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Patel, N., Stornelli, N., Sangiovanni, R. J., Huang, D. B., & Lodise, T. P. (2020). Effect of Vancomycin-associated acute kidney injury on incidence of 30-day readmissions among hospitalized Veterans Affairs patients with skin and skin structure infections. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 64(10). https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.01268-20

Ramakrishnan, A., & Patel, P. K. (2020). How far we’ve come, how far we have to go: A review of advances in antimicrobial stewardship in the Veterans Health Administration. Current Treatment Options in Infectious Diseases, 12(3), 275–284. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40506-020-00221-w

Vaughn, V. M., Saint, S., Greene, M. T., Ratz, D., Fowler, K. E., Patel, P. K., & Krein, S. L. (2020). Trends in health care–associated infection prevention practices in US Veterans Affairs hospitals from 2005 to 2017. JAMA Network Open, 3(2), e1920464–e1920464. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.20464

Vaughn, V. M., Seelye, S. M., Wang, X. Q., Wiitala, W. L., Rubin, M. A., & Prescott, H. C. (2020). Inpatient and discharge Fluoroquinolone prescribing in Veterans Affairs hospitals between 2014 and 2017. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 7(5). https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa149

Wahking, R. A., Clark, B., & Cheatham-Wilson, T. (2020). Cellulitis: Home or inpatient intravenous therapy in a veteran population. Home Health Care Management & Practice, 32(3), 127–133. https://doi.org/10.1177/1084822319890102

Young-Xu, Y., Snider, J. T., Mahmud, S. M., Russo, E. M., Aalst, R. V., Thommes, E. W., Lee, J. K., & Chit, A. (2020). High-dose influenza vaccination and mortality among predominantly male, white, senior veterans, United States, 2012/13 to 2014/15. Eurosurveillance, 25(19), 1900401. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.19.1900401

Young-Xu, Y., Smith, J., Mahmud, S. M., Aalst, R. V., Thommes, E. W., Neupane, N., Lee, J. K. H., & Chit, A. (2020). Laboratory-confirmed influenza infection and acute myocardial infarction among United States senior veterans. Plos One, 15(12), e0243248. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243248

Evans, C. T., Fitzpatrick, M., Ramanathan, S., Kralovic, S. M., Burns, S. P., Goldstein, B., Smith, B., Gerding, D. N., & Johnson, S. (2020). Healthcare facility-onset, healthcare facility-associated clostridioides difficile infection in veterans with spinal cord injury and disorder. The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 43(5), 642–652. https://doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2019.1672953

Mayer, J., Stone, N. D., Leecaster, M., Hu, N., Pettey, W., Samore, M., Pacheco, S. M., Sambol, S., Donskey, C., Jencson, A., Gupta, K., Strymish, J., Johnson, D., Woods, C., Young, E., McDonald, L. C., & Gerding, D. (2020). Reinforcement of an infection control bundle targeting prevention practices for clostridioides difficile in Veterans Health Administration nursing homes. American Journal of Infection Control, 48(6), 626–632. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2019.09.019

Morgan, F., Belal, M., Lisa, B., Ford, F., LeMaitre, B., & Psevdos, G. (2020). Antimicrobial stewardship program achieved marked decrease in clostridium difficile infections in a veterans hospital. American Journal of Infection Control, 48(9), 1119–1121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2019.12.023

Cates, J., Lucero-Obusan, C., Dahl, R. M., Schirmer, P., Garg, S., Oda, G., Hall, A. J., Langley, G., Havers, F. P., Holodniy, M., & Cardemil, C. V. (2020). Risk for in-hospital complications associated with COVID-19 and influenza—Veterans Health Administration, United States, October 1, 2018–May 31, 2020. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 69(42), 1528–1534. https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6942e3

Connolly, S. L., Stolzmann, K. L., Heyworth, L., Weaver, K. R., Bauer, M. S., & Miller, C. J. (2020). Rapid increase in telemental health within the Department of Veterans Affairs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Telemedicine and E-Health. https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2020.0233

Dieringer, T. D., Furukawa, D., Graber, C. J., Stevens, V. W., Jones, M. M., Rubin, M. A., & Goetz, M. B. (2020). Inpatient antibiotic utilization in the Veterans’ Health Administration during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.1277

Dimcheff, D. E., Schildhouse, R. J., Hausman, M. S., Vincent, B. M., Markovitz, E., Chensue, S. W., Deng, J., McLeod, M., Hagan, D., Russell, J., & Bradley, S. F. (2020). Seroprevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection among Veterans Affairs healthcare system employees suggests higher risk of infection when exposed to SARS-CoV-2 outside the work environment. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.1220

Fillmore, N. R., La, J., Szalat, R. E., Tuck, D. P., Nguyen, V., Yildirim, C., Do, N. V., Brophy, M. T., & Munshi, N. C. (2020). Prevalence and outcome of COVID-19 infection in cancer patients: A national Veterans Affairs study. JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute. https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djaa159

Gerber, M. R. (2020). The things they carry: Veterans and the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 35(10), 3093–3094. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-06048-x

Gupta, S., & Federman, D. G. (2020). Hospital preparedness for COVID-19 pandemic: Experience from Department of Medicine at Veterans Affairs Connecticut healthcare system. Postgraduate Medicine, 132(6), 489–494. https://doi.org/10.1080/00325481.2020.1761668

 Haderlein, T. P., Wong, M. S., Yuan, A., Llorente, M. D., & Washington, D. L. (2020). Association of PTSD with COVID-19 testing and infection in the Veterans Health Administration. Journal of Psychiatric Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.11.033

Ioannou, G. N., Locke, E., Green, P., Berry, K., O’Hare, A. M., Shah, J. A., Crothers, K., Eastment, M. C., Dominitz, J. A., & Fan, V. S. (2020). Risk factors for hospitalization, mechanical ventilation, or death among 10 131 US veterans with SARS-CoV-2 infection. JAMA Network Open, 3(9), e2022310. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.22310

James Riegler, L., Raj, S. P., Moscato, E. L., Narad, M. E., Kincaid, A., & Wade, S. L. (2020). Pilot trial of a telepsychotherapy parenting skills intervention for veteran families: Implications for managing parenting stress during COVID-19. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 30(2), 290.

Jiang, C. Y., El-Kouri, N. T., Elliot, D., Shields, J., Caram, M. E. V., Frankel, T. L., Ramnath, N., & Passero, V. A. (2020). Telehealth for cancer care in veterans: Opportunities and challenges revealed by COVID. JCO Oncology Practice, OP.20.00520. https://doi.org/10.1200/OP.20.00520

Khan, N., Patel, D., Xie, D., Lewis, J., Trivedi, C., & Yang, Y.-X. (2020). Impact of anti-tumor necrosis factor and Thiopurine medications on the development of COVID-19 in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: A nationwide Veterans Administration cohort study. Gastroenterology, 159(4), 1545-1546.e1. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2020.05.065

Khan, N., Patel, D., Xie, D., Pernes, T., Lewis, J., & Yang, Y.-X. (2020). Adherence of infusible biologics during the time of COVID-19 among patients with inflammatory bowel disease: A nationwide veterans affairs cohort study. Gastroenterology, 159(4), 1592-1594.e1. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2020.06.044

King, J. T., Yoon, J. S., Rentsch, C. T., Tate, J. P., Park, L. S., Kidwai-Khan, F., Skanderson, M., Hauser, R. G., Jacobson, D. A., Erdos, J., Cho, K., Ramoni, R., Gagnon, D. R., & Justice, A. C. (2020). Development and validation of a 30-day mortality index based on pre-existing medical administrative data from 13,323 COVID-19 patients: The Veterans Health Administration COVID-19 (VACO) index. Plos One, 15(11), e0241825. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241825

Magagnoli, J., Narendran, S., Pereira, F., Cummings, T. H., Hardin, J. W., Sutton, S. S., & Ambati, J. (2020). Outcomes of Hydroxychloroquine usage in United States veterans hospitalized with COVID-19. Med. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medj.2020.06.001

Marini, C. M., Pless Kaiser, A., Smith, B. N., & Fiori, K. L. (2020). Aging veterans’ mental health and well-being in the context of COVID-19: The importance of social ties during physical distancing. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 12(S1), S217–S219. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000736

Monday, L. M., Abu-Heija, A., Shatta, M., Ilyas, S., Bazzy, K., Natesan, S. K., & Brown, P. D. (2020). Characteristics, clinical course, and outcomes of veterans admitted with COVID-19 in Detroit, Michigan. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice, 28(6), 342–348. https://doi.org/10.1097/IPC.0000000000000906

Osborne, K. (2020). Impressions of a veteran recovering from operational stress injuries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health, 6(S2), 85–86. https://doi.org/10.3138/jmvfh-6.s2-CO19-0004

Osborne, T. F., Veigulis, Z. P., Arreola, D. M., Röösli, E., & Curtin, C. M. (2020). Automated EHR score to predict COVID-19 outcomes at US Department of Veterans Affairs. Plos One, 15(7), e0236554. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236554

Rentsch, C. T., Kidwai-Khan, F., Tate, J. P., Park, L. S., Jr, J. T. K., Skanderson, M., Hauser, R. G., Schultze, A., Jarvis, C. I., Holodniy, M., Iii, V. L. R., Akgün, K. M., Crothers, K., Taddei, T. H., Freiberg, M. S., & Justice, A. C. (2020). Patterns of COVID-19 testing and mortality by race and ethnicity among United States veterans: A nationwide cohort study. PLOS Medicine, 17(9), e1003379. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003379

Rossi, F. S., Shankar, M., Buckholdt, K., Bailey, Y., Israni, S. T., & Iverson, K. M. (2020). Trying times and trying out solutions: Intimate partner violence screening and support for women veterans during COVID-19. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 35(9), 2728–2731. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-05990-0

Roth, M. (2020). Practice implications and clinical observations: Virtual care for a military/veteran population during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health, 6(S2), 91–94. https://doi.org/10.3138/jmvfh-6.s2-CO19-0014

Saleem, J. J., Read, J. M., Loehr, B. M., Frisbee, K. L., Wilck, N. R., Murphy, J. J., Vetter, B. M., & Herout, J. (2020). Veterans’ response to an automated text messaging protocol during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 27(8), 1300–1305. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocaa122

Sciarrino, N. A., Myers, U. S., & Wangelin, B. C. (2020). When chaos is the norm: How some veterans with PTSD are continuing to engage in trauma-focused treatments during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 12(S1), S69–S70. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000718

Shelton, C. J., Kim, A., Hassan, A. M., Bhat, A., Barnello, J., & Castro, C. A. (2020). System-wide implementation of telehealth to support military veterans and their families in response to COVID-19: A paradigm shift. Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health, 6(S2), 50–57. https://doi.org/10.3138/jmvfh-CO19-0003

Sohn, L., Lysaght, M., Schwartzman, W. A., Simon, S. R., Goetz, M. B., & Yoshikawa, T. (2020). Establishment of a COVID-19 recovery unit in a Veterans Affairs post-acute facility. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68(10), 2163–2166. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16690

Beste, L. A., Ioannou, G. N., Chang, M. F., Forsberg, C. W., Korpak, A. M., Boyko, E. J., Sporleder, J. L., Smith, N. L., Maynard, C., Chartier, M., & Dominitz, J. A. (2020). Prevalence of hepatitis B virus exposure in the Veterans Health Administration and association with military-related risk factors. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 18(4), 954-962.e6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2019.07.056

Sbarigia, U., Kariburyo, F., Sah, J., Colasurdo, J., Xie, L., Katz, E. G., & Sylvester, S. (2020). Evaluating the effect of standard of care treatment on burden of chronic hepatitis B: A retrospective analysis of the United States veterans population. Advances in Therapy, 37(3), 1156–1172. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12325-020-01240-1

Bakr, O., Gelberg, L., Seragaki, S., Youn, S., Kawamoto, J., Hoppe, M., Altman, L., Kopelson, K., May, F. P., Cowan, B., & Bhattacharya, D. (2019). Treating hepatitis c in homeless veterans at the Greater Los Angeles Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center. Hepatology, 70(3), 1071–1073. https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.30643

Bensley, K. M., Fortney, J., Chan, G., Dombrowski, J. C., Ornelas, I., Rubinsky, A. D., Lapham, G. T., Glass, J. E., & Williams, E. C. (2019). Differences in receipt of alcohol-related care across rurality among VA patients living with HIV with unhealthy alcohol use. The Journal of Rural Health, 35(3), 341–353. https://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.12345

Butt, A. A., Yan, P., Aslam, S., Shaikh, O. S., & Abou-Samra, A.-B. (2020). Hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment with directly acting agents reduces the risk of incident diabetes: Results from electronically retrieved cohort of HCV infected veterans (ERCHIVES). Clinical Infectious Diseases, 70(6), 1153–1160. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz304

Kim, N. J., Pearson, M., Vutien, P., Su, F., Moon, A. M., Berry, K., Green, P. K., Williams, E. C., & Ioannou, G. N. (2020). Alcohol use and long-term outcomes among U.S. veterans who received direct-acting antivirals for hepatitis C treatment. Hepatology Communications, 4(2), 314–324. https://doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1464

Puenpatom, A., Cao, Y., Yu, X., Kanwal, F., El-Serag, H. B., & Kramer, J. R. (2020). Effectiveness of Elbasvir/Grazoprevir in US veterans with chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 1b infection. Infectious Diseases and Therapy, 9(2), 355–365. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40121-020-00293-7

Bailin, S. S., McGinnis, K. A., McDonnell, W. J., So-Armah, K., Wellons, M., Tracy, R. P., Doyle, M. F., Mallal, S., Justice, A. C., Freiberg, M. S., Landay, A. L., Wanjalla, C., & Koethe, J. R. (2020). T  lymphocyte subsets associated with prevalent diabetes in veterans with and without human immunodeficiency virus. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 222(2), 252–262. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaa069

Bobrow, K., Xia, F., Hoang, T., Valcour, V., & Yaffe, K. (2020). HIV and risk of dementia in older veterans. AIDS, 34(11), 1673–1679. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000002597

Clark, E., Royse, K. E., Dong, Y., Chang, E., Raychaudhury, S., Kramer, J., White, D. L., & Chiao, E. (2020). Stable incidence and poor survival for HIV-related Burkitt lymphoma among the US veteran population during the antiretroviral era. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 84(1), 18–25. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000002303

Erqou, S., Jiang, L., Choudhary, G., Lally, M., Bloomfield, G. S., Zullo, A. R., Shireman, T. I., Freiberg, M., Justice, A. C., Rudolph, J., Lin, N., & Wu, W.-C. (2020). Heart failure outcomes and associated factors among veterans with human immunodeficiency virus infection. JACC: Heart Failure, 8(6), 501–511. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2019.12.007

Garcia, J. M., Kramer, J. R., Richardson, P. A., Ahmed, S., Royse, K. E., White, D. L., Raychaudhury, S., Chang, E., Hartman, C. M., Silverberg, M. J., & Chiao, E. Y. (2020). Effect of body weight and other metabolic factors on risk of non-small cell lung cancer among veterans with HIV and a history of smoking. Cancers, 12(12), 3809. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers12123809

Gregg, E., Linn, C., Nace, E., Gelberg, L., Cowan, B., & Fulcher, J. A. (2020). Implementation of HIV preexposure prophylaxis in a homeless primary care setting at the Veterans Affairs. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 11, 2150132720908370. https://doi.org/10.1177/2150132720908370

Hawks, L. C., McGinnis, K. A., Howell, B. A., Khan, M. R., Edelman, E. J., Justice, A. C., & Wang, E. A. (2020). Frequency and duration of incarceration and mortality among US veterans with and without HIV. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 84(2), 220–227. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000002325

Mazul, A. L., Hartman, C., Kramer, J., White, D. L., Royse, K., Raychaudhury, S., Sandulache, V., Ahmed, S. T., Richardson, P., Sikora, A. G., & Chiao, E. (2020). Incidence and survival for oropharynx and non-oropharynx head and neck cancers among veterans living with HIV. Cancer Medicine, 9(24), 9326–9335. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.3539

Shahrir, S., Crothers, K., McGinnis, K. A., Chan, K. C. G., Baeten, J. M., Wilson, S. M., Butt, A. A., Pisani, M. A., Baldassarri, S. R., Justice, A., & Williams, E. C. (2020). Receipt and predictors of smoking cessation pharmacotherapy among veterans with and without HIV. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, 63(2), 118–124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcad.2020.01.003

Shu, C., Justice, A. C., Zhang, X., Marconi, V. C., Hancock, D. B., Johnson, E. O., & Xu, K. (2020). DNA methylation biomarker selected by an ensemble machine learning approach predicts mortality risk in an HIV-positive veteran population. Epigenetics, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/15592294.2020.1824097

Stewart, J. C., Polanka, B. M., So-Armah, K. A., White, J. R., Gupta, S. K., Kundu, S., Chang, C.-C. H., & Freiberg, M. S. (2020). Associations of total, cognitive/affective, and somatic depressive symptoms and antidepressant use with cardiovascular disease–relevant biomarkers in HIV: Veterans aging cohort study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 82(5), 461–470. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000000808

Sutton, S. S., Magagnoli, J., Cummings, T., & Hardin, J. W. (2019). The association between the use of proton pump inhibitors and the risk of hypomagnesemia in a national cohort of veteran patients with HIV. Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (JIAPAC), 18, 2325958218821652. https://doi.org/10.1177/2325958218821652

Wyse, J. J., Robbins, J. L., McGinnis, K. A., Edelman, E. J., Gordon, A. J., Manhapra, A., Fiellin, D. A., Moore, B. A., Korthuis, P. T., Gaither, J. R., Gordon, K., Skanderson, M., Barry, D. T., Crystal, S., Justice, A., & Kraemer, K. L. (2019). Predictors of timely opioid agonist treatment initiation among veterans with and without HIV. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 198, 70–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.01.038

Zola, C. E., Duncan, M. S., So-Armah, K., Crothers, K. A., Butt, A. A., Gibert, C. L., Kim, J. W. W., Lim, J. K., Re, V. L., Tindle, H. A., Freiberg, M. S., & Brittain, E. L. (2020). HIV- and HCV-specific markers and echocardiographic pulmonary artery systolic pressure among United States veterans. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 18729. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-75290-4

Bae, E., Kim, C. K., Jang, J.-H., Sung, H., Choi, Y., & Kim, M.-N. (2019). Impact of community-onset methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus on staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in a Central Korea Veterans Health Service Hospital. Annals of Laboratory Medicine, 39(2), 158–166. https://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2019.39.2.158

Beganovic, M., Cusumano, J. A., Lopes, V., LaPlante, K. L., & Caffrey, A. R. (2019). Comparative effectiveness of exclusive exposure to nafcillin or oxacillin, cefazolin, piperacillin/tazobactam, and fluoroquinolones among a national cohort of veterans with methicillin-susceptible staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 6(7). https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz270

Jones, M., Jernigan, J. A., Evans, M. E., Roselle, G. A., Hatfield, K. M., & Samore, M. H. (2019). Vital signs: Trends in staphylococcus aureus infections in Veterans Affairs medical centers—United States, 2005–2017. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 68(9), 220–224. https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6809e2