans' Demand of VA Healthcare (video transcript)
Amresh Hanchate, PhD

July 19

4-5:30

Panel Session

The Future of VA Community Care, (video transcript)
Denise Hynes, PhD, RN (moderator); Megan Vanneman, PhD; Leo Greenstone, MD; Michelle Mengeling, PhD

Questions and discussion , (video transcript)

July 20

8-9:30

Plenary Session

Research Presentations

Impact of PACT Intensive Management on High-Risk Veterans' Costs and Utilization (video transcript)
Jean Yoon, PhD

The Impact of a Quality Improvement Project on Statin Prescribing in Primary Care: Quality Improvement and Personalization for Statins (QUIPS) video transcript)
Jeremy Sussman, MD, MS

Rapid Qualitative Assessment for the National Rural Health Evaluation Center: Bringing the "Voice of the Veteran" into Large-Scale, Partnered Research (video transcript)
Karen Drummond, PhD

Facilitation of Tobacco Treatment Implementation in VA Residential Addiction Programs: Impact on Tobacco Dependence Pharmacotherapy (video transcript)
Elizabeth Gifford, PhD

Remarks from VA's Chief Research and Development Officer (video transcript)
Rachel Ramoni, DMD, ScD
Chief Research and Development Officer
Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC

July 20

9:45-11:15

Paper Session: Health Promotion and Care Management I

Potomac 3
Moderator: David Bekelman, MD, MPH

Telemedicine Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Veterans: The CITIES Trial (video transcript)
Hayden Bosworth, PhD

Weight and Participation Outcomes in an Online Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) for Veterans with Prediabetes (video transcript)
Tannaz Moin, MD, MBA, MSHS

Prior Antibiotic Exposure and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Weight Gain Among Veterans, (video transcript)
Mark Schwartz, MD

Long-term Cost of Bariatric Surgery for Veterans, (video transcript)
Matthew Maciejweski, PhD

Patient Characteristics Associated with Receipt of Prescription Weight Management Medications among Veterans in VA's MOVE! Weight Management Program, (video transcript)
Varsha Vimalananda, MD, MPH

Extra time for Q&A

July 20

12:30-1:45

Plenary Session

Veteran Speaker
Richard Barbato
Veterans Outreach Specialist
Lowell Vet Center, Lowell, MA

Presentation of the Under Secretary's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Health Services Research (video transcript)
Miguel LaPuz, MD, MBA
Acting Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health
Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC

Eve Kerr, MD, MPH
Director, HSR&D Center for Clinical Management Research
VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System

Robert McDivitt
Director, VISN 10

Awardee Presentation (video transcript)
Eve Kerr, MD, MPH
Director, HSR&D Center for Clinical Management Research
VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System

Recognition of HSR&D Awardees

July 20

2-3:30

Paper Session: Workforce Engagement

Moderator: Seppo Rinne, MD, PhD

Leveraging Frontline Expertise: How Senior Managers Empower and Support Frontline Staff in Identifying and Addressing Improvement Opportunities (video transcript)
Marlena Shin, JD, MPH

Translating Research into Practice using Quality Improvement at the Frontline: Early Results from the Learn. Engage. Act. Process. (LEAP) Program (video transcript)
Julie Lowery, PhD

Patient and Provider Perceptions of Primary Care Nurse Practitioners in the VA (video transcript)
George Sayre, PsyD

Promoting Veteran and Employee Engagement in Diabetes Management through the Transformational Elements of the PACT Model (video transcript)
LeChauncy Woodard, MD, MPH

Association of the Office of Academic Affiliations' Centers of Excellence in Primary Care Education with Quality of Care and Utilization (video transcript)
Samuel Edwards, MD, MPH

Extra time for Q&A (video transcript)