• Woodward EN, Oliver KA, Drummond KL, Bartnik MK, McCorkindale A, Meit SS, Owen RR, Kirchner JE. Transitioning an implementation research intervention to a sustained clinical service: Telehealth primary care mental health integration implementation in Veterans Health Administration. Psychological Services. 2024 Sep 30.
• Burgess DJ, Calvert C, Hagel Campbell EM, Allen KD, Bangerter A, Behrens K, Branson M, Bronfort G, Cross LJS, Evans R, Ferguson JE, Friedman JK, Haley AC, Leininger B, Mahaffey M, Matthias MS, Meis LA, Polusny MA, Serpa JG, Taylor SL, Taylor BC. Telehealth Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Chronic Pain: The LAMP Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA internal medicine. 2024 Aug 19.
• Cummings C, Raja P, Gabrielian S, Doran N. Impacts of Telehealth Adoption on the Quality of Care for Individuals With Serious Mental Illness: Retrospective Observational Analysis of Veterans Affairs Administrative Data. JMIR mental health. 2024 Jul 9; 11:e56886.
• Schuttner L, Mayfield B, Jaske E, Theis M, Nelson K, Reddy A. Primary Care Telehealth Initiation and Engagement Among Veterans at High Risk, 2019-2022. JAMA Network Open. 2024 Jul 1; 7(7):e2424921.
• Zullig LL, Makarov D, Becker D, Dardashti N, Guzman I, Kelley MJ, Melnic I, Juarez Padilla J, Rojas S, Thomas J, Tumminello C, Sherman SE. Telehealth Research and Innovation for Veterans with Cancer: the THRIVE Center. Journal of The National Cancer Institute. Monographs. 2024 Jun 26; 2024(64):70-75.

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• Telehealth Mindfulness-Based Interventions Improve Pain-Related Function and Biopsychosocial Outcomes Among Veterans with Chronic Pain
  This randomized clinical trial aimed to test the effectiveness of two scalable, 8-week telehealth mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) – group and self-paced – compared to usual care. Findings showed that both the group and self-paced MBI significantly improved pain-related function and biopsychosocial outcomes compared to usual care. Group and self-paced MBIs performed similarly. Averaged acros...
  
  Date: August 19, 2024
• Veterans with Diabetes Receiving Community Primary Care Had Worse Diabetes Care Quality and Higher Costs than Veterans Receiving VA Primary Care
  This study compared the quality, costs, and outcomes of community- and VA-provided primary care for Veterans with diabetes over 12 months during FY 2021–2022. Findings showed that Veterans who received community primary care had worse diabetes care quality and higher mean total costs (driven by higher inpatient and prescription drug costs) than Veterans who received VA primary care. There was no d...
  
  Date: August 5, 2024
• Veterans’ Perceptions of VA Healthcare by Race and Sex
  Investigators in this qualitative study focused on examining how Veterans’ perceptions of VA healthcare may differ by race and sex. Findings showed that, overall, there were differences in the perceived quality of interactions within the VA healthcare system by race and sex, with more positive experiences more likely to be reported by Veterans of White race and male sex. Some positive responses we...
  
  Date: February 19, 2024
• Significant Increase in Telehealth for Primary Care among Homeless Veterans Following the Pandemic
  This study sought to examine the extent to which homeless-experienced Veterans used telehealth services in primary care – and to characterize users before and after the onset of the pandemic. Findings showed that despite decreased access to health information technology and low pre-pandemic telehealth use, Veterans experiencing homelessness sustained a high use of telehealth in primary care post-p...
  
  Date: January 22, 2024
• Black Veterans with Chronic Pain Express Dissatisfaction with VA Telehealth Options during Pandemic
  This study sought to understand how Black Veterans with chronic pain experienced pandemic-related changes in VA healthcare delivery. Investigators conducted qualitative interviews with Black Veterans who had completed a randomized controlled trial of an intervention focused on communication and patient activation for Black patients with chronic pain. Findings showed that Veterans described mostly ...
  
  Date: November 14, 2022

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