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Gillmeyer KR, Shusterman S, Rinne ST, Elwy AR, Wiener RS. Gaps in access to pulmonary hypertension care and opportunities for improvement: a multi-site qualitative study. BMC pulmonary medicine. 2025 Jul 28; 25(1):355, DOI: 10.1186/s12890-025-03817-4.
Gillmeyer KR, Rinne ST, Rucci JM, Klings ES, Elwy AR, Wiener RS. Factors Associated with Referral to Expert Providers among Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2025 Jun 1; 22(6):838-845, DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202408-901OC.
Albanese AM, Littlewood A, Creamer A, Rogers B, Elwy AR. Harm reduction for perinatal cannabis use: protocol for a scoping review of clinical practices. BMJ open. 2024 Dec 10; 14(12):e090453, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090453.
Huffhines L, Ramirez I, Silver RB, Low CM, Parade SH, Elwy AR. "It's Like Making Reflective Practice More of the Heart of Who We Are": An Exploration of Facilitators and Barriers to Implementing Reflective Supervision in State Pre-K. Prevention Science : The Official Journal of The Society For Prevention Research. 2024 Dec 1; 25(8):1262-1274, DOI: 10.1007/s11121-024-01744-0.
Haderlein TP, Zeliadt SB, Kloehn AT, Lott BD, Toyama J, Resnick A, Elwy AR, Der-Martirosian C, Taylor SL. Are Virtual Complementary and Integrative Therapies as Effective as In-Person Therapies? Examining Patient-Reported Outcomes Among Veterans with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain. Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association. 2025 Feb 1; 31(2):176-184, DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2024.0060.
Branch-Elliman W, Elwy AR, Chambers DA. Embracing dynamic public health policy impacts in infectious diseases responses: leveraging implementation science to improve practice. Frontiers in public health. 2023 Aug 17; 11:1207679.
Godfrey LB, Cloitre M, Elwy AR, Fortuna LR, Fuchs C, Valentine SE. Study protocol for a hybrid 1 effectiveness-implementation trial of Brief Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation (Brief STAIR) and web-administered STAIR (webSTAIR) for posttraumatic stress disorder in integrated primary care. Contemporary clinical trials. 2023 Aug 1; 131:107241.
Elwy AR, Maguire EM, Kim B, West GS. Involving Stakeholders as Communication Partners in Research Dissemination Efforts. Journal of general internal medicine. 2022 Apr 1; 37(Suppl 1):123-127.
Valentine SE, Fuchs C, Godfrey L, Elwy AR. Redesign of a brief PTSD treatment in safety net integrated primary care: Supporting implementation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. General hospital psychiatry. 2022 Jan 1; 74:94-101.
Valentine SE, Fuchs C, Carlson M, Elwy AR. Leveraging multistakeholder engagement to develop an implementation blueprint for a brief trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy in primary care. Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy. 2022 Sep 1; 14(6):914-923.
Becker SJ, Scott K, Elwy AR. You have an effective brief intervention (BI) for young adults, now what? Concrete strategies to advance BI implementation in usual care settings. Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors. 2022 Sep 1; 36(6):724-735.
Espel-Huynh HM, Goldstein CM, Finnegan OL, Elwy AR, Wing RR, Thomas JG. Primary care clinicians' perspectives on clinical decision support to enhance outcomes of online obesity treatment in primary care: A qualitative formative evaluation. Journal of technology in behavioral science. 2021 Sep 1; 6(3):515-526.
Perry NS, Elwy AR. The Role of Implementation Science in Reducing Sexual and Gender Minority Mental Health Disparities. LGBT health. 2021 Apr 1; 8(3):169-172.
Bolton RE, Bokhour BG, Dvorin K, Wu J, Elwy AR, Charns M, Taylor SL. Garnering Support for Complementary and Integrative Health Implementation: A Qualitative Study of VA Healthcare Organization Leaders. Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.). 2021 Mar 1; 27(S1):S81-S88.
Taylor SL, Dusek JA, Elwy AR. Moving Integrative Health Research from Effectiveness to Widespread Dissemination. Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.). 2021 Mar 1; 27(S1):S1-S6.
Zeliadt SB, Coggeshall S, Gelman H, Shin MH, Elwy AR, Bokhour BG, Taylor SL. Assessing the Relative Effectiveness of Combining Self-Care with Practitioner-Delivered Complementary and Integrative Health Therapies to Improve Pain in a Pragmatic Trial. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 2020 Dec 12; 21(Suppl 2):S100-S109.
Branch-Elliman W, Elwy AR, Monach P. Bringing New Meaning to the Term "Adaptive Trial": Challenges of Conducting Clinical Research During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic and Implications for Implementation Science. Open forum infectious diseases. 2020 Nov 1; 7(11):ofaa490.
Merker VL, Plotkin SR, Charns MP, Meterko M, Jordan JT, Elwy AR. Effective provider-patient communication of a rare disease diagnosis: A qualitative study of people diagnosed with schwannomatosis. Patient education and counseling. 2021 Apr 1; 104(4):808-814.
Elwy AR. Finding His Voice. JAMA. 2020 Sep 15; 324(11):1039-1040.
Elwy AR, Taylor SL. Progress of Veterans Health Administration Complementary and Integrative Health Research Along the Quality Enhancement Research Initiative Implementation Roadmap. Medical care. 2020 Sep 1; 58 Suppl 2 9S:S75-S77.
George J, Elwy AR, Charns MP, Maguire EM, Baker E, Burgess JF, Meterko M. Exploring the Association Between Organizational Culture and Large-Scale Adverse Events: Evidence from the Veterans Health Administration. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 2020 May 1; 46(5):270-281.
Branch-Elliman W, Gupta K, Rani Elwy A. Factors influencing uptake of evidence-based antimicrobial prophylaxis guidelines for electrophysiology procedures. American journal of infection control. 2020 Jun 1; 48(6):668-674.
Kilbourne AM, Elwy AR, Sales AE, Atkins D. Accelerating Research Impact in a Learning Health Care System: VA's Quality Enhancement Research Initiative in the Choice Act Era. Medical care. 2017 Jul 1; 55 Suppl 7 Suppl 1:S4-S12.
Rinne ST, Elwy AR, Bastian LA, Wong ES, Wiener RS, Liu CF. Impact of Multisystem Health Care on Readmission and Follow-up Among Veterans Hospitalized for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Medical care. 2017 Jul 1; 55 Suppl 7 Suppl 1:S20-S25.
George J, Elwy AR, Maguire EM, Baker E, Burgess JF, Charns MP, Meterko MM. Improving Patient Safety by Using Organizational Climate as a Leading Indicator to Assess Large-Scale Adverse Event Risk: Briefing before the VISN and Medical Center Chief Medical Officer/Chief of Staff/Quality Manager Group convened by the Assistant Deputy Undersecretary for Health for Clinical Operations (Virtual Briefing); 2016 Sep 12; Bedford, MA.
George J, Elwy AR, Maguire E, Baker E, Burgess JF, Charns MP, Meterko MM. Improving Patient Safety by Using Organizational Climate as a Leading Indicator to Assess Large-Scale Adverse Event Risk: Briefing before the VA Clinical Executive Review Board convened by the Assistant Deputy Undersecretary for Health for Clinical Operations (Virtual Briefing); 2016 Aug 1; Bedford, MA.
Kim B, Miller CJ, Elwy AR, Holmes SK, Coldwell CM, Bauer MS. Staff Experiences Implementing Clinical Microsystems for Interdisciplinary Behavioral Health Care. Poster session presented at: National Institute of Mental Health Annual Conference; 2016 Aug 1; Bethesda, MD.
Kim B, Miller CJ, Elwy AR, Holmes SK, Coldwell CM, Bauer MS. Staff Experiences Implementing Clinical Microsystems for Interdisciplinary Behavioral Health Care. Poster session presented at: AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; 2016 Jun 27; Boston, MA.
George J, Baker E, Burgess JF, Maguire EM, Elwy AR. Improving Patient Safety by Using Organizational Climate as a Leading Indicator to Assess Large-Scale Adverse Event Risk. Poster session presented at: AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; 2016 Jun 14; Boston, MA.
Taylor SL, Bolton RE, Dvorin K, Elwy AR, Bokhour BG. Complementary and Integrative Health Implementation in the VA. Paper presented at: International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health; 2016 May 1; Las Vegas, NV.
Kim B, Rodrigues S, Dell NS, Elwy AR. Process mapping appointments to identify improvements in care delivered to patients who screen positive for depression. European journal for person centered healthcare. 2016 Apr 1; 1(3):433-438.
Kim B, Miller CJ, Elwy AR, Holmes SK, Bauer MS. Examining the Experiences of General Mental Health Clinic Staff in Implementing Collaborative Care. Poster session presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2015 Jul 8; Philadelphia, PA.
Miller CJ, Elwy AR, Holmes SK, Kim B, Bauer MS. Rapid framework assessment of VA policy implementation of interdisciplinary mental health care. Poster session presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2015 Jul 8; Philadelphia, PA.
Kim B, Miller CJ, Elwy AR, Holmes SK, Bauer MS. Examining Interrelated Perceptions of Mental Health Staff to Identify Concerns in Delivering Collaborative Interdisciplinary Care. Poster session presented at: AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; 2015 Jun 14; Minneapolis, MN.
Elwy AR, Johnston JM, Bormann JE, Hull A, Taylor SL. A systematic scoping review of complementary and alternative medicine mind and body practices to improve the health of veterans and military personnel. Medical care. 2014 Dec 1; 52(12 Suppl 5):S70-82.
Taylor SL, Elwy AR. Complementary and alternative medicine for US veterans and active duty military personnel: promising steps to improve their health. Medical care. 2014 Dec 1; 52(12 Suppl 5):S1-4.
Johnston JM, Elwy AR. Asystematic scoping review of complementary and alternative medicine research to improve the health of Veterans and active duty military personnel. Paper presented at: AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; 2013 Jun 24; Baltimore, MD.
Elwy AR, Horton NJ, Saitz R. Physicians' attitudes toward unhealthy alcohol use and self-efficacy for screening and counseling as predictors of their counseling and primary care patients' drinking outcomes. Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy. 2013 May 30; 8(1):17.
Elwy AR, Yeh J, Worcester J, Eisen SV. An illness perception model of primary care patients' help seeking for depression. Qualitative Health Research. 2011 Nov 1; 21(11):1495-507.
Bokhour BG, Mueller NM, Elwy AR. Communicating Adverse Patient Events in Surgery: The CAPES Study. Poster session presented at: American Academy on Communication in Healthcare International Annual Conference; 2010 Oct 4; Phoenix, AZ.
Elwy AR, Ranganathan G, Eisen SV. Race-ethnicity and diagnosis as predictors of outpatient service use among treatment initiators. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.). 2008 Nov 1; 59(11):1285-91.
Elwy AR. Letter to the Editor-Reply. Pediatrics. 2006 Jun 1; 117(6):2323-2324.
Elwy AR. All parents need family pediatrics. Pediatrics. 2006 Jan 1; 117(1):218-9.