• Burgess D, Taylor SL, Giannitrapani KF, Ackland PE, Thomas ER, Federman DG, Holliday JR, Olson J, Kligler B, Zeliadt SB. The Implementation and Effectiveness of Battlefield Auricular Acupuncture for Pain. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 2021 Mar 26.
• Holmes B, Hamilton AB. Three opportunities to boost implementation science at a critical time of need. BMC Blog Network On Health [Internet]. 2021 Mar 26. Available from: https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/on-health/2021/03/26/three-opportunities-to-boost-implementation-science-at-a-critical-time-of-need/.
• Gertner AK, Franklin J, Roth I, Cruden GH, Haley AD, Finley EP, Hamilton AB, Palinkas LA, Powell BJ. A Scoping Review of the Use of Ethnographic Approaches in Implementation Research and Recommendations for Reporting. Implementation Research and Practice. 2021 Mar 16; https://doi.org/10.1177/2633489521992743.
• Rubenstein LV, Kronish IM, Walker RJ, Leykum LK, Ong MK, Asch SM, , The JGIM Quality Improvement and Implementation Science Workgroup. JGIM Welcomes Quality Improvement and Implementation Science Submissions on Healthcare Delivery Change. Journal of general internal medicine. 2021 Mar 4.
• 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.

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• JGIM Supplement Features HSR&D/QUERI Research on the Importance of Implementation Science to Quality Improvement
  Sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Kaiser Permanente, and VA, this supplemental issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine (JGIM) on implementation science (IS) and quality improvement (QI) marks the formal addition of IS/QI as an area of emphasis for JGIM. The supplement features innovative research that applied evidence across diverse delivery systems and ...
  
  Date: November 10, 2020
• Use of Community Outpatient Providers During the Choice Program was Associated with Less Attrition from VA Care
  This study examined the characteristics of patients and practices that used Choice outpatient care in the first year of implementation – and whether using Choice outpatient care was associated with attrition from VA primary care over a two-year period. Findings showed that overall, the attrition rate from VA primary care was low (4.4%), and Veterans who used Choice outpatient care were less likely...
  
  Date: September 10, 2020
• Quality Improvement Intervention Improves Outcomes for Veterans with New Ischemic Stroke Symptoms
  The Protocol-guided Rapid Evaluation of Veterans Experiencing New Transient Neurological Symptoms (PREVENT) intervention was developed to improve the quality of VA care for Veterans experiencing transient ischemic attack (TIA). This trial evaluated the PREVENT intervention at six diverse VA medical centers and assessed temporal trends in care quality among 36 matched control sites (six control sit...
  
  Date: September 8, 2020
• VA/HSR&D Research on Complementary and Integrative Health Therapies within VA
  Funded by HSR&D, this special issue of Medical Care highlights how research on complementary and integrative health (CIH) therapies in the VA healthcare system has progressed along the QUERI (Quality Enhancement Research Initiative) Implementation Roadmap – from pre-implementation to implementation to sustainment. CIH approaches are becoming more available throughout VA, due to: 1) increased imple...
  
  Date: September 1, 2020
• Wait Times Longer for Specialty Community Care vs VA Specialty Care Since Implementation of Veterans Choice Program
  This study sought to: 1) Determine whether VA wait times declined after Veterans Choice Program (VCP) implementation, 2) Compare appointment wait times for specialty care in VA versus community medical centers, and 3) Identify the proportions of community care wait times that were attributable to VA administrative processes. Findings showed that within VA, orthopedics experienced the largest decli...
  
  Date: August 26, 2020

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• Management Briefs eBrief-no157 -- Implementation of High Reliability Organization Principles

  Management Briefs eBrief-no157 -- Implementation of High Reliability Organization...Synthesis Program. Evidence Brief: Implementation of High Reliability Organization...literature on 1) frameworks for the implementation of an HRO, 2) metrics for evaluating

• Forum Winter 2018: Electronic Health Record

  ...challenging, decade-long journey of implementing a new electronic health record,...and our corps of informatics and implementation science research experts will provide... Some lessons from local EHR implemen­tations are also relevant to distant ones...site has a unique instance and implementation of that product. This results in

• FORUM, Spring 2017: Implementation Science

  A Key Strategy in the Field of Implementation Science Mona J. Ritchie, PhD, and...the development, promotion, and implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs)

• FORUM, Spring 2017: Implementation Science

  Commentary Aligning Forces for Implementation Laura Petersen, MD, MPH, HSR&D...Effectiveness and Safety, Houston, Texase Implementing evidence into care for patients

• FORUM, Spring 2017: Implementation Science

  ...everywhere in VA... Commentary Implementation Science: Moving from Theory to...VA Central Office The field of implementation science has grown exponentially

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• Using Third Party Contractors in the Implementation of the Veterans Choice Program 07/19/2017
• Quantifying Facilitation in Implementation Trials 06/27/2017

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• Visit the Quality Enhancement Research Initiative’s website to find out more about implementation science resources, including:
  • Implementation Roadmap
  • Center for Evaluation and Implementation Resources
  • Implementation Strategy Learning Hubs