108 Treatment Type
Hospice
Intrator, O., Li, J., Gillespie, S. M., Levy, C., Davis, D., Edes, T., Kinosian, B., & Karuza, J. (2020). Benchmarking site of death and hospice use: A case study of veterans cared by Department of Veterans Affairs home-based primary care. Medical Care, 58(9), 805–814. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000001361
Kritz, G. (2019). Evaluating the effects of an educational intervention on compassion fatigue in Veteran Affairs hospice nursing staff [Doctoral dissertation]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Meyerson, J. L., McKinell, K. J., Skarf, L. M., Nathan, S. N., & Hinrichs, K. L. M. (2019). Rally the troops: Interdisciplinary response to a veteran who attempted suicide on a Veterans Affairs hospice unit. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 22(7), 870–872. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2018.0171
Moorhead, J. (2019). United Kingdom: The violent military veteran offender in the criminal justice system: Desisting from crime or desisting from military experience? In P. Taylor, E. Murray, & K. Albertson (Eds.), Military past, civilian present: International perspectives on veterans’ transition from the armed forces (pp. 87–106). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30829-2_7
Inpatient
Brearly, T. W., Goodman, C. S., Haynes, C., McDermott, K., & Rowland, J. A. (2020). Improvement of postinpatient psychiatric follow-up for veterans using telehealth. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 77(4), 288–294. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajhp/zxz314
Li, K. J., Smedberg, D. L., & DeLisi, L. E. (2019). A retrospective 4-year outcome study of veterans admitted to an acute inpatient detoxification unit for opioid use disorder. The American Journal on Addictions, 28(4), 318–323. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajad.12893
Townsend, L., Blais, P., Huh, A., Nayak, L., Elwing, J. E., & Sayuk, G. S. (2020). Survival benefit associated with early detection of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in veteran inpatients with cirrhotic ascites. JGH Open, 4(3), 503–506. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgh3.12290
Nursing Homes & Long-Term Care
Appaneal, H. J., Caffrey, A. R., Hughes, M.-S. A., Lopes, V. V., Jump, R. L. P., LaPlante, K. L., & Dosa, D. M. (2020). Trends in collection of microbiological cultures across Veterans Affairs community living centers in the United States over 8 years. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 21(1), 115–120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2019.07.003
Aspinall, S. L., Springer, S. P., Zhao, X., Cunningham, F. E., Thorpe, C. T., Semla, T. P., Shorr, R. I., & Hanlon, J. T. (2019). Central nervous system medication burden and risk of recurrent serious falls and hip fractures in Veterans Affairs nursing home residents: CNS medication burden and risk of falls. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 67(1), 74–80. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.15603
Burke, R. E., & Kinosian, B. (2020). Addressing the “total taxpayer” problem to translate Veterans Health Administration innovations in long-term supports. Public Policy & Aging Report, 30(1), 24–28. https://doi.org/10.1093/ppar/prz029
Donaldson, W., Smith, H. M., & Parrish, B. P. (2019). Serving all who served: Piloting an online tool to support cultural competency with LGBT US military veterans in long-term care. Clinical Gerontologist, 42(2), 185–191. https://doi.org/10.1080/07317115.2018.1530323
Dora, A. V., Winnett, A., Jatt, L. P., Davar, K., Watanabe, M., Sohn, L., Kern, H. S., Graber, C. J., & Goetz, M. B. (2020). Universal and serial laboratory testing for SARS-CoV-2 at a long-term care skilled nursing facility for veterans—Los Angeles, California, 2020. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 69(21), 651–655. https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6921e1
Gonzalez, M., Gonzalez, M., Hofmann, M., & Louis, J. (2020). Catatonia as an usual cause of change of mental status in a veteran in a long-term care facility. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 21(3), B5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2020.01.022
Landis-Lewis, Z., Kononowech, J., Scott, W. J., Hogikyan, R. V., Carpenter, J. G., Periyakoil, V. S., Miller, S. C., Levy, C., Ersek, M., & Sales, A. (2020). Designing clinical practice feedback reports: Three steps illustrated in Veterans Health Affairs long-term care facilities and programs. Implementation Science, 15(1), 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-019-0950-y
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
Mixon, A. S., Yeh, V. M., Simmons, S., Powers, J., Ely, E. W., Schnelle, J., & Vasilevskis, E. E. (2019). Improving care transitions for hospitalized veterans discharged to skilled nursing facilities: A focus on polypharmacy and geriatric syndromes. Geriatrics, 4(1), 19. https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics4010019
Niznik, J. D., Hunnicutt, J. N., Zhao, X., Mor, M. K., Sileanu, F., Aspinall, S. L., Springer, S. P., Ersek, M. J., Gellad, W. F., Schleiden, L. J., Hanlon, J. T., Thorpe, J. M., & Thorpe, C. T. (2020). Deintensification of diabetes medications among veterans at the end of life in VA nursing homes. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68(4), 736–745. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16360
Savani, R., Patil, M., Tariq, A., & Mador, M. J. (2020). A retrospective observational study of domiciliary oxygen usage in a subset of veterans. Respiratory Care, 65(11), 1694–1701. https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.07179
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
Springer, S. P., Mor, M. K., Sileanu, F., Zhao, X., Aspinall, S. L., Ersek, M., Niznik, J. D., Hanlon, J. T., Hunnicutt, J., Gellad, W. F., Schleiden, L. J., Thorpe, J. M., & Thorpe, C. T. (2020). Incidence and predictors of aspirin discontinuation in older adult veteran nursing home residents at end of life. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68(4), 725–735. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16346
Thorpe, C. T., Sileanu, F. E., Mor, M. K., Zhao, X., Aspinall, S., Ersek, M., Springer, S., Niznik, J. D., Vu, M., Schleiden, L. J., Gellad, W. F., Hunnicutt, J., Thorpe, J. M., & Hanlon, J. T. (2020). Discontinuation of statins in veterans admitted to nursing homes near the end of life. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68(11), 2609–2619. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16727
Trivedi, A. N., Jiang, L., Silva, G., Wu, W.-C., Mor, V., Fine, M. J., Kressin, N. R., & Gutman, R. (2020). Evaluation of changes in Veterans Affairs medical centers’ mortality rates after risk adjustment for socioeconomic status. JAMA Network Open, 3(12), e2024345–e2024345. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.24345
Outpatient
De Aquino, J. P., Fairgrieve, C., Klaire, S., & Garcia-Vassallo, G. (2020). Rapid transition from Methadone to Buprenorphine utilizing a micro-dosing protocol in the outpatient Veteran Affairs setting. Journal of Addiction Medicine, 14(5), e271. https://doi.org/10.1097/ADM.0000000000000618
Edwards, S. T., Kim, H., Shull, S., Hooker, E. R., Niederhausen, M., & Tuepker, A. (2019). Quality of outpatient care with internal medicine residents vs attending physicians in Veterans Affairs primary care clinics. JAMA Internal Medicine, 179(5), 711–713. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.8624
Harvey, M. M., Petersen, T. J., Sager, J. C., Makhija-Graham, N. J., Wright, E. C., Clark, E. L., Laifer, L. M., Richards, L. K., Chow, L. K., Sylvia, L. G., Lento, R. M., Harward, L. K., Clowes, J., Brathwaite, V., Lakin, L. K., Silverberg, N. D., Iverson, G. L., Bui, E., & Simon, N. M. (2019). An intensive outpatient program for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 26(2), 323–334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2018.07.003
Vanneman, M. E., Wagner, T. H., Shwartz, M., Meterko, M., Francis, J., Greenstone, C. L., & Rosen, A. K. (2020). Veterans’ experiences with outpatient care: Comparing the Veterans Affairs system with community-based care. Health Affairs, 39(8), 1368–1376. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2019.01375
Primary Care
Ahmed, S. T., Mahtta, D., Rehman, H., Akeroyd, J., Al Rifai, M., Rodriguez, F., Jneid, H., Nasir, K., Samad, Z., Alam, M., Petersen, L. A., & Virani, S. S. (2020). Association between frequency of primary care provider visits and evidence-based statin prescribing and statin adherence: Findings from the Veterans Affairs system. American Heart Journal, 221, 9–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2019.11.019
Ayele, R. A., Lawrence, E., McCreight, M., Fehling, K., Glasgow, R. E., Rabin, B. A., Burke, R. E., & Battaglia, C. (2020). Perspectives of clinicians, staff, and veterans in transitioning veterans from non-VA hospitals to primary care in a single VA healthcare system. Journal of Hospital Medicine, 15(3), 133–139. https://doi.org/10.12788/jhm.3320
Barnett, P. G., Jacobs, J. C., Jarvik, J. G., Chou, R., Boothroyd, D., Lo, J., & Nevedal, A. (2020). Assessment of primary care clinician concordance with guidelines for use of magnetic resonance imaging in patients with nonspecific low back pain in the Veterans Affairs health system. JAMA Network Open, 3(7), e2010343–e2010343. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.10343
Buehrle, D. J., Shively, N. R., Wagener, M. M., Clancy, C. J., & Decker, B. K. (2020). Sustained reductions in overall and unnecessary antibiotic prescribing at primary care clinics in a Veterans Affairs healthcare system following a multifaceted stewardship intervention. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 71(8), e316–e322. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz1180
Chang, E. T., Zulman, D. M., Nelson, K. M., Rosland, A.-M., Ganz, D. A., Fihn, S. D., Piegari, R., & Rubenstein, L. V. (2020). Use of general primary care specialized primary care, and other Veterans Affairs services among high-risk veterans. JAMA Network Open, 3(6), e208120. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.8120
Cooper, S. A., Szymanski, B. R., Bohnert, K. M., Sripada, R. K., & McCarthy, J. F. (2020). Association between positive results on the primary care–posttraumatic stress disorder screen and suicide mortality among US veterans. JAMA Network Open, 3(9), e2015707–e2015707. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.15707
Cornell, P. Y., Halladay, C. W., Ader, J., Halaszynski, J., Hogue, M., McClain, C. E., Silva, J. W., Taylor, L. D., & Rudolph, J. L. (2020). Embedding social workers in Veterans Health Administration primary care teams reduces emergency department visits. Health Affairs, 39(4), 603–612. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2019.01589
Goldshore, M. A., Mehta, S. J., Fletcher, W., Tzanis, G., Doubeni, C. A., & Paulson, E. C. (2020). An RCT of fecal immunochemical test colorectal cancer screening in veterans without recent primary care. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 59(1), 41–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2020.02.014
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
Hulen, E., Edwards, S. T., Poppe, A. P., Singh, M. K., Shunk, R., & Tuepker, A. (2020). Creating change, challenging structure: Graduate and faculty perspectives on the implementation of an interprofessional education program in Veterans Affairs primary care. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 34(6), 756–762. https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2019.1676706
Intrator, O., Li, J., Gillespie, S. M., Levy, C., Davis, D., Edes, T., Kinosian, B., & Karuza, J. (2020). Benchmarking site of death and hospice use: A case study of veterans cared by Department of Veterans Affairs home-based primary care. Medical Care, 58(9), 805–814. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000001361
Jain, S., Ortigo, K., Gimeno, J., Baldor, D. A., Weiss, B. J., & Cloitre, M. (2020). A randomized controlled trial of brief skills training in affective and interpersonal regulation (STAIR) for veterans in primary care. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 33(4), 401–409. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22523
Jones, A. L., Hausmann, L. R. M., Kertesz, S. G., Suo, Y., Cashy, J. P., Mor, M. K., Pettey, W. B. P., Schaefer, J. H., Gordon, A. J., & Gundlapalli, A. V. (2019). Providing positive primary care experiences for homeless veterans through tailored medical homes: The Veterans Health Administration’s homeless patient aligned care teams. Medical Care, 57(4), 270–278. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000001070
Katz, D. A., Hamlin, C., Vander Weg, M. W., Grant, K. M., Stewart Steffensmeier, K. R., Paez, M., Hawley, S. T., & Gaeth, G. (2020). Veterans’ preferences for tobacco treatment in primary care: A discrete choice experiment. Patient Education and Counseling, 103(3), 652–660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2019.10.002
Leung, L. B., Rose, D., Rubenstein, L. V., Guo, R., Dresselhaus, T. R., & Stockdale, S. (2020). Does mental health care integration affect primary care clinician burnout? Results from a longitudinal Veterans Affairs survey. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 35(12), 3620–3626. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-06203-4
Leung, L. B., Rubenstein, L. V., Post, E. P., Trivedi, R. B., Hamilton, A. B., Yoon, J., Jaske, E., & Yano, E. M. (2020). Association of Veterans Affairs primary care mental health integration with care access among men and women veterans. JAMA Network Open, 3(10), e2020955. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.20955
Leung, L. B., Rubenstein, L. V., Yoon, J., Post, E. P., Jaske, E., Wells, K. B., & Trivedi, R. B. (2019). Veterans Health Administration investments in primary care and mental health integration improved care access. Health Affairs, 38(8), 1281–1288. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00270
Liu, C.-F., Hebert, P., Wong, E. S., Nelson, K., & Maynard, C. (2020). Midlife mortality in white non-Hispanic male veterans enrolled in Department of Veterans Affairs primary care, 2003–2014. Heliyon, 6(1), e03328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03328
McFarland, M. S., Nelson, J., Ourth, H., Groppi, J., & Morreale, A. (2020). Optimizing the primary care clinical pharmacy specialist: Increasing patient access and quality of care within the Veterans Health Administration. JACCP: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CLINICAL PHARMACY, 3(2), 494–500. https://doi.org/10.1002/jac5.1177
Min, L., Ha, J.-K., Hofer, T. P., Sussman, J., Langa, K., Cushman, W. C., Tinetti, M., Kim, H. M., Maciejewski, M. L., Gillon, L., Larkin, A., Chan, C.-L., & Kerr, E. (2020). Validation of a health system measure to capture intensive medication treatment of hypertension in the Veterans Health Administration. JAMA Network Open, 3(7), e205417–e205417. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.5417
Pfeiffer, P. N., Pope, B., Houck, M., Benn-Burton, W., Zivin, K., Ganoczy, D., Kim, H. M., Walters, H., Emerson, L., Nelson, C. B., Abraham, K. M., & Valenstein, M. (2020). Effectiveness of peer-supported computer-based CBT for depression among veterans in primary care. Psychiatric Services, 71(3), 256–262. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900283
Rieselbach, R. E., Epperly, T., Nycz, G., & Shin, P. (2019). Community health centers could provide better outsourced primary care for veterans. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 34(1), 150–153. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-018-4691-4
Seal, K. H., Becker, W. C., Murphy, J. L., Purcell, N., Denneson, L. M., Morasco, B. J., Martin, A. M., Reddy, K., Iseghem, T. V., Krebs, E. E., Painter, J. M., Hagedorn, H., Pyne, J. M., Hixon, J., Maguen, S., Neylan, T. C., Borsari, B., DeRonne, B., Gibson, C., … McCamish, N. (2020). Whole health options and pain education (wHOPE): A pragmatic trial comparing whole health team vs primary care group education to promote nonpharmacological strategies to improve pain, functioning, and quality of life in veterans—Rationale, methods, and implementation. Pain Medicine, 21(S2), S91–S99. https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnaa366
Silvestrini, M., Nicosia, F., Spar, M. J., Gibson, C. J., & Brown, R. T. (2020). “We have a long way to go:” A case study examination of older women veterans’ experiences in VA primary care. Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 57, 0046958020931311. https://doi.org/10.1177/0046958020931311
Trivedi, R. B., Post, E. P., Piegari, R., Simonetti, J., Boyko, E. J., Asch, S. M., Mori, A., Arnow, B. A., Fihn, S. D., Nelson, K. M., & Maynard, C. (2020). Mortality among veterans with major mental illnesses seen in primary care: Results of a national study of veteran deaths. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 35(1), 112–118. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-019-05307-w
Tschanz, C. M. P., Cushman, W. C., E. Harrell, C. T., Berlowitz, D. R., & Sall, J. L. (2020). Synopsis of the 2020 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs/U.S. Department of Defense clinical practice guideline: The diagnosis and management of hypertension in the primary care setting. Annals of Internal Medicine. https://doi.org/10.7326/M20-3798
Vanneman, M. E., Wagner, T. H., Shwartz, M., Meterko, M., Francis, J., Greenstone, C. L., & Rosen, A. K. (2020). Veterans’ experiences with outpatient care: Comparing the Veterans Affairs system with community-based care. Health Affairs, 39(8), 1368–1376. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2019.01375
Vest, B. M., Kulak, J. A., & Homish, G. G. (2019). Caring for veterans in US civilian primary care: Qualitative interviews with primary care providers. Family Practice, 36(3), 343–350. https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmy078
Yoon, J., Leung, L. B., Rubenstein, L. V., Rose, D. E., Stockdale, S. E., Kaboli, P. J., & Chow, A. (2020). Use of the Veterans’ Choice Program and attrition from Veterans Health Administration primary care. Medical Care, 58(12), 1091–1097. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000001401