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May 2023

Doron S, Monach PA, Brown CM, Branch-Elliman W. Improving COVID-19 Disease Severity Surveillance Measures: Statewide Implementation Experience. Ann Intern Med. 2023 May 16. doi: 10.7326/M23-0618. Epub ahead of print.

Dassum SR, Mull HJ, Golenbock S, Lamkin RP, Epshtein I, Shin MH, Strymish J, Blumenthal KG, Colborn K, Branch-Elliman W. A Novel Informatics Tool to Detect Peri-Procedural Antibiotic Allergy Adverse Events for Near-Real Time Surveillance to Support Audit-and-Feedback. JAMA Network Open.

Gordon AJ, Saxon AJ, Kertesz S, Wyse JJ, Manhapra A, Lin LA, Chen W, Hansen J, Pinnell D, Huynh T, Baylis JD, Cunningham FE, Ghitza UE, Bart G, Yu H, Sauer BC. Buprenorphine use and courses of care for opioid use disorder treatment within the Veterans Health Administration. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2023 May 2;248:109902. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.109902. Epub ahead of print.

Yao Z, Tsai J, Liu W, Levy DA, Druhl E, Reisman JI, Yu H. Automated identification of eviction status from electronic health record notes. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2023 May 18:ocad081. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocad081. Epub ahead of print.

Trabold N, King PR Jr, Crasta D, Iverson KM, Crane CA, Buckheit K, Bosco SC, Funderburk JS. Leveraging Integrated Primary Care to Enhance the Health System Response to IPV: Moving toward Primary Prevention Primary Care. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 May 1;20(9):5701. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20095701.

Jennings L, West RL, Halim N, Kaiser JL, Gwadz M, MacLeod WB, Gifford AL, Haberer JE, Orrell C, Sabin LL. Protocol for an evaluation of adherence monitoring and support interventions among people initiating antiretroviral therapy in Cape Town, South Africa-a multiphase optimization strategy (MOST) approach using a fractional factorial design. Trials. 2023 May 5;24(1):310. doi: 10.1186/s13063-023-07322-z.

Núñez ER, Slatore CG, Tanner NT, Melzer AC, Crothers K, Lewis JA, Fabbrini A, Brown JK, Wiener RS. National Survey of Lung Cancer Screening Practices in Veterans Health Administration Facilities. Am J Prev Med. 2023 May 9:S0749-3797(23)00207-6. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2023.05.005. Epub ahead of print.

Kearney LE, Butler C, Nunez ER, Qian S, Slatore CG, Spalluto L, Wiener RS. Highly variable reporting of incidental findings in a national cohort of US veterans screened for lung cancer. Clin Imaging. 2023 May 2;100:21-23. doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2023.04.017. Epub ahead of print.

Shen FX, Baum ML, Martinez-Martin N, Miner AS, Abraham M, Brownstein CA, Cortez N, Evans BJ, Germine LT, Glahn DC, Grady C, Holm IA, Hurley EA, Kimble S, Lázaro-Muñoz G, Leary K, Marks M, Monette PJ, Onnela JP, O'Rourke PP, Rauch SL, Shachar C, Sen S, Vahia I, Vassy JL, Baker JT, Bierer BE, Silverman BC. Returning Individual Research Results from Digital Phenotyping in Psychiatry. Am J Bioeth. 2023 May 8:1-22. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2023.2180109. Epub ahead of print.

Fix G
, Seaman A, Nichols L, Ono S, Rattray N, Solimeo S, Reisinger HS, Abraham T. Building a Community of Anthropological Practice: The Case of Anthropologists Working within the United States' Largest Health Care System. Human Organization. 2023;82(2):169-81.

Dinesh D, Shao Q, Palnati M, McDannold S, Zhang Q, Monfared AAT, Jasuja GK, Davila H, Xia W, Moo LR, Miller DR, Palacios N. The epidemiology of mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease and related dementia in U.S. veterans. Alzheimers Dement. 2023 Apr 28. doi: 10.1002/alz.13071. Epub ahead of print.

Rawat BPS, Keating H, Goodwin R, Druhl E, Yu H. An Investigation of the Representation of Social Determinants of Health in the UMLS. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2023 Apr 29;2022:912-921.

Yao Z, Cao Y, Yang Z, Deshpande V, Yu H. Extracting Biomedical Factual Knowledge Using Pretrained Language Model and Electronic Health Record Context. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2023 Apr 29;2022:1188-1197.

Yakovchenko V
, Jacob DA, Rogal SS, Morgan TR, Rozenberg-Ben-Dror K. User experience of a hepatitis c population management dashboard in the Department of Veterans Affairs. PLoS One. 2023 May 2;18(5):e0285044. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285044.

Bakhshaie J, Fishbein NS, Woodworth E, Liyanage N, Penn T, Elwy AR, Vranceanu AM. Health disparities in orthopedic trauma: a qualitative study examining providers' perspectives on barriers to care and recovery outcomes. Soc Work Health Care. 2023 May 4:1-21. doi: 10.1080/00981389.2023.2205909. Epub ahead of print.

Valentine SE, Fuchs C, Olesinski EA, Sarkisova N, Godfrey LB, Elwy AR. Formative evaluation prior to implementation of a brief treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder in primary care. Implement Sci Commun. 2023 May 4;4(1):48. doi: 10.1186/s43058-023-00426-2.

Monach PA, Branch-Elliman W. More data needed on efficacy and safety of monovalent vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 omicron variants. Lancet Infect Dis. 2023 Apr 26:S1473-3099(23)00274-8. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00274-8. Epub ahead of print.

Branch-Elliman W
, Monach PA. Moving towards a precision approach for prevention of severe COVID-19. Lancet. 2023 Apr 29;401(10386):1423-1424. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00443-9.

Galovski TE
, McSweeney LB, Woolley MG, Alpert E, Nillni YI. The Relative Impact of Different Types of Military Sexual Trauma on Long-Term PTSD, Depression, and Suicidality. J Interpers Violence. 2023 Apr 27:8862605231168823. doi: 10.1177/08862605231168823. Epub ahead of print.

Vassy JL
, Posner DC, Ho YL, Gagnon DR, Galloway A, Tanukonda V, Houghton SC, Madduri RK, McMahon BH, Tsao PS, Damrauer SM, O'Donnell CJ, Assimes TL, Casas JP, Gaziano JM, Pencina MJ, Sun YV, Cho K, Wilson PWF. Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment Using Traditional Risk Factors and Polygenic Risk Scores in the Million Veteran Program. JAMA Cardiol. 2023 May 3:e230857. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2023.0857. Epub ahead of print.

April 2023

Branch-Elliman W, Fisher L, Doron S. The next 'pandemic playbook' needs to prioritize the needs of children-and a clear roadmap for opening schools. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2023 Apr 26;3(1):e82. doi: 10.1017/ash.2023.154.

Conti J, Fix GM, Javier SJ, Cheng H, Perez T, Dunlap S, McInnes DK, Midboe AM. Patient and provider perspectives of personal health record use: a multisite qualitative study in HIV care settings. Transl Behav Med. 2023 Apr 21:ibac118. doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibac118. Epub ahead of print.

Kim B, Miller CJ
, Ritchie MJ, Smith JL, Kirchner JE, Stolzmann K, Connolly SL, Drummond KL, Bauer MS. Time-motion analysis of external facilitation for implementing the Collaborative Chronic Care Model in general mental health clinics: Use of an interval-based data collection approach. Implement Res Pract. 2022 Apr 4;3:26334895221086275. doi: 10.1177/26334895221086275.

Sohl SJ, Sadasivam RS, Kittel C, Dressler EV, Wentworth S, Balakrishnan K, Weaver KE, Dellinger RA, Puccinelli-Ortega N, Cutrona SL, Foley KL, Houston T. Pilot study of implementing the Shared Healthcare Actions & Reflections Electronic systems in Survivorship (SHARE-S) program in coordination with clinical care. Cancer Med. 2023 Apr 25. doi: 10.1002/cam4.5965. Epub ahead of print.

Schrank GM, Branch-Elliman W, Leekha S, Baghdadi J, Pineles L, Harris AD, Morgan DJ. Perceptions of Health Care-Associated Infection Metrics by Infection Control Experts. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Apr 3;6(4):e238952. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.8952.

Ertem Z, Nelson RE, Schechter-Perkins EM, Al-Amery A, Zhang X, Branch-Elliman W. Condition-Dependent and Dynamic Impacts of Indoor Masking Policies for COVID-19 Mitigation: A Nationwide, Interrupted Time-Series Analysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Apr 19:ciad115. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad115. Epub ahead of print.

Shenoy ES, Babcock HM, Brust KB, Calderwood MS, Doron S, Malani AN, Wright SB, Branch-Elliman W. Universal Masking in Health Care Settings: A Pandemic Strategy Whose Time Has Come and Gone, For Now. Ann Intern Med. 2023 Apr 18. doi: 10.7326/M23-0793. Epub ahead of print.

Shwartz
M, Rosen AK, Beilstein-Wedel E, Davila H, Harris AH, Gurewich D. Using the Kitagawa Decomposition to Measure Overall-and Individual Facility Contributions to-Within-facility and Between-facility Differences: Analyzing Racial and Ethnic Wait Time Disparities in the Veterans Health Administration (VA). Med Care. 2023 Apr 17. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001849. Epub ahead of print.

Canzona MR, Murphy K, Victorson D, Harry O, Clayman ML, McLean TW, Golden SL, Patel B, Strom C, Little-Greene D, Saker S, Salsman JM. Fertility Preservation Decisional Turning Points for Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer: Exploring Alignment and Divergence by Race and Ethnicity. JCO Oncol Pract. 2023 Apr 14:OP2200613. doi: 10.1200/OP.22.00613. Epub ahead of print.

Iverson KM, Stolzmann KL, Brady JE, Adjognon OL
, Dichter ME, Lew RA, Gerber MR, Portnoy GA, Iqbal S, Haskell SG, Bruce LE, Miller CJ. Integrating Intimate Partner Violence Screening Programs in Primary Care: Results from a Hybrid-II Implementation-Effectiveness RCT. Am J Prev Med. 2023 Apr 6:S0749-3797(23)00075-2. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2023.02.013. Epub ahead of print.

Beaudette-Zlatanova B, Lew RA, Otis JD, Branch-Elliman W, Bacorro E, Dubreuil M, Eyvazzadeh C, Kaur M, Lazzari AA, Libbey C, Monach PA. Pilot Study of Low-Dose Naltrexone for the Treatment of Chronic Pain Due to Arthritis: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Clinical Trial. Clin Ther. 2023 Apr 10:S0149-2918(23)00113-3. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2023.03.013. Epub ahead of print.]

Reddy A, Maynard C, Kaboli P, Rinne ST, Henrikson NB, Nelson KM, Liu CF, Sterling R, Wong E. Identifying Individual and Clinic Characteristics Associated With Primary Care Provider Turnover During Implementation of the Veterans Health Administration Patient-Centered Medical Home. J Ambul Care Manage. 2023 Apr 7. doi: 10.1097/JAC.0000000000000469. Epub ahead of print.

Linsenmeyer K, Mohr D, Gupta K, Doshi S, Gifford AL, Charness ME. Sickness presenteeism in healthcare workers during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: An observational cohort study. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Apr 11:1-4. doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.47. Epub ahead of print.

Reed DE, Chen C, Harvey K, Engel CC, Kroenke K, Defaccio R, Coggeshall S, Taylor SL, Bokhour BG, Zeliadt SB. Utilization of Whole Health and Longitudinal Outcomes After Screening Positive for Possible Depression Documented in Veterans Health Administration's Electronic Health Record. J Integr Complement Med. 2023 Apr 11. doi: 10.1089/jicm.2022.0772. Epub ahead of print.

Mohr DC
, Apaydin E, Li BM, Molloy-Paolillo BK, Rinne ST. Changes in burnout and moral distress among VA physicians before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Occup Environ Med. 2023 Apr 12. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002861. Epub ahead of print.

DeRussy A, Byrne T, Nelson R, Richman J, Montgomery AE. Change in Homeless and Health Services Use Following Migration Among Veterans with Experience of Homelessness. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Apr 10. doi: 10.1007/s11606-023-08127-1. Epub ahead of print. 

Conlin PR
, Zhang L, Li D, Nelson RE, Prentice JC, Mohr DC. Association of hemoglobin A1c stability with mortality and diabetes complications in older adults with diabetes. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2023 Apr;11(2):e003211. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2022-003211.

Davila H, Mills WL, Clark V, Hartmann CW, Sullivan JL, Mohr DC, Baughman AW, Berlowitz DR, Pimentel CB. Quality Improvement Efforts in VA Community Living Centers Following Public Reporting of Performance. J Aging Soc Policy. 2023 Apr 4:1-23. doi: 10.1080/08959420.2023.2196913. Epub ahead of print.

Ruderman MA, Byers AL, Bauer MS, Stolzmann K, Miller CJ, Connolly SL, Kim B. One-Year All-Cause Mortality and Delivery of the Collaborative Chronic Care Model in General Mental Health Clinics. Psychiatr Serv. 2023 Apr 5:appips20220428. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.20220428. Epub ahead of print.

March 2023

Arnold T, Gaudiano BA, Barnett AP, Elwy AR, Whiteley L, Giorlando KK, Rogers BG, Ward LM, Leigland A, Brown LK. Development of An Acceptance Based PrEP Intervention (ACTPrEP) to Engage Young Black MSM in the South Utilizing the Adaptome Model of Intervention Adaptation. J Contextual Behav Sci. 2023 Apr;28:60-70. doi: 10.1016/j.jcbs.2023.03.009. Epub 2023 Mar 10.

Rose AJ, Hughto JMW, Dunbar MS, Quinn EK, Deutsch M, Feldman J, Radix A, Safer JD, Shipherd JC, Thompson J, Jasuja GK. Trends in Feminizing Hormone Therapy for Transgender Patients, 2006-2017. Transgend Health. 2023 Mar 31;8(2):188-194. doi: 10.1089/trgh.2021.0041.

Frank HE, Cain G, Freeman J, Benito KG, O'Connor E, Kemp J, Kim B. Parent-identified barriers to accessing exposure therapy: A qualitative study using process mapping. Front Psychiatry. 2023 Mar 20;14:1068255. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1068255.

O'Brien WJ, Gupta K, Itani KMF
. Estimated Risk of Adverse Surgical Outcomes Among Patients With Recent COVID-19 Infection Using Target Trial Emulation Methods. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Mar 1;6(3):e234876. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.4876.

McLaren JE, Shin MH, Moo LR. Poor insight and future thinking in early dementia limit patient projections of potential utility of technological innovations and advanced care planning. Front Med (Lausanne). 2023 Mar 13;10:1123331. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1123331.

Shanahan J, Vimalananda VG, Graham L, Schumann R, Mull HJ. Association Between Preoperative Diabetes Control and Postoperative Adverse Events Among Veterans Health Administration Patients With Diabetes Who Underwent Elective Ambulatory Hernia Surgery. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Mar 1;6(3):e236318. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.6318.

Kim B
, Sullivan JL, Drummond KL, Connolly SL, Miller CJ, Weaver K, Bauer MS. Interdisciplinary behavioral health provider perceptions of implementing the Collaborative Chronic Care Model: an i-PARIHS-guided qualitative study. Implement Sci Commun. 2023 Mar 30;4(1):35. doi: 10.1186/s43058-023-00407-5.

Kane NS, Hassabelnaby R, Sullivan NL, Graff F, Litke DR, Quigley KS, Pigeon WR, Rath JF, Helmer DA, McAndrew LM. Veteran Beliefs About the Causes of Gulf War Illness and Expectations for Improvement. Int J Behav Med. 2023 Mar 27. doi: 10.1007/s12529-023-10166-1. Epub ahead of print.

Robinson SA
, Zocchi M, Purington C, Am L, DeLaughter K, Vimalananda VG, Netherton D, Ash AS, Hogan TP, Shimada SL. Secure Messaging for Diabetes Management: Content Analysis. JMIR Diabetes. 2023 Mar 23;8:e40272. doi: 10.2196/40272.

Kim B
, Benzer JK, Afable MK, Fletcher TL, Yusuf Z, Smith TL. Care transitions from the specialty to the primary care setting: A scoping literature review of potential barriers and facilitators with implications for mental health care. J Eval Clin Pract. 2023 Mar 20. doi: 10.1111/jep.13832. Epub ahead of print.

Mesfin N, Wormwood J, Wiener RS, Still M, Xu CS, Palmer J, Linsky AM. Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Providing Recommendations During Goals-of-Care Conversations: A Multisite Survey. J Palliat Med. 2023 Mar 21. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2022.0394. Epub ahead of print.

Kaitz J
, DeLaughter K, Deeney C, Cutrona SL, Hogan TP, Gifford AL, Jackson GL, White B, King H, Reardon C, Nevedal A, Henderson B, Fix GM. Leveraging Organizational Conditions for Innovation: A Typology of Facility Engagement in the Veterans Health Administration Shark Tank-Style Competition. Perm J. 2023 Mar 22:1-8. doi: 10.7812/TPP/22.154. Epub ahead of print.

Greenlee MC, Bolen S, Chong W, Dokun A, Gonzalvo J, Hawkins M, Herman WH, Leake E, Linder B, Conlin PR. The National Clinical Care Commission Report to Congress: Leveraging Federal Policies and Programs to Improve Diabetes Treatment and Reduce Complications. Diabetes Care. 2023 Feb 1;46(2):e51-e59. doi: 10.2337/dc22-0621.

Herman WH, Schillinger D, Bolen S, Boltri JM, Bullock A, Chong W, Conlin PR, Cook JW, Dokun A, Fukagawa N, Gonzalvo J, Greenlee MC, Hawkins M, Idzik S, Leake E, Linder B, Lopata AM, Schumacher P, Shell D, Strogatz D, Towne J, Tracer H, Wu S. The National Clinical Care Commission Report to Congress: Recommendations to Better Leverage Federal Policies and Programs to Prevent and Control Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2023 Feb 1;46(2):255-261. doi: 10.2337/dc22-1587.

Conlin PR
, Boltri JM, Bullock A, Greenlee MC, Lopata AM, Powell C, Schillinger D, Tracer H, Herman WH. The National Clinical Care Commission Report to Congress: Summary and Next Steps. Diabetes Care. 2023 Feb 1;46(2):e60-e63. doi: 10.2337/dc22-0622.

Gibson G, Jones JA, Wehler CJ, Cabral HJ, Orner MB, Jurasic MM. Addressing the discrepancy between efficacy and effectiveness of 1.1% sodium fluoride toothpaste or gel in adults as part of a caries prevention program. J Am Dent Assoc. 2023 Feb 28:S0002-8177(23)00023-5. doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2023.01.004. Epub ahead of print.

Mitra A, Pradhan R, Melamed RD, Chen K, Hoaglin DC, Tucker KL, Reisman JI, Yang Z, Liu W, Tsai J, Yu H. Associations Between Natural Language Processing-Enriched Social Determinants of Health and Suicide Death Among US Veterans. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Mar 1;6(3):e233079. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.3079.

Streed CG, King D, Grasso C, Reisner SL, Mayer KH, Jasuja GK, Poteat T, Mukherjee M, Shapira-Daniels A, Cabral H, Tangpricha V, Paasche-Orlow MK, Benjamin EJ. Validation of an administrative algorithm for transgender and gender diverse persons against self-report data in electronic health records. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2023 Mar 15:ocad039. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocad039. Epub ahead of print.

Sistad RE, Livingston NA, Crowe ML, Newberger N, Spitzer E, Brief D, Litwack S, Helmuth E, Roy M, Solhan M, Rosenbloom D, Keane TM. Network analysis of reasons for and against changing alcohol use among veterans engaged in a web-based intervention for hazardous drinking and PTSD symptoms. Addict Behav. 2023 Mar 10;143:107689. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107689. Epub ahead of print.

Steiling K, Kathuria H, Echieh CP, Ost DE, Rivera MP, Begnaud A, Celedón JC, Charlot M, Dietrick F, Duma N, Fong KM, Ford JG, Gould MK, Holguin F, Pérez-Stable EJ, Tanner NT, Thomson CC, Wiener RS, Wisnivesky J. Research Priorities for Interventions to Address Health Disparities in Lung Nodule Management: An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023 Mar 15;207(6):e31-e46. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202212-2216ST.

Cohen AJ, Russell LE, Elwy AR, Mitchell KM, Cornell PY, Silva JW, Moy E, Kennedy MA. Adaptation of a social risk screening and referral initiative across clinical populations, settings, and contexts in the Department of Veterans Affairs Health System. Front Health Serv. 2023 Jan 30;2:958969. doi: 10.3389/frhs.2022.958969.
 
Spitzer EG, Kaitz J, Fix GM, Harvey KLL, Stadnick NA, Sullivan JL, Williamson AK, Miller CJ. Developing Relational Coordination: A Qualitative Study of Outpatient Mental Health Teams. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2023 Mar 9:1–12. doi: 10.1007/s10488-023-01261-2. Epub ahead of print.

Mather H, Kleijwegt H, Bollens-Lund E, Liu B, Garrido MM, Kelley AS, Leff B, Ritchie CS, Ornstein KA. The heterogeneity of the homebound: A latent class analysis of a national sample of homebound older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 Mar 6. doi: 10.1111/jgs.18295. Epub ahead of print.

Reilly ED, Kathawalla UK, Robins HE, Heapy AA, Hogan TP, Waring ME, Quigley KS, Drebing CE, Bickmore T, Volonte M, Kelly MM. An Online Acceptance and Mindfulness Intervention for Chronic Pain in Veterans: Development and Protocol for a Pilot Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 Mar 7;12:e45887. doi: 10.2196/45887.

Larnard J, Stead W, Branch-Elliman W. Considering Patient, Family, and Provider Goals and Expectations in a Rapidly Changing Clinical Context: A Framework for Antimicrobial Stewardship at the End of Life. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2023 Mar;37(1):139-151. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2022.09.003.

February 2023

Bart N, Mull HJ, Higgins M, Sturgeon D, Hederstedt K, Lamkin R, Sullivan B, Branch-Elliman W, Foster M. Development of a Periprocedure Trigger for Outpatient Interventional Radiology Procedures in the Veterans Health Administration. J Patient Saf. 2023 Feb 23. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000001110. Epub ahead of print.

Benchimol-Elkaim B, Dryden-Peterson S, Miller DR, Koh HK, Geller AC. Oral Antiviral Therapy Utilization Among Adults with Recent COVID-19 in the United States. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Feb 28:1-5. doi: 10.1007/s11606-023-08106-6. Epub ahead of print.

Beckman AL, Frakt AB, Duggan C, Zheng J, Orav EJ, Tsai TC, Figueroa JF. Evaluation of Potentially Avoidable Acute Care Utilization Among Patients Insured by Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare. JAMA Health Forum. 2023 Feb 3;4(2):e225530. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.5530.

Winograd DM, Hyde JK, Bloeser K, Santos SL, Anastasides N, Petrakis BA, Pigeon WR, Litke DR, Helmer DA, McAndrew LM. Exploring the acceptability of behavioral interventions for veterans with persistent "medically unexplained" physical symptoms. J Psychosom Res. 2023 Feb 14;167:111193. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2023.111193. Epub ahead of print.

Vassy JL
, Kerman BJ, Harris EJ, Lemke AA, Clayman ML, Antwi AA, MacIsaac K, Yi T, Brunette CA. Perceived benefits and barriers to implementing precision preventive care: Results of a national physician survey. Eur J Hum Genet. 2023 Feb 20. doi: 10.1038/s41431-023-01318-8. Epub ahead of print.

Higgins MCSS, Seren A, Foster MV, Sturgeon DJ, Bart N, Hederstedt K, Friefeld A, Lamkin RP, Sullivan BA, Branch-Elliman W, Mull HJ. Arteriovenous Graft Failure in the Veterans Health Administration: Outcome Disparities Associated with Race. Radiology. 2023 Feb 21:220619. doi: 10.1148/radiol.220619. Epub ahead of print.

Shenoy E & Branch-Elliman W. Automating surveillance for healthcare-associated infections: Rationale and current realities. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology. 2023; 3(1), gE25. doi:10.1017/ash.2022.312

Branch-Elliman W
, Sundermann A, Wiens J, Shenoy E. Leveraging electronic data to expand infection detection beyond traditional settings and definitions. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology. 2023; 3(1), E27. doi:10.1017/ash.2022.342

Branch-Elliman W
, Sundermann A, Wiens J, Shenoy E. The future of automated infection detection: Innovation to transform practice. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology. 2023; 3(1), E26. doi:10.1017/ash.2022.333

Lalor JP, Wu H, Mazor KM, Yu H. Evaluating the efficacy of NoteAid on EHR note comprehension among US Veterans through Amazon Mechanical Turk. Int J Med Inform. 2023 Feb 10;172:105006. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2023.105006. Epub ahead of print.

Onyeali R, Howell BA, McInnes DK, Emerson A, Williams ME. The case for transitional services and programs for older adults reentering society: a narrative review of US departments of correction and recommendations. Int J Prison Health. 2023 Feb 13;ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print). doi: 10.1108/IJPH-08-2021-0073.

Kerman BJ, Brunette CA, Harris EJ, Antwi AA, Lemke AA, Vassy JL. Primary care physician use of patient race and polygenic risk scores in medical decision-making. Genet Med. 2023 Feb 4:100800. doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2023.100800. Epub ahead of print.

Engle RL, Gillespie C
, Clark VA, McDannold SE, Kazi LE, Hartmann CW. Factors Differentiating Nursing Homes With Strong Resident Safety Climate: A Qualitative Study of Leadership and Staff Perspectives. J Gerontol Nurs. 2023 Feb;49(2):13-17. doi: 10.3928/00989134-20230106-03. Epub 2023 Feb 1.

Likitlersuang J, Salat DH, Fortier CB, Iverson KM, Werner K, Galovski T, McGlinchey RE. Intimate partner violence and brain imaging in women: A neuroimaging literature review. Brain Inj. 2023 Feb 2:1-13. doi: 10.1080/02699052.2023.2165152. Epub ahead of print.

Wiener RS
, Gould MK. Selecting Candidates for Lung Cancer Screening: Implications for Effectiveness, Efficiency, Equity, and Implementation. Ann Intern Med. 2023 Feb 7. doi: 10.7326/M23-0230. Epub ahead of print.

Gallagher JH, Vassy JL, Clayman ML. Navigating the uncertainty of precision cancer screening: The role of shared decision-making. PEC Innovation.  Volume 2,  2023,  100127,  ISSN 2772-6282,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecinn.2023.100127.

January 2023

Dassum SR, Ferguson R, Woods P, Flynn M, Visnaw K, Holmberg E, Schiller S, Shannon C, Brophy M, Monach P, Leatherman S, Branch-Elliman W; VISN-1 Clinical Trials Network COVID-19 Investigators. Patient- reported reasons for non-participation in a COVID-19 therapeutics clinical trial: Findings from a multi-center investigation. Contemp Clin Trials. 2023 Jan 9:107082. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2023.107082. Epub ahead of print.

Hunter SC, Kim B, Kitson AL. Mobilising Implementation of i-PARIHS (Mi-PARIHS): development of a facilitation planning tool to accompany the Integrated Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services framework. Implement Sci Commun. 2023 Jan 9;4(1):2. doi: 10.1186/s43058-022-00379-y.

Lui JK, Sangani RA, Gillmeyer KR, Vakhshoorzadeh J, Trojanowski MA, Bujor AM, Gopal DM, Wiener RS, LaValley MP, Klings ES. Hemodynamic Response to Oral Vasodilator Therapy in Systemic Sclerosis-Related Pulmonary Hypertension. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther. 2023 Jan 6. doi: 10.1007/s10557-022-07420-1. Epub ahead of print.

Palani S, Garrido MM, Tenso K, Pizer SD. Community Care Emergency Room Use and Specialty Care Leakage from Veterans Health Administration Hospitals. Acad Emerg Med. 2023 Jan 19. doi: 10.1111/acem.14667. Epub ahead of print.

Reardon CM, Damschroder L, Opra Widerquist MA, Arasim M, Jackson GL, White B, Cutrona SL, Fix GM, Gifford AL, DeLaughter K, King HA, Henderson B, Vega R, Nevedal AL. Sustainment of diverse evidence-informed practices disseminated in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA): initial development and piloting of a pragmatic survey tool. Implement Sci Commun. 2023 Jan 16;4(1):6. doi: 10.1186/s43058-022-00386-z. .

Roseen EJ, Pinheiro A, Lemaster CM, Plumb D, Wang S, Elwy AR, Streeter CC, Lynch S, Groessl E, Sherman KJ, Weinberg J, Saper RB. Yoga Versus Education for Veterans with Chronic Low Back Pain: a Randomized Controlled Trial. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Jan 17. doi: 10.1007/s11606-023-08037-2. Epub ahead of print.

Stolz-Klingenberg C, Bünzen C, Coors M, Flüh C, Stürner KH, Wehkamp K, Clayman ML, Scheibler F, Rüffer JU, Schüttig W, Sundmacher L, Berg D, Geiger F. Comprehensive Implementation of Shared Decision Making in a Neuromedical Center Using the SHARE TO CARE Program. Patient Prefer Adherence. 2023 Jan 13;17:131-139. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S388432.

December 2022

Auty SG, Barr KD, Frakt AB, Garrido MM, Strombotne KL. Effect of a Veterans Health Administration Mandate to Case Review Patients with Opioid Prescriptions on Mortality among Patients with Opioid Use Disorder: A Secondary Analysis of the STORM Randomized Control Trial. Addiction. 2022 Dec 10. doi: 10.1111/add.16110. Epub ahead of print.

Blonigen D, Smelson D, Smith J, Baldwin N, McInnes DK, Raikov I, Weber J, Hyde J. Peer support and whole health coaching to address the healthcare needs of homeless veterans: a pilot study. BMC Prim Care. 2022 Dec 19;23(1):331. doi: 10.1186/s12875-022-01927-0.

Boska RL, Dunlap S, Bishop TM, Goldstrom D, Tomberlin D, Baxter S, Kopacz M, Quigley KS, Harris JI. Chaplains' perspectives on standardizing spiritual assessments. Psychol Serv. 2022 Dec 5. doi: 10.1037/ser0000726. Epub ahead of print.

Clark JD, Bair MJ, Belitskaya-Lévy I, Fitsimmons C, Zehm LM, Dougherty PE, Giannitrapani KF, Groessl EJ, Higgins DM, Murphy JL, Riddle DL, Huang GD, Shih MC. Sequential and comparative evaluation of pain treatment effectiveness response (SCEPTER), a pragmatic trial for conservative chronic low back pain treatment. Contemp Clin Trials. 2022 Dec 7:107041. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2022.107041. Epub ahead of print.

Fix GM, Kim B, Ruben M, McCullough MB. Direct Observation Methods: a Practical Guide for Health Researchers. PEC Innov. 2022 Dec;1:10.1016/j.pecinn.2022.100036. doi: 10.1016/j.pecinn.2022.100036.

Foster M, Xiong W, Quintiliani L, Hartmann CW, Gaehde S. Preferences of Older Adult Veterans With Heart Failure for Engaging With Mobile Health Technology to Support Self-care: Qualitative Interview Study Among Patients With Heart Failure and Content Analysis. JMIR Form Res. 2022 Dec 20;6(12):e41317. doi: 10.2196/41317.

Gillmeyer KR, Johnson SW, Bolton RE, McCullough MB, Wiener RS. Organization of pulmonary hypertension care in non-expert care settings: lessons learned from a multi-site study. Health Serv Res. 2022 Dec 14. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.14114. Epub ahead of print.

Kaitz J, Robinson SA, Petrakis BA, Reilly ED, Chamberlin ES, Wiener RS, Quigley KS. Veteran Acceptance of Sleep Health Information Technology: a Mixed-Method Study. J Technol Behav Sci. 2022 Dec 13:1-12. doi: 10.1007/s41347-022-00287-x. Epub ahead of print.

Khanna A, Fix GM, Anderson E, Bolton RE, Bokhour BG, Foster M,
Smith JG, Vimalananda VG. Towards a framework for patient-centred care coordination: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open. 2022 Dec 1;12(12):e066808. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066808.

La J, Fillmore NR, Do NV, Brophy M, Monach PA, Branch-Elliman W. Factors associated with the speed and scope of diffusion of COVID-19 therapeutics in a nationwide healthcare setting: a mixed-methods investigation. Health Res Policy Syst. 2022 Dec 14;20(1):134. doi: 10.1186/s12961-022-00935-x.

Li B, Gillmeyer KR, Molloy-Paolillo B, Vimalananda VG, Elwy AR, Wiener RS, Rinne ST. Scoping Review of Pulmonary Telemedicine Consults: Current Knowledge and Research Gaps. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Dec 9. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202205-404OC. Epub ahead of print.

McAndrew LM, Quigley KS, Lu SE, Litke D, Rath JF, Lange G, Santos SL, Anastasides N, Petrakis BA, Greenberg L, Helmer DA, Pigeon WR. Effect of Problem-solving Treatment on Self-reported Disability Among Veterans With Gulf War Illness: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Dec 1;5(12):e2245272. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.45272.

Mull HJ, Kabdiyeva A, Ndugga N, Gordon SH, Garrido MM, Pizer SD. What is the Role of Selection Bias in Quality Comparisons between VA and Community Care? Example of Elective Hernia Surgery. Health Serv Res. 2022 Dec 7. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.14113. Epub ahead of print.

Walker AL, Rujimora J, Swygert A, McNiece Z, Yoon E, Machado M, Myers K, Richardson E, Lenes E, Hebert L, Marchi E, Arthurson-McColl Z, Lagmay J, Puig A. A Novel Palliative Care Peer Support Program for Adolescents and Young Adults: Survey and Factor Analytic Study. J Palliat Med. 2022 Dec 5. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2022.0299. Epub ahead of print.

Wolfe HL, Drainoni ML, Klasko-Foster L, Fix GM, Siegel J, Mimiaga MJ, Reisner SL, Hughto JMW. Structural Equation Modeling of Stigma and HIV Prevention Clinical Services Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Adults: The Mediating Role of Substance Use and HIV Sexual Risk. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2022 Dec 14. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003144. Epub ahead of print.

November 2022

Branch-Elliman W, Sundermann A, Wiens J. Leveraging Electronic Data to Expand Infection Detection Beyond Traditional Settings and Definitions. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology.

Fillmore NR, Szalat RE, La J, Branch-Elliman W, Monach PA, Nguyen V, Samur MK, Brophy MT, Do NV, Munshi NC. Recent common human coronavirus infection protects against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection: A Veterans Affairs cohort study. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Nov 16;119(46):e2213783119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2213783119. Epub 2022 Nov 7.

Garrido MM, Pearson E, Avila CJ, Pizer S. Grading evidence to support legislative and budget proposals - VHA's key to implementing the Evidence Act. Value Health. 2022 Nov 1:S1098-3015(22)04693-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2022.10.007. Epub ahead of print.

Hyde J, Byrne T, Petrakis BA, Yakovchenko V, Kim B, Fincke G, Bolton R, Visher C, Blue-Howells J, Drainoni ML, McInnes DK. Enhancing community integration after incarceration: findings from a prospective study of an intensive peer support intervention for veterans with an historical comparison group. Health Justice. 2022 Nov 8;10(1):33. doi: 10.1186/s40352-022-00195-5.

Kim B, Petrakis BA, Sliwinski SK, McInnes DK, Gifford AL, Smelson DA. Staff and Veteran Perspectives on Residential Treatment Programs' Responses to COVID-19: A Qualitative Study Guided by the WHO's After Action Review Framework. Community Ment Health J. 2022 Nov 1:1-9. doi: 10.1007/s10597-022-01038-1. Epub ahead of print.

Larnard J, Stead W, and Branch-Elliman W. Considering Patient, Family, and Provider Goals and Expectations in a Rapidly Changing Clinical Context: A Framework for Antimicrobial Stewardship at the End of Life. Infectious Diseases Clinics: Special Issue on Infections in Older Adults. 2022.

Livingston NA, Davenport M, Head M, Henke R, LeBeau LS, Gibson TB, Banducci AN, Sarpong A, Jayanthi S, Roth C, Camacho-Cook J, Meng F, Hyde J, Mulvaney-Day N, White M, Chen DC, Stein MD, Weisberg R. The impact of COVID-19 and rapid policy exemptions expanding on access to medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD): A nationwide Veterans Health Administration cohort study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022 Nov 1;241:109678. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109678. Epub ahead of print.

Miller CJ, Kim B, Connolly SL, Spitzer EG, Brown M, Bailey HM, Weaver K, Sullivan JL. Sustainability of the Collaborative Chronic Care Model in Outpatient Mental Health Teams Three Years Post-Implementation: A Qualitative Analysis. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2022 Nov 3. doi: 10.1007/s10488-022-01231-0. Epub ahead of print.

Wong DH, Bolton RE, Sitter KE, Vimalananda VG. Endocrinologists' Experiences with Telehealth: A Qualitative Study with Implications for Promoting Sustained Use. Endocr Pract. 2022 Nov 9:S1530-891X(22)00826-6. doi: 10.1016/j.eprac.2022.11.003. Epub ahead of print.

October 2022

Beckman RJ, Hutton S, Czekanski E, Vance K, Mohr DC. A Comparison of Shift Length and Nursing and Quality Outcomes in Acute Inpatient Mental Health Units. J Nurs Adm. 2022 Oct 1;52(10):560-565. doi: 10.1097/NNA.0000000000001199.

Cusack M, Montgomery AE, Harris T, Roncarati J, Brecht T, Antonellis C, Byrne T, Tsai J, & True G. (2022). Providers' reflections on infrastructure and improvements to promote access to care for Veterans experiencing housing instability in rural areas of the United States: A qualitative study. Health & Social Care in the Community, 00, 1- 10. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.14077

Engle RL, Bokhour BG, Rose AJ, Reisman JI, Jasuja GK. Characterizing Patient Attitudes and Beliefs Towards Testosterone Therapy in Veterans Affairs: A Qualitative Study. Patient Education and Counseling. 2022 Oct 10.

Daniels SI, Cheng H, Gray C, Kim B, Stave CD, Midboe AM. A scoping review of implementation of health-focused interventions in vulnerable populations. Transl Behav Med. 2022 Oct 7;12(9):935-944. doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibac025.

Gately ME, Waller D, Metcalf EE, Moo LR. Occupational Therapy Practitioner Perspectives of the Role of Caregivers in Video Telehealth. J Gerontol Nurs. 2022 Oct;48(10):15-20. doi: 10.3928/00989134-20220908-02. Epub 2022 Oct 1.

Itani KMF, Rosen AK. Association of Expanded Health Care Options for Community Care With Veterans' Surgical Outcomes. JAMA Surg. 2022 Oct 12. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2022.4986. Epub ahead of print.

Kennedy KA, Mohr DC. Job Characteristics Associated With Intent to Quit Among Nursing Home Employees and Managers. Gerontologist. 2022 Oct 3:gnac134. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnac134. Epub ahead of print.

Kershaw K, Martelly L, Stevens C, McInnes DK, Silverman A, Byrne T, Aycinena D, Sabin LL, Garvin LA, Vimalananda VG, Hass R. Text messaging to increase patient engagement in a large health care for the homeless clinic: Results of a randomized pilot study. Digit Health. 2022 Oct 9;8:20552076221129729. doi: 10.1177/20552076221129729.

Lewis ACF, Perez EF, Prince AER, Flaxman HR, Gomez L, Brockman DG, Chandler PD, Kerman BJ, Lebo MS, Smoller JW, Weiss ST, Blout Zawatksy CL, Meigs JB, Green RC, Vassy JL, Karlson EW. Patient and provider perspectives on polygenic risk scores: implications for clinical reporting and utilization. Genome Med. 2022 Oct 7;14(1):114. doi: 10.1186/s13073-022-01117-8.

Lipschitz JM, Van Boxtel R, Torous J, Firth J, Lebovitz JG, Burdick KE, Hogan TP. Digital Mental Health Interventions for Depression: Scoping Review of User Engagement. J Med Internet Res. 2022 Oct 14;24(10):e39204. doi: 10.2196/39204.

Shin MH, Montano AL, Adjognon OL, Harvey KLL, Solimeo SL, Sullivan JL. Identification of Implementation Strategies using the CFIR-ERIC Matching Tool to Mitigate Barriers in a Primary Care Model for Older Veterans. Gerontologist. 2022 Oct 14:gnac157. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnac157. Epub ahead of print.

Timko C, Vest N, Cucciare MA, Smelson D, Blonigen D. Substance use and criminogenic thinking: Longitudinal latent class analysis of veterans with criminal histories. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2022 Oct 1;143:108893. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2022.108893. Epub ahead of print.

Vimalananda VG, Brito JP, Eiland LA, Lal RA, Maraka S, McDonnell ME, Narla RR, Roth MY, Crossen SS. Appropriate Use of Telehealth Visits in Endocrinology: Policy Perspective of the Endocrine Society. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 Oct 4:dgac494. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgac494. Epub ahead of print.

Wachterman MW, Corneau EE, O'Hare AM, Keating NL, Mor V. Association of Hospice Payer With Concurrent Receipt of Hospice and Dialysis Among US Veterans With End-stage Kidney Disease: A Retrospective Analysis of a National Cohort. JAMA Health Forum. 2022 Oct 7;3(10):e223708. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.3708.

September 2022

Alexander NVJ, Brunette CA, Guardino ET, Yi T, Kerman BJ, MacIsaac K, Harris EJ, Antwi AA, Vassy JL. Performance of EHR classifiers for patient eligibility in a clinical trial of precision screening. Contemp Clin Trials. 2022 Sep 14;121:106926. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2022.106926. Epub ahead of print.

Brady, J.E., Simon, S.R., Yeksigian, K., Zillich, A.J., Moyer, J. and Linsky, A.M. (2022), Can nonclinicians classify medication discrepancies as accurately as clinical pharmacists? A validation study. Health Science Reports, 5: e824. https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.824

Butler CR, Wachterman MW, O'Hare AM. Concurrent Hospice and Dialysis: Proof of Concept. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022 Sep 12:ASN.2022080919. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2022080919. Epub ahead of print.

Charness ME, Gupta K, Stack G, Strymish J, Adams E, Lindy DC, Mohri H, Ho DD. Rebound of SARS-CoV-2 Infection after Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir Treatment. N Engl J Med. 2022 Sep 7. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2206449. Epub ahead of print.

Charns MP, Lerner B, Yakovchenko V, Urech TH, Shin MH, Kim B, Engle RL, Vashi AA. Achieving Transformation to Lean Management Systems in Health Care. Health Serv Res. 2022 Sep 21. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.14072. Epub ahead of print.

Dolsen EA, Byers AL, Flentje A, Goulet JL, Jasuja GK, Lynch KE, Maguen S, Neylan TC. Sleep disturbance and suicide risk among sexual and gender minority people. Neurobiol Stress. 2022 Sep 15;21:100488. doi: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2022.100488.

Feyman Y, Figueroa SM, Yuan Y, Price M, Kabdiyeva A, Nebeker J, Ward M, Shafer P, Pizer SD, Strombotne KL. Effect of Mental Health Staffing Inputs on Suicide-Related Events. Health Serv Res. 2022 Sep 11. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.14064. Epub ahead of print.

Flike K, Hayman LL, Byrne T, Song Q, Aronowitz T. The impact of patient-centred care on the relationship between access to care and subjective health outcomes amongst people experiencing homelessness: A mediation analysis. Health Soc Care Community. 2022 Sep 12. doi: 10.1111/hsc.14007. Epub ahead of print.

Gurewich D, Kressin N, Bokhour BG, Linsky AM, Dichter ME, Hunt KJ, Fix GM, Niles BL. Randomised controlled trial evaluating the effects of screening and referral for social determinants of health on Veterans' outcomes: protocol. BMJ Open. 2022 Sep 23;12(9):e058972. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058972.

Jurasic MM, Gillespie S, Sorbara P, Clarkson J, Ramsay C, Nyongesa D, McEdward D, Gilbert GH, Vollmer WM; National Dental PBRN Collaborative Group. Deep caries removal strategies: Findings from The National Dental Practice-Based Research Network. J Am Dent Assoc. 2022 Sep 26:S0002-8177(22)00465-2. doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2022.08.005. Epub ahead of print.

Kalver E, Branch-Elliman W, Stolzmann K, Wachterman M, Shin MH, Schweizer ML, Mull HJ. Prevalence of One-Year Mortality after Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Placement: An Opportunity for Palliative Care? J Palliat Med. 2022 Sep 2. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2022.0205. Epub ahead of print.

Kinder D, Thorpe J, Smith D, Wachterman M, Kutney-Lee A. Psychometric Evaluation of the Veterans Affairs Bereaved Family Survey in Community Nursing Homes. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2022 Sep 11:S0885-3924(22)00877-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.09.001. Epub ahead of print.

Koh HK, Hrabchak Molinsky J, Koh KA, Roncarati JS, Sullivan MM, Lazowy EE, O'Connell JJ. Establishing Academic Homes for Homelessness: A Call to Action. Public Health Rep. 2022 Sep 5:333549221120453. doi: 10.1177/00333549221120453. Epub ahead of print.

Krishnamurti LS, Agha A, Iverson KM, Monteith LL, Dichter ME. Outreach to the Veterans Crisis Line During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Methods Analysis. Psychiatr Serv. 2022 Sep 6:appips202200044. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202200044. Epub ahead of print.

McKee GB, Knopp K, Morland LA, Glynn SM, Connolly SL, McDonald SD. Use of telemental health for VA family services before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychol Serv. 2022 Sep 1. doi: 10.1037/ser0000704. Epub ahead of print.

Nunez ER, Triplette M. Addressing Lung Cancer Screening Disparities: What Does It Mean to Be Centralized? Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Sep;19(9):1457-1458. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202206-495ED.
Miola A, Tondo L, Salvatore P, Baldessarini RJ. Factors Associated with Onset-age in Major Affective Disorders. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2022 Sep 4. doi: 10.1111/acps.13497. Epub ahead of print.

Richardson E, Hogan TP, Shimada SL, Sliwinski SK, Kim B. Common procedures of remote measurement-based care in an integrated behavioural health context: protocol for a scoping review. BMJ Open. 2022 Sep 28;12(9):e064450. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064450.

Robinson SA, Moy ML, Richardson CR, Ney JP. Cost savings associated with a web-based physical activity intervention for COPD. Am J Manag Care. 2022 Sep;28(9):445-451. doi: 10.37765/ajmc.2022.89220.

Stewart IJ, Amuan ME, Wang CP, Kennedy E, Kenney K, Werner JK, Carlson KF, Tate DF, Pogoda TK, Dismuke-Greer CE, Wright WS, Wilde EA, Pugh MJ. Association Between Traumatic Brain Injury and Subsequent Cardiovascular Disease Among Post-9/11-Era Veterans. JAMA Neurol. 2022 Sep 6. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.2682. Epub ahead of print.

Uchmanowicz I, Wleklik M, Foster M, Olchowska-Kotala A, Vellone E, Kaluzna-Oleksy M, Szczepanowski R, Uchmanowicz B, Reczuch K, Jankowska EA. Digital health and modern technologies applied in patients with heart failure: Can we support patients' psychosocial well-being? Front Psychol. 2022 Sep 28;13:940088. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.940088.

Walker WC, O'Neil ME, Ou Z, Pogoda TK, Belanger HG, Scheibel RS, Presson AP, Miles SR, Wilde EA, Tate DF, Troyanskaya M, Pugh MJ, Jak A, Cifu DX. Can mild traumatic brain injury alter cognition chronically? A LIMBIC-CENC multicenter study. Neuropsychology. 2022 Sep 29. doi: 10.1037/neu0000855. Epub ahead of print.

Wang S, Quan L, Chavarro JE, Slopen N, Kubzansky LD, Koenen KC, Kang JH, Weisskopf MG, Branch-Elliman W, Roberts AL. Associations of Depression, Anxiety, Worry, Perceived Stress, and Loneliness Prior to Infection With Risk of Post-COVID-19 Conditions. JAMA Psychiatry. 2022 Sep 7. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.2640. Epub ahead of print.


August 2022

Anderson E, Dvorin K, Etingen B, Barker AM, Rai Z, Herbst AN, Mozer R, Kingston RP, Bokhour BG. 'It Makes You Sit Back and Think Where You Wanna Go': Veteran experiences in virtual whole health peer-led groups. Health Expect. 2022 Aug 11. doi: 10.1111/hex.13581. Epub ahead of print.

Brady JE, Linsky AM, Simon SR, Yeksigian K, Rubin A
, Zillich AJ, Russ-Jara AL. The Perceived Effectiveness of Secure Messaging for Medication Reconciliation During Transitions of Care: Semistructured Interviews With Patients. JMIR Hum Factors. 2022 Aug 3;9(3):e36652. doi: 10.2196/36652.

Copeland LA, Finley EP, Rubin ML, Perkins DF, Vogt DS. Emergence of probable PTSD among U.S. veterans over the military-to-civilian transition. Psychol Trauma. 2022 Aug 4. doi: 10.1037/tra0001329. Epub ahead of print.

Crosby ES, Spitzer EG, Kavookjian J. Motivational Interviewing Effects on Positive Airway Pressure Therapy (PAP) Adherence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Behav Sleep Med. 2022 Aug 26:1-28. doi: 10.1080/15402002.2022.2108033. Epub ahead of print.

Evans L, Fabian MP, Charns MP, Gurewich D, Stopka TJ, Cabral HJ. Medicaid Expansion and Change in Federally Qualified Health Center Accessibility from 2008 to 2016. Med Care. 2022 Aug 10. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001762. Epub ahead of print.

Fisher L, Nelson RE, Ertem Z, Schechter-Perkins EM, Oster E, Branch-Elliman W. Lack of Association between Pandemic School Mode Policy and Pediatric Body Mass Index Percentile over Time. Child Obes. 2022 Aug 24. doi: 10.1089/chi.2022.0131. Epub ahead of print.

Garrido MM, Jones DK, Woodruff A, Strombotne K, Palani S, Zahakos S, Adelberg M, Pizer SD, Frakt AB. Detecting fraud, waste, and abuse in substance use disorder treatment. Health Serv Res. 2022 Aug 6. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.14046. Epub ahead of print.

Gibson CJ, Li Y, Jasuja GK, Keyhani S, Byers AL. Long-term Psychoactive Medications, Polypharmacy, and Risk of Suicide and Unintended Overdose Death Among Midlife and Older Women Veterans. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Aug 30. doi: 10.1007/s11606-022-07592-4. Epub ahead of print.

Gibson G, Wehler CJ, Jurasic MM. Providing Effective Dental Care for an Ageing Population. Int Dent J. 2022 Aug;72(4S):S39-S43. doi: 10.1016/j.identj.2022.06.011

Gius BK, Fournier LF, Reljic T, Pogoda TK, Corrigan JD, Garcia A, Troyanskaya M, Hodges CB, Miles SR. Associations Between Sociodemographic, Mental Health, and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Characteristics With Lifetime History of Criminal Justice Involvement in Combat Veterans and Service Members. Mil Med. 2022 Aug 27:usac257. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usac257. Epub ahead of print.

Hughes AM, Lin E, Hussain RA, Gibson G, Jurasic MM, Sharp LK, Hubbard CC, Poggensee LE, Evans CT, McGregor JC, Gellad WF, Suda KJ. The feasibility of academic detailing for acute oral pain management in outpatient dentistry: A pilot study. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2022 Aug 5:S1544-3191(22)00271-0. doi: 10.1016/j.japh.2022.08.001. Epub ahead of print.

Iverson KM, Dardis CM, Cowlishaw S, Webermann AR, Shayani DR, Dichter ME, Mitchell KS, Mattocks KM, Gerber MR, Portnoy GR. Effects of Intimate Partner Violence During COVID-19 and Pandemic-Related Stress on the Mental and Physical Health of Women Veterans. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Aug 30. doi: 10.1007/s11606-022-07589-z. Epub ahead of print.

Kathuria H, Gunawan A, Spring M, Aijaz S, Cobb V, Fitzgerald C, Wakeman C, Howard J, Clancy M, Foreman AG, Truong V, Wong C, Steiling K, Lasser KE, Bulekova K, Wiener RS. Hospitalization as an opportunity to engage underserved individuals in shared decision-making for lung cancer screening: results from two randomized pilot trials. Cancer Causes Control. 2022 Aug 23. doi: 10.1007/s10552-022-01620-8. Epub ahead of print.

Lindsay JA, Caloudas A, Hogan J, Ecker AH, Day S, Day G, Connolly SL, Touchett H, Weaver KR, Amspoker AB. Getting Connected: a Retrospective Cohort Investigation of Video-to-Home Telehealth for Mental Health Care Utilization Among Women Veterans. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Aug 30. doi: 10.1007/s11606-022-07594-2. Epub ahead of print.

Lynch KE, Livingston NA, Gatsby E, Shipherd JC, DuVall SL, Williams EC. Alcohol-attributable deaths and years of potential life lost due to alcohol among veterans: Overall and between persons with minoritized and non-minoritized sexual orientations. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022 Aug 1;237:109534. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109534. Epub 2022 Jun 10.

Madrigal C, Mills WL, Keleher VC, Pimentel CB, Hartmann CW, Snow AL, Camp C, Hilgeman MM. A Spotlight on Adaptation: Pre-Implementation of Montessori-Based Activity Programming in Long-Term Care Using the Framework for Reporting Adaptations and Modifications-Enhanced (FRAME). Gerontologist. 2022 Aug 24:gnac133. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnac133. Epub ahead of print.

Mattocks KM, Kroll-Desrosiers A, Moore Simas TA, Bastian LA, Marteeny V, Walker L, Sheahan K, Elwy AR. Examining Pregnant Veterans' Acceptance and Beliefs Regarding the COVID-19 Vaccine. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Aug 30. doi: 10.1007/s11606-022-07588-0. Epub ahead of print.

McInnes DK, Dunlap S, Fix GM, Foster MV, Conti J, Roncarati JS, Hyde JK. Longitudinal high-frequency ethnographic interviewing to simulate and prepare for intensive smartphone data collection among veterans with homeless experience. Front Digit Health. 2022 Aug 12;4:897288. doi: 10.3389/fdgth.2022.897288.

Núñez ER, Gould MK, Wiener RS. Time to Update Lung-RADS v1.1? Incorporating evidence from recent observational studies. J Am Coll Radiol. 2022 Aug 12:S1546-1440(22)00546-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2022.06.010. Epub ahead of print.

Oseroff BH, Ankuda CK, Bollens-Lund E, Garrido MM, Ornstein KA. Patterns of Healthcare Utilization and Spending Among Homebound Older Adults in the USA: an Observational Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Aug 9. doi: 10.1007/s11606-022-07742-8. Epub ahead of print.

Piette JD, Newman S, Krein SL, Marinec N, Chen J, Williams DA, Edmond SN, Driscoll M, LaChappelle KM, Kerns RD, Maly M, Kim HM, Farris KB, Higgins DM, Buta E, Heapy AA. Patient-Centered Pain Care Using Artificial Intelligence and Mobile Health Tools: A Randomized Comparative Effectiveness Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2022 Aug 8. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.3178. Epub ahead of print.

Saindon K, Nguyen TD, Berlowitz DR. The 2021 Update on Pressure Injuries: A Review of the Literature. Adv Skin Wound Care. 2022 Aug 1;35(8):422-428. doi: 10.1097/01.ASW.0000834588.32255.0d.

Sharp LK, Solanki P, Boyer T, Vivo A, Kale I, Hughes AM, Gibson G, Jurasic MM, Evans CT, Suda KJ. A qualitative exploration of dentists' opioid prescribing decisions within United States Veterans Affairs facilities. Pain. 2022 Aug 17. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002759. Epub ahead of print.

Sullivan JL, Yousefi-Nooraie R, D'Arcy D, Levine A, Zimmerman L, Shin MH, Franzosa E, Hung W, Intrator O. Hospital In Home: Evaluating Need and Readiness for Implementation (HENRI) in the Department of Veterans Affairs: protocol for a mixed-methods evaluation and participatory implementation planning study. Implement Sci Commun. 2022 Aug 29;3(1):93. doi: 10.1186/s43058-022-00338-7.

Tcheandjieu C, Zhu X, Hilliard AT, Clarke SL, Napolioni V, Ma S, Lee KM, Fang H, Chen F, Lu Y, Tsao NL, Raghavan S, Koyama S, Gorman BR, Vujkovic M, Klarin D, Levin MG, Sinnott-Armstrong N, Wojcik GL, Plomondon ME, Maddox TM, Waldo SW, Bick AG, Pyarajan S, Huang J, Song R, Ho YL, Buyske S, Kooperberg C, Haessler J, Loos RJF, Do R, Verbanck M, Chaudhary K, North KE, Avery CL, Graff M, Haiman CA, Le Marchand L, Wilkens LR, Bis JC, Leonard H, Shen B, Lange LA, Giri A, Dikilitas O, Kullo IJ, Stanaway IB, Jarvik GP, Gordon AS, Hebbring S, Namjou B, Kaufman KM, Ito K, Ishigaki K, Kamatani Y, Verma SS, Ritchie MD, Kember RL, Baras A, Lotta LA; Regeneron Genetics Center; CARDIoGRAMplusC4D Consortium; Biobank Japan; Million Veteran Program, Kathiresan S, Hauser ER, Miller DR, Lee JS, Saleheen D, Reaven PD, Cho K, Gaziano JM, Natarajan P, Huffman JE, Voight BF, Rader DJ, Chang KM, Lynch JA, Damrauer SM, Wilson PWF, Tang H, Sun YV, Tsao PS, O'Donnell CJ, Assimes TL. Large-scale genome-wide association study of coronary artery disease in genetically diverse populations. Nat Med. 2022 Aug 1. doi: 10.1038/s41591-022-01891-3. Epub ahead of print.

Thompson-Hollands J, Rando AA, Stoycos SA, Meis LA, Iverson KM. Family Involvement in PTSD Treatment: Perspectives from a Nationwide Sample of Veterans Health Administration Clinicians. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2022 Aug 5:1-12. doi: 10.1007/s10488-022-01214-1. Epub ahead of print.

Vanneman ME, Rosen AK, Wagner TH, Shwartz M, Gordon SH, Greenberg G, Zheng T, Cook J, Beilstein-Wedel E, Greene T, Kelley AT. Differences Between VHA-Delivered and VHA-Purchased Behavioral Health Care in Service and Patient Characteristics. Psychiatr Serv. 2022 Aug 30:appips202100730. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202100730. Epub ahead of print.

Vogt D, Borowski S, Maguen S, Blosnich JR, Hoffmire CA, Bernhard PA, Iverson KM, Schneiderman A. Strengths and vulnerabilities: Comparing post-9/11 U.S. veterans' and non-veterans' perceptions of health and broader well-being. SSM Popul Health. 2022 Aug 11;19:101201. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101201.

Zaidi M, Amante DJ, Anderson E, Ito Fukunaga M, Faro JM, Frisard C, Sadasivam RS, Lemon SC. Association Between Patient Portal Use and Perceived Patient-Centered Communication Among Adults With Cancer: Cross-sectional Survey Study. JMIR Cancer. 2022 Aug 9;8(3):e34745. doi: 10.2196/34745.

Zeliadt SB, Douglas JH, Gelman H, Coggeshall S, Taylor SL, Kligler B, Bokhour BG. Effectiveness of a whole health model of care emphasizing complementary and integrative health on reducing opioid use among patients with chronic pain. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Aug 17;22(1):1053. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-08388-2.



July 2022

Connolly SL, Charness ME, Miller CJ. To increase patient use of video telehealth, look to clinicians. Health Serv Res. 2022 Jul 29. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.14041. Epub ahead of print.

Conti J, Dryden E, Fincke BG, Dunlap S, McInnes DK. Innovative Approaches to Engaging Homeless and Marginally Housed Patients in Care: a Case Study of Hepatitis C. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Jul 25. doi: 10.1007/s11606-022-07708-w. Epub ahead of print.

Doyle, K.W., Knetig, J.A. & Iverson, K.M. Practical Implications of Research on Intimate Partner Violence Experiences for the Mental Health Clinician. Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry (July 6, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40501-022-00270-6.

Flike K, Foust JB, Hayman LL, Aronowitz T. Homelessness and Vulnerably-Housed Defined: A Synthesis of the Literature. Nurs Sci Q. 2022 Jul;35(3):350-367. doi: 10.1177/08943184221092445.

Gray CP, Azevedo KJ, Urech TH, Lerner B, Charns MP, Vashi AA. Engaging Patients in the Veterans Health Administration's Lean Enterprise Transformation: A Qualitative Study. Qual Manag Health Care. 2022 Jul 6. doi: 10.1097/QMH.0000000000000371. Epub ahead of print.

Griffith KN, Schwartzman DA, Pizer SD, Bor J, Kolachalama VB, Jack B, Garrido MM. Local Supply Of Postdischarge Care Options Tied To Hospital Readmission Rates. Health Aff (Millwood). 2022 Jul;41(7):1036-1044. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01991.

Jones M, Khader K, Branch-Elliman W. Estimated Impact of the US COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign-Getting to 94% of Deaths Prevented. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jul 1;5(7):e2220391. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.20391.

Kernan LM, Dryden EM, Nearing K, Kennedy MA, Hung W, Moo L, Pimentel CB. Integrating CFIR-ERIC and e-Delphi Methods to Increase Telegeriatrics Uptake. Gerontologist. 2022 Jul 29:gnac107. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnac107. Epub ahead of print.

Mohr DC, Zhang L, Prentice JC, Nelson RE, Li D, Pleasants E, Conlin PR. Association of hemoglobin A1c time in range with risk for diabetes complications. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2022 Jul;10(4):e002738. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2021-002738.

Morin P, Li M, Wang Y, Aguilar BJ, Berlowitz D, Tahami Monfared AA, Irizarry M, Zhang Q, Xia W. Clinical Staging of Alzheimer's Disease: Concordance of Subjective and Objective Assessments in the Veteran's Affairs Healthcare System. Neurol Ther. 2022 Jul 1. doi: 10.1007/s40120-022-00379-z. Epub ahead of print.

Oslin DW, Lynch KG, Shih MC, Ingram EP, Wray LO, Chapman SR, Kranzler HR, Gelernter J, Pyne JM, Stone A, DuVall SL, Lehmann LS, Thase ME; PRIME Care Research Group, Aslam M, Batki SL, Bjork JM, Blow FC, Brenner LA, Chen P, Desai S, Dieperink EW, Fears SC, Fuller MA, Goodman CS, Graham DP, Haas GL, Hamner MB, Helstrom AW, Hurley RA, Icardi MS, Jurjus GJ, Kilbourne AM, Kreyenbuhl J, Lache DJ, Lieske SP, Lynch JA, Meyer LJ, Montalvo C, Muralidhar S, Ostacher MJ, Paschall GY, Pfeiffer PN, Prieto S, Przygodzki RM, Ranganathan M, Rodriguez-Suarez MM, Roggenkamp H, Schichman SA, Schneeweis JS, Simonetti JA, Steinhauer SR, Suppes T, Umbert MA, Vassy JL, Voora D, Wiechers IR, Wood AE. Effect of Pharmacogenomic Testing for Drug-Gene Interactions on Medication Selection and Remission of Symptoms in Major Depressive Disorder: The PRIME Care Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2022 Jul 12;328(2):151-161. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.9805.

Selim AJ, Rothendler JA, Qian SX, Bailey HM, Kazis LE. The History and Applications of the Veterans RAND 12-Item Health Survey (VR-12). J Ambul Care Manage. 2022 Jul-Sep 01;45(3):161-170. doi: 10.1097/JAC.0000000000000420.

Spitzer, E. G., Crosby, E. S., & Witte, T. K. Looking Through a Filtered Lens: Negative Social Comparison on Social Media and Suicidal Ideation Among Young Adults. Psychology of Popular Media. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000380

Sullivan JL, Montano ARL, Hughes JM, Davila HW, O'Malley KA, Engle RL, Hawley CE, Shin MH, Smith JG, Pimentel CB. A Citation Review of 83 Dissemination and Implementation Models Utilized in US-Based Aging Research. Gerontologist. 2022 Jul 7:gnac096. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnac096. Epub ahead of print.


June 2022

Bamonti PM, Robinson SA, Wan ES, Moy ML. Improving Physiological, Physical, and Psychological Health Outcomes: A Narrative Review in US Veterans with COPD. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2022 June; 17: 1269-1283.

Barker AM, Dunlap S, Hartmann CW, Wilson-Menzfeld G, McGill G. Engaging veterans in the research process: a practical guide. J Comp Eff Res. 2022 Jun 14. doi: 10.2217/cer-2022-0010. Epub ahead of print.

Bayliss EA, Albers K, Gleason K, Pieper LE, Boyd CM, Campbell NL, Ensrud KE, Gray SL, Linsky AM, Mangin D, Min L, Rich MW, Steinman MA, Turner J, Vasilevskis EE, Dublin S. Recommendations for outcome measurement for deprescribing intervention studies. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 Jun 1. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17894. Epub ahead of print.

Bovin MJ, Schneiderman A, Bernhard PA, Maguen S, Hoffmire CA, Blosnich JR, Smith BN, Kulka R, Vogt D. Development and validation of a brief warfare exposure measure among U.S. Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans: The Deployment Risk and Resilience Inventory-2 Warfare Exposure-Short Form (DRRI-2 WE-SF). Psychol Trauma. 2022 Jun 2. doi: 10.1037/tra0001282. Epub ahead of print.

Evans L, Fabian MP, Charns MP, Gurewich D, Stopka TJ, Cabral HJ. Medicaid expansion and change in federally qualified health center accessibility from 2008 to 2016. Medical Care. In press.

LoBrutto LR, Fix G, Wiener RS, Linsky AM. Leveraging the timing and frequency of patient decision aids in longitudinal shared decision-making: A narrative review and applied model. Health Expect. 2022 Jun 2. doi: 10.1111/hex.13531. Epub ahead of print

Lui JK, Gillmeyer KR, Sangani RA, Smyth RJ, Gopal MDM, Trojanowski MA, Bujor AM, Wiener RS, LaValley MP, Klings ES. A Multimodal Prediction Model for Diagnosing Pulmonary Hypertension in Systemic Sclerosis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2022 Jun 9. doi: 10.1002/acr.24969. Epub ahead of print.

McGrath BM, Takamine L, Hogan CK, Hofer TP, Rosen AK, Sussman JB, Wiitala WL, Ryan AM, Prescott HC. Interpretability, credibility, and usability of hospital-specific template matching versus regression-based hospital performance assessments; a multiple methods study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Jun 3;22(1):739. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-08124-w.

Merker VL, Slobogean B, Jordan JT, Langmead S, Meterko M, Charns MP, Elwy AR, Blakeley JO, Plotkin SR. Understanding barriers to diagnosis in a rare, genetic disease: Delays and errors in diagnosing schwannomatosis. Am J Med Genet A. 2022 Jun 9. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62860. Epub ahead of print.

Mohr DC, Zhang Z, Prentice JC, Nelson RE, Li D, Pleasants E, Conlin PR. Association of Hemoglobin A1c Time in Range with Risk for Diabetes Complication. BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care. 2022. In press.

Patel SY, Huskamp HA, Frakt AB, Auerbach DI, Neprash HT, Barnett ML, James HO, Mehrotra A. Frequency Of Indirect Billing To Medicare For Nurse Practitioner And Physician Assistant Office Visits. Health Aff (Millwood). 2022 Jun;41(6):805-813. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01968.

Sabin LL, Simmons E, Halim N, Hamer DH, Gifford AL, West RL, Larson A, Bonawitz R, Aroda P, Banigbe B, Holderman AJ, Murray L, DeSilva MB, Gasuza J, Mukasa B, Messersmith LJ. Real-time Feedback to Improve HIV Treatment Adherence in Pregnant and Postpartum Women in Uganda: A Randomized Controlled Trial. AIDS Behav. 2022 Jun 15. doi: 10.1007/s10461-022-03712-7. Epub ahead of print.

Trivedi AN, Jiang L, Miller DR, Swaminathan S, Johnson CA, Wu WC, Greenberg K. Association of Disability Compensation With Mortality and Hospitalizations Among Vietnam-Era Veterans With Diabetes. JAMA Intern Med. 2022 Jun 13. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.2159. Epub ahead of print.

Vasudevan A, Bailey HM, Sager A, Kazis LE. Impact of the Early COVID-19 Pandemic on Burn Care: A Multi-National Study. J Burn Care Res. 2022 Jun 6:irac076. doi: 10.1093/jbcr/irac076. Epub ahead of print. PMID.

Vujkovic M, Ramdas S, Lorenz KM, Guo X, Darlay R, Cordell HJ, He J, Gindin Y, Chung C, Myers RP, Schneider CV, Park J, Lee KM, Serper M, Carr RM, Kaplan DE, Haas ME, MacLean MT, Witschey WR, Zhu X, Tcheandjieu C, Kember RL, Kranzler HR, Verma A, Giri A, Klarin DM, Sun YV, Huang J, Huffman JE, Townsend Creasy K, Hand NJ, Liu CT, Long MT, Yao J, Budoff M, Tan J, Li X, Lin HJ, Chen YI, Taylor KD, Chang RK, Krauss RM, Vilarinho S, Brancale J, Nielsen JB, Locke AE, Jones MB, Verweij N, Baras A, Reddy KR, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Schwimmer JB, Sanyal AJ, Chalasani N, Ryan KA, Mitchell BD, Gill D, Wells AD, Manduchi E, Saiman Y, Mahmud N, Miller DR, Reaven PD, Phillips LS, Muralidhar S, DuVall SL, Lee JS, Assimes TL, Pyarajan S, Cho K, Edwards TL, Damrauer SM, Wilson PW, Gaziano JM, O'Donnell CJ, Khera AV, Grant SFA, Brown CD, Tsao PS, Saleheen D, Lotta LA, Bastarache L, Anstee QM, Daly AK, Meigs JB, Rotter JI, Lynch JA; Regeneron Genetics Center; Geisinger-Regeneron DiscovEHR Collaboration; EPoS Consortium; VA Million Veteran Program, Rader DJ, Voight BF, Chang KM. A multiancestry genome-wide association study of unexplained chronic ALT elevation as a proxy for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with histological and radiological validation. Nat Genet. 2022 Jun 2. doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01078-z. Epub ahead of print.


May 2022

Borowski S, Rosellini AJ, Street AE, Gradus JL, Vogt D. The First Year After Military Service: Predictors of U.S. Veterans' Suicidal Ideation. Am J Prev Med. 2022 May 5:S0749-3797(22)00157-X. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2022.03.017. Epub ahead of print.

Corrigan JK, La J, Fillmore NR, Do NV, Brophy M, Doron S, Monach PA, Branch-Elliman W. COVID-19 Hospitalization Metrics that Do Not Account for Disease Severity Underestimate Protection Provided by SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination and Boosting: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 May 23:1-17. doi: 10.1017/ice.2022.79. Epub ahead of print.

Damschroder LJ, Sussman JB, Pfeiffer PN, Kurlander JE, Freitag MB, Robinson CH, Spoutz P, Christopher MLD, Battar S, Dickerson K, Sedgwick C, Wallace-Lacey AG, Barnes GD, Linsky AM, Ulmer CS, Lowery JC. Maintaining Implementation through Dynamic Adaptations (MIDAS): protocol for a cluster-randomized trial of implementation strategies to optimize and sustain use of evidence-based practices in Veteran Health Administration (VHA) patients. Implement Sci Commun. 2022 May 14;3(1):53. doi: 10.1186/s43058-022-00297-z.

Fuller JM, Ho YX, Morse R, Fix G, Cutrona SL, Gaziano T, Connolly SL, Hass R, Jackson J, McInnes DK. A Mobile Health Tool for Peer Support of Individuals Reentering Communities After Incarceration. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2021 May;32(2 Suppl):148-165. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2021.0055.

Gordon KS, Becker WC, Bryant KJ, Crystal S, Maisto SA, Marshall BDL, McInnes DK, Satre DD, Williams EC, Edelman EJ, Justice AC. Patient-Reported Bothersome Symptoms Attributed to Alcohol Use Among People With and Without HIV. AIDS Behav. 2022 May 13. doi: 10.1007/s10461-022-03628-2. Epub ahead of print.

Jordan N, Stroupe KT, Richman J, Pogoda TK, Cao L, Kertesz S, Kyriakides TC, Bond GR, Davis LL. Comparing Service Use and Costs of Individual Placement and Support With Usual Vocational Services for Veterans With PTSD. Psychiatr Serv. 2022 May 11:appips202100197. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202100197. Epub ahead of print.

La J, Wu JT, Branch-Elliman W, Huhmann L, Han SS, Brophy MT, Do NV, Lin AY, Fillmore NR, Munshi NC. Increased COVID-19 Breakthrough Infection Risk in Patients with Plasma Cell Disorders. Blood. 2022 May 23:blood.2022016317. doi: 10.1182/blood.2022016317. Epub ahead of print.

Lewis JA, Wiener RS, Slatore CG, Spalluto LB. Doing Versus Documenting Shared Decision Making for Lung Cancer Screening-Are They the Same? J Am Coll Radiol. 2022 May 18:S1546-1440(22)00336-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2022.03.019. Epub ahead of print.

Li M, Lo VSY, Liu P, Smith E. The impact of Timothy's Law on hospitalization among patients with mental health conditions in New York State. Int J Ment Health Syst. 2022 May 21;16(1):25. doi: 10.1186/s13033-022-00535-w.

Mahoney CT, Shayani DR, Iverson KM. Longing for sleep after violence: The impact of PTSD symptoms, avoidance, and pain on insomnia among female veterans. Psychiatry Res. 2022 May 16;313:114641. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114641. Epub ahead of print.

Peracca SB, Fonseca AS, Lachica O, Jackson GL, Morris IJ, King HA, Misitzis A, Whited JD, Mohr DC, Lamkin RP, Gifford AL, Weinstock MA, Oh DH. Organizational Readiness for Patient-Facing Mobile Teledermatology to Care for Established Veteran Patients in the United States. Telemed J E Health. 2022 May 24. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2022.0009. Epub ahead of print.

Rampon G, Jia S, Agrawal R, Arnold N, Martín-Quirόs A, Fischer EA, Malatack J, Jagan N, Sergew A, Case AH, Miller K, Tanios M, Doros G, Ross CS, Garcia MA, Gillmeyer KR, Griffiths NG, Jandali B, Modzelewski KL, Rucci JM, Simpson SQ, Walkey AJ, Bosch NA. Smartphone-guided Self-prone Positioning versus Usual Care in Non-Intubated Hospital Ward Patients with COVID-19: A Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Trial. Chest. 2022 May 18:S0012-3692(22)00916-3. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.05.009. Epub ahead of print.

Shaffer C, Westlin C, Quigley KS, Whitfield-Gabrieli S, Barrett LF. Allostasis, Action, and Affect in Depression: Insights from the Theory of Constructed Emotion. Annu Rev Clin Psychol. 2022 May 9;18:553-580. doi: 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-081219-115627.

Shin MH, McLaren J, Ramsey A, Sullivan JL, Moo L. Improving a Mobile Telepresence Robot for People With Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias: Semistructured Interviews With Stakeholders. JMIR Aging. 2022 May 3;5(2):e32322. doi: 10.2196/32322.

Strombotne KL, Legler A, Minegishi T, Trafton JA, Oliva EM, Lewis ET, Sohoni P, Garrido MM, Pizer SD, Frakt AB. Effect of a Predictive Analytics-Targeted Program in Patients on Opioids: a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 May 2:1-7. doi: 10.1007/s11606-022-07617-y. Epub ahead of print.

Wang S, Quan L, Ding M, Kang JH, Koenen KC, Kubzansky LD, Branch-Elliman W, Chavarro JE, Roberts AL. Depression, worry, and loneliness are associated with subsequent risk of hospitalization for COVID-19: a prospective study. Psychol Med. 2022 May 19:1-10. doi: 10.1017/S0033291722000691. Epub ahead of print.




April 2022

Belyayev LA, Foroushani SM, Wiener DC, Branch-Elliman W, Marshall MB, Khalil HA. Bronchopleural fistula due to cavitary pneumonia after SARS-CoV-2 infection treated with open thoracostomy. J Surg Case Rep. 2022 Apr 11;2022(4):rjac076. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjac076.

Bovin MJ, Resnik J, Linsky AM, Stolzmann K, Mull HJ, Schnurr PP, Post EP, Pleasants EA, Miller CJ. Does screening for PTSD lead to VA mental health care? Identifying the spectrum of initial VA screening actions. Psychol Serv. 2022 Apr 21. doi: 10.1037/ser0000651. Epub ahead of print.

Dickson KS, Sklar M, Chen SZ, Kim B. Characterization of multilevel influences of mental health care transitions: a comparative case study analysis. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Apr 2;22(1):437. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-07748-2.

Hayes CJ, Cucciare MA, Martin BC, Hudson TJ, Bush K, Lo-Ciganic W, Yu H, Charron E, Gordon AJ. Using data science to improve outcomes for persons with opioid use disorder. Subst Abus. 2022;43(1):956-963. doi: 10.1080/08897077.2022.2060446.

Khankari NK, Keaton JM, Walker VM, Lee KM, Shuey MM, Clarke SL, Heberer KR, Miller DR, Reaven PD, Lynch JA, Vujkovic M, Edwards TL. Using Mendelian randomisation to identify opportunities for type 2 diabetes prevention by repurposing medications used for lipid management. EBioMedicine. 2022 Apr 29;80:104038. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104038. Epub ahead of print.

Kim B, Petrakis BA, McInnes DK, Gifford AL, Sliwinski SK, Smelson DA. Applying after action review to examine residential treatment programs' responses to COVID-19. Int J Health Plann Manage. 2022 Apr 13. doi: 10.1002/hpm.3475. Epub ahead of print.

Lowery J, Fagerlin A, Larkin AR, Wiener RS, Skurla SE, Caverly TJ. Implementation of a Web-Based Tool for Shared Decision-making in Lung Cancer Screening: Mixed Methods Quality Improvement Evaluation. JMIR Hum Factors. 2022 Apr 1;9(2):e32399. doi: 10.2196/32399.

Lyzwinski LN, Naslund JA, Miller CJ, Eisenberg MJ. Global youth vaping and respiratory health: epidemiology, interventions, and policies. NPJ Prim Care Respir Med. 2022 Apr 11;32(1):14. doi: 10.1038/s41533-022-00277-9.

Reger MA, Lauver MG, Manchester C, Abraham TH, Landes SJ, Garrido MM, Griffin C, Woods JA, Strombotne KL, Hughes G. Development of the Veterans Crisis Line Caring Letters Suicide Prevention Intervention. Health Serv Res. 2022 Apr 11. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.13985. Epub ahead of print.

Scheuner MT, Huynh AK, Chanfreau-Coffinier C, Lerner B, Gable AR, Lee M, Simon A, Coeshott R, Hamilton AB, Patterson OV, DuVall S, Russell MM. Demographic Differences Among US Department of Veterans Affairs Patients Referred for Genetic Consultation to a Centralized VA Telehealth Program, VA Medical Centers, or the Community. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Apr 1;5(4):e226687. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.6687.

Tiersma K, Reichman M, Popok PJ, Nelson Z, Barry M, Elwy AR, Flores EJ, Irwin KE, Vranceanu AM. The Strategies for Quantitative and Qualitative Remote Data Collection: Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic. JMIR Form Res. 2022 Apr 8;6(4):e30055. doi: 10.2196/30055.

Waddimba AC, Baker BM, Pogue JR, McAuliffe MP, Bennett MM, Baxter RD, Mohr DC, Warren AM. Psychometric validity and reliability of the 10- and 2-item Connor-Davidson resilience scales among a national sample of Americans responding to the Covid-19 pandemic: an item response theory analysis. Qual Life Res. 2022 Apr 2. doi: 10.1007/s11136-022-03125-y. Epub ahead of print.

Wang Y, Li M, Kazis LE, Xia W. Clinical outcomes of COVID-19 infection among patients with Alzheimer's disease or mild cognitive impairment. Alzheimers Dement. 2022 Apr 4. doi: 10.1002/alz.12665. Epub ahead of print.

Yee CA, Barr K, Minegishi T, Frakt A, Pizer SD. Provider supply and access to primary care. Health Econ. 2022 Apr 5. doi: 10.1002/hec.4482. Epub ahead of print.

Yung J, Kim B. Promoting intern wellness within a psychiatry residency training program: A process of regular check-ins by chief residents. Educ Health (Abingdon). 2021 Sep-Dec;34(3):113-117. doi: 10.4103/efh.EfH_354_20.



March 2022

Bokhour BG, Hyde J, Kligler B, Gelman H, Gaj L, Barker AM, Douglas J, DeFaccio R, Taylor SL, Zeliadt SB. From patient outcomes to system change: Evaluating the impact of VHA's implementation of the Whole Health System of Care. Health Serv Res. 2022 Mar 4. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.13938. Epub ahead of print.

Bolton R
, Ritter G, Highland K, Larson MJ. The relationship between capacity and utilization of nonpharmacologic therapies in the US Military Health System. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Mar 7;22(1):312. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-07700-4.

Charns MP, Benzer JK, McIntosh NM, Mohr DC, Singer SJ, Gurewich D. A Multi-site Case Study of Care Coordination Between Primary Care and Specialty Care. Med Care. 2022 Mar 3. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001704. Epub ahead of print.

Dunbar MS, Hughto JMW, Jasuja GK, Quinn EK, Deutsch M, Radix A, Feldman J, Abbott J, Safer JD, Thompson J, Rose AJ. Considering Quality Measures for the Care of Transgender Patients: Preliminary Findings from a Technical Expert Panel. LGBT Health. 2022 Mar 30. doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2021.0279. Epub ahead of print.

Franzosa E, Judon KM, Gottesman EM, Koufacos NS, Runels T, Augustine M, Hartmann CW, Boockvar KS. Home Health Aides' Increased Role in Supporting Older Veterans and Primary Healthcare Teams During COVID-19: a Qualitative Analysis. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Mar 22. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-07271-w. Epub ahead of print.

Gallagher EJ, Rockey DC, Kontos CD, Vyas JM, Brass LF, Hu PJ, Isales CM, Ajijola OA, Rathmell WK, Conlin PR, Baiocchi RA, Kazmierczak BI, Akabas MH, Williams CS. Pearls of wisdom for aspiring physician-scientist residency applicants and program directors. JCI Insight. 2022 Mar 22;7(6):e158467. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.158467.

Hughto JMW, Hughes L, Yee K, Downing J, Ellison J, Alpert A, Jasuja G, Shireman TI. Improving Data-Driven Methods to Identify and Categorize Transgender Individuals by Gender in Insurance Claims Data. LGBT Health. 2022 Mar 15. doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2021.0433. Epub ahead of print.

Jurasic MM, Gibson G, Orner MB, Wehler CJ, Jones JA, Cabral HJ. Topical Fluoride Effectiveness in High Caries Risk Adults. J Dent Res. 2022 Mar 9:220345221081524. doi: 10.1177/00220345221081524. Epub ahead of print.

Kearney L, Wiener RS, Dahodwala M, Fix GM, Hicks J, Little F, Howard J, Foreman AG, Wakeman C, O'Donnell C, Bulekova K, Drainoni ML, Kathuria H. A mixed methods study to inform and evaluate a longitudinal nurse practitioner/community health worker intervention to address social determinants of health and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease self-management. BMC Pulm Med. 2022 Mar 1;22(1):74. doi: 10.1186/s12890-022-01863-w.

Kim B, Rajagopalan A, Tabasky EM, Reddy SS, Topor DR. Sharing perspectives on feedback: a combined resident-faculty workshop. BMC Med Educ. 2022 Mar 22;22(1):197. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03253-6.

Kligler B, Hyde J, Gantt C, Bokhour B. The Whole Health Transformation at the Veterans Health Administration: Moving From "What's the Matter With You?" to "What Matters to You? Med Care. 2022 Mar 11. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001706. Epub ahead of print.

Minegishi T, Young GJ, Madison KM, Pizer SD. Regional Economic Conditions and Preventable Hospitalization Among Older Patients With Diabetes. Med Care. 2022 Mar 1;60(3):212-218. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001672.

Moye J. Behavioral Health Innovations for Older Adults. Clin Gerontol. 2022 Mar-Apr;45(2):211-213. doi: 10.1080/07317115.2022.2031658.

Schechter-Perkins EM, van den Berg P, Branch-Elliman W. The Science Behind Safe School Re-opening: Leveraging the Pillars of Infection Control to Support Safe Elementary and Secondary Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Mar 17;9(3):ofab134. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab134.

Shrestha S, Poudel A, Reeve E, Linsky AM, Steadman KJ, Nissen LM. Development and validation of a tool to understand health care professionals' attitudes towards deprescribing (HATD) in older adults with limited life expectancy. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2022 Mar 8:S1551-7411(22)00057-2. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2022.03.002. Epub ahead of print.

Smelson DA, Yakovchenko V, Byrne T, McCullough MB, Smith JL, Bruzios KE, Gabrielian S. Testing implementation facilitation for uptake of an evidence-based psychosocial intervention in VA homeless programs: A hybrid type III trial. PLoS One. 2022 Mar 17;17(3):e0265396. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0265396.

Vaidya AU, Benavidez GA, Prentice JC, Mohr DC, Conlin PR, Griffith KN. A novel dataset of predictors of mortality for older Veterans living with type II diabetes. Data Brief. 2022 Mar 1;41:108005. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108005

Wachterman MW, Luth EA, Semco RS, Weissman JS. Where Americans Die - Is There Really "No Place Like Home"? N Engl J Med. 2022 Mar 17;386(11):1008-1010. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2112297. Epub 2022 Mar 12.

Wiener RS, Barker AM, Carter-Harris L, Caverly TJ, Crocker DA, Denietolis A, Doherty C, Fagerlin A, Gallagher-Seaman M, Gould MK, Han PKJ, Herbst AN, Ito Fukunaga M, McCullough MB, Miano DA, Quaife SL, Slatore CG, Fix GM. Stakeholder Research Priorities to Promote Implementation of Shared Decision-Making for Lung Cancer Screening: An American Thoracic Society and Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Statement. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 Mar 15;205(6):619-630. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202201-0126ST.



February 2022

Bakhshaie J, Doorley J, Reichman M, Mace R, Laverty D, Matuszewski PE, Elwy AR, Fatehi A, Bowers LC, Ly T, Vranceanu AM. Optimizing the implementation of a multisite feasibility trial of a mind-body program in acute orthopedic trauma. Transl Behav Med. 2022 Feb 23:ibac004. doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibac004. Epub ahead of print.

Branch-Elliman W, Ferguson R, Doros G, Woods P, Leatherman S, Strymish J, Datta R, Goswami R, Jankowich MD, Shah NR, Taylor TH, Page ST, Schiller SJ, Shannon C, Hau C, Flynn M, Holmberg E, Visnaw K, Dhond R, Brophy M, Monach PA. Subcutaneous sarilumab for the treatment of hospitalized patients with moderate to severe COVID19 disease: A pragmatic, embedded randomized clinical trial. PLoS One. 2022 Feb 25;17(2):e0263591. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263591.

Cruz Rivera PN, Goldstein RL, Polak M, Lazzari AA, Moy ML, Wan ES. Performance of bioelectrical impedance analysis compared to dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in Veterans with COPD. Sci Rep. 2022 Feb 4;12(1):1946. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-05887-4.   

Frakt AB, Peek ME. Editor's Desk: Taking action to address structural racism at Health Services Research. Health Serv Res. 2022 Feb;57(1):5-6. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.13923.

Kim, S., Currao, A., Fonda, J. R., Iverson, K. M., Kenna, A., Pierce, M. E., ... & Fortier, C. B. (2022). Experience of Intimate Partner Violence and Associated Psychiatric, Neurobehavioral, and Functional Burden in Male and Female Veterans: Implications for Treatment. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 1-19.

Kopacz M, Bishop TM, Ayre A, Boska RL, Goldstrom D, Tomberlin D, Baxter S, Dunlap S, Harris JI. Feasibility of using moral injury screening instruments in VA chaplaincy spiritual assessments. J Health Care Chaplain. 2022 Feb 7:1-12. doi: 10.1080/08854726.2022.2032980. Epub ahead of print.

Lipschitz JM, Connolly SL, Van Boxtel R, Potter JR, Nixon N, Bidargaddi N. Provider perspectives on telemental health implementation: Lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic and paths forward. Psychol Serv. 2022 Feb 24. doi: 10.1037/ser0000625. Epub ahead of print.

Merker VL, Knight P, Radtke HB, Yohay K, Ullrich NJ, Plotkin SR, Jordan JT. Awareness and agreement with neurofibromatosis care guidelines among U.S. neurofibromatosis specialists. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2022 Feb 10;17(1):44. doi: 10.1186/s13023-022-02196-x.

Merlin JS, Wachterman MW, Becker WC, Bohnert ASB. Serious Illness and Limitations of Death Certificate-Based Data: Urgent Lessons From the Opioid Epidemic. Am J Public Health. 2022 Feb;112(S1):S36-S38. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306409.  

Moldestad M, Sayre G, Rinne S, Kaboli PJ, Reddy A, Sanders KM, Mao J, Henrikson NB, Sterling R, Nelson KM, Wong ES. Perspectives on Training and Working in the VHA: Implications for Primary Care Physician Recruitment and Retention. Acad Med. 2022 Feb 8. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000004619. Epub ahead of print.

Nagawa CS, Ito Fukunaga M, Faro JM, Liu F, Anderson E, Kamberi A, Orvek EA, Davis M, Pbert L, Cutrona SL, Houston TK, Sadasivam RS. Characterizing pandemic-related changes in smoking over time in a cohort of current and former smokers. Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 Feb 5:ntac033. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntac033. Epub ahead of print.

Nunez ER, Caverly TJ, Zhang S, Glickman ME, Qian SX, Boudreau JH, Miller DR, Wiener RS. Invasive Procedures and Associated Complications Following Initial Lung Cancer Screening in a National Cohort of Veterans. Chest. 2022 Feb 26:S0012-3692(22)00397-X. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.02.031. Epub ahead of print.

O'Neil ME, Agyemang A, Walker WC, Pogoda TK, Klyce DW, Perrin PB, Hsu NH, Nguyen H, Presson AP, Cifu DX. Demographic, military, and health comorbidity variables by mild TBI and PTSD status in the LIMBIC-CENC cohort. Brain Inj. 2022 Feb 5:1-9. doi: 10.1080/02699052.2022.2033847. Epub ahead of print.

Quach ED, Mccullough MB, Gillespie C, Hartmann CW. Nursing Home Residents' Relocation to Another Facility: an Exploratory Study of Family Caregiver Experiences. J Gerontol Soc Work. 2022 Feb 3:1-14. doi: 10.1080/01634372.2022.2028209. Epub ahead of print.

Reed DE 2nd, Bokhour BG, Gaj L, Barker AM, Douglas JH, DeFaccio R, Williams RM, Engel CC, Zeliadt SB. Whole Health Use and Interest Across Veterans With Co-Occurring Chronic Pain and PTSD: An Examination of the 18 VA Medical Center Flagship Sites. Glob Adv Health Med. 2022 Feb 11;11:21649561211065374. doi: 10.1177/21649561211065374.

Reuman L, Solar C, MacLean RR, Halat AM, Rajeevan H, Williams DA, Heapy AA, Bair MJ, Krein SL, Kerns RD, Higgins DM. If you personalize it, will they use it?: Self-reported and observed use of a tailored, internet-based pain self-management program. Transl Behav Med. 2022 Feb 22:ibab165. doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibab165. Epub ahead of print.

Robinson M, Holliday R, Monteith LL, Blosnich JR, Elbogen EB, Gelberg L, Hooshyar D, Liu S, McInnes DK, Montgomery AE, Tsai J, Grassmeyer R, Brenner LA. Establishing a Research Agenda for Suicide Prevention Among Veterans Experiencing Homelessness. Front Psychol. 2022 Feb 7;13:683147. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.683147.

Robinson, S. A., Moy, M. L. (2022). Promoting Exercise Training Remotely. Life. doi: 10.3390/life12020262

Rosen AK, Beilstein-Wedel EE, Harris AHS, Shwartz M, Vanneman ME, Wagner TH, Giori NJ. Comparing Postoperative Readmission Rates Between Veterans Receiving Total Knee Arthroplasty in the Veterans Health Administration Versus Community Care. Med Care. 2022 Feb 1;60(2):178-186. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001678.

Sabin LL, Gifford AL, Haberer JE, Harvey K, Sarkisova N, Martin K, West RL, Stephens J, Killian C, Halim N, Berkowitz N, Jennings K, Jennings L, Orrell C. Patients' and Providers' Views on Optimal Evidence-Based and Scalable Interventions for Individuals at High Risk of HIV Treatment Failure: Sequential Explorations Among Key Stakeholders in Cape Town, South Africa. AIDS Behav. 2022 Feb 21. doi: 10.1007/s10461-022-03623-7. Epub ahead of print.

Saenger PM, Ornstein KA, Garrido MM, Lubetsky S, Bollens-Lund E, DeCherrie LV, Leff B, Siu AL, Federman AD. Cost of home hospitalization versus inpatient hospitalization inclusive of a 30-day post-acute period. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 Feb 25. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17706. Epub ahead of print.

Schecter-Perkins EM, Doron S, Johnston R, Hay J, Berlin D, Ciaranello A, Nelson SB, Gormley J, Smole SC, Brown C, Madoff LC, Branch-Elliman W. A Test-to-Stay Modified Quarantine Program for COVID-19 in Schools. Pediatrics. 2022 Feb 8. doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-055727. Epub ahead of print.

Stolzmann K, Lew RA, Miller CJ, Kim B, Wu H, Bauer MS. (2022). Does balancing site characteristics result in balanced population characteristics in a cluster-randomized controlled trial? Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology. DOI: 10.1007/s10742-022-00271-1

Suda KJ, Fitzpatrick MA, Gibson G, Jurasic MM, Poggensee L, Echevarria K, Hubbard CC, McGregor JC, Evans CT. Antibiotic prophylaxis prescriptions prior to dental visits in the Veterans' Health Administration (VHA), 2015-2019. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Feb 22:1-10. doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.521. Epub ahead of print.

Volandes AE, Zupanc SN, Paasche-Orlow MK, Lakin JR, Chang Y, Burns EA, LaVine NA, Carney MT, Martins-Welch D, Emmert K, Itty JE, Moseley ET, Davis AD, El-Jawahri A, Gundersen DA, Fix GM, Yacoub AM, Schwartz P, Gabry-Kalikow S, Garde C, Fischer J, Henault L, Burgess L, Goldman J, Kwok A, Singh N, Alvarez Suarez AL, Gromova V, Jacome S, Tulsky JA, Lindvall C. Association of an Advance Care Planning Video and Communication Intervention With Documentation of Advance Care Planning Among Older Adults: A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Feb 1;5(2):e220354. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.0354.

Wilson GM, Evans CT, Fitzpatrick MA, Poggensee L, Gibson G, Jurasic MM, Echevarria K, Suda KJ. Clostridioides difficile infection following dental antibiotic prescriptions in a cohort of US veterans. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Feb 21:1-3. doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.516. Epub ahead of print.

Yakovchenko V, Morgan TR, Miech EJ, Neely B, Lamorte C, Gibson S, Beste LA, McCurdy H, Scott D, Gonzalez R, Park A, Powell BJ, Bajaj JS, Dominitz JA, Chartier M, Ross D, Chinman MJ, Rogal SS. Core implementation strategies for improving cirrhosis care in the Veterans Health Administration. Hepatology. 2022 Feb 6. doi: 10.1002/hep.32395. Epub ahead of print.


January 2022

Anderson, E., Dvorin, K., Etingen, B., Barker, A., Rai, Z., Herbst, A., Mozer, R., Kingston, R., & Bokhour, B. (2022). Lessons Learned from VHA's Rapid Implementation of Virtual Whole Health Peer-led Groups during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Staff Perspectives. Global Advances in Health and Medicine, 11: 1-12. Published Jan 25, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1177/21649561211064244

Arditte Hall KA, Werner KB, Griffin MG, Galovski TE. Exploring Predictors of Sleep State Misperception in Women with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Behav Sleep Med. 2022 Jan 10:1-11. doi: 10.1080/15402002.2021.2024193. Epub ahead of print.

Blonigen DM, Smith JS, Javier S, Cucciare MA, Timko C, Nevedal AL, Filice N, Rosenthal J, Smelson D. Implementation Potential of Moral Reconation Therapy for Criminal Recidivism in Mental Health Residential Programs. Psychiatr Serv. 2022 Jan 26:appips202100089. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202100089. Epub ahead of print.

Davila H, O'Malley KA, Shin MH, Engle RL, Adjognon OL, Sullivan JL. Supporting Veterans with dementia to remain in the community: strategies used in 12 Veterans Health Administration programs. Home Health Care Serv Q. 2022 Jan 24:1-16. doi: 10.1080/01621424.2022.2027315. Epub ahead of print.

Fillmore NR, La J, Zheng C, Doron S, Do N, Monach P, Branch-Elliman W. The COVID-19 Hospitalization Metric in the Pre- and Post-vaccination Eras as a Measure of Pandemic Severity: A Retrospective, Nationwide Cohort Study. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Jan 11:1-24. doi: 10.1017/ice.2022.13. Epub ahead of print.

Higgins DM, Han L, Kerns RD, Driscoll MA, Heapy AA, Skanderson M, Lisi AJ, Mattocks KM, Brandt C, Haskell SG. Risk factors associated with healthcare utilization for spine pain. Pain Med. 2022 Jan 6:pnab351. doi: 10.1093/pm/pnab351. Epub ahead of print.

Hogan TP, Etingen B, McMahon N, Bixler FR, Am L, Wacks RE, Shimada SL, Reilly ED, Frisbee KL, Smith BM. Understanding Adoption and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Mobile App for Chronic Pain Management Among US Military Veterans: Pre-Post Mixed Methods Evaluation. JMIR Form Res. 2022 Jan 20;6(1):e33716. doi: 10.2196/33716.

Li LL, Zheng C, La J, Do NV, Monach PA, Strymish JM, Fillmore NR, Branch-Elliman W. Impact of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection on incidence of hospitalization and adverse events following mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccination: A nationwide, retrospective cohort study. Vaccine. 2022 Jan 19:S0264-410X(22)00051-2. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.01.026. Epub ahead of print.

Likitlersuang J, Brown EM, Salat DH, Iverson KM, Werner K, McGlinchey RE, Galovski TE, Fortier CB. Neural Correlates of Traumatic Brain Injury in Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: A Structural and Functional Connectivity Neuroimaging Study. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2022 Jan-Feb 01;37(1):E30-E38. doi: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000758.

Moye J, Cohen AB, Stolzmann K, Auguste EJ, Catlin CC, Sager ZS, Weiskittle RE, Woolverton CB, Connors HL, Sullivan JL. Guardianship Before and Following Hospitalization. HEC Forum. 2022 Jan 24. doi: 10.1007/s10730-022-09469-9. Epub ahead of print.

Possemato K, Wu J, Greene C, MacQueen R, Blonigen D, Wade M, Owen J, Keane T, Brief D, Lindley S, Prins A, Mackintosh MA, Carlson E. Web-Based Problem-solving Training With and Without Peer Support in Veterans With Unmet Mental Health Needs: Pilot Study of Feasibility, User Acceptability, and Participant Engagement. J Med Internet Res. 2022 Jan 13;24(1):e29559. doi: 10.2196/29559.

Schnurr PP, Chard KM, Ruzek JI, Chow BK, Resick PA, Foa EB, Marx BP, Friedman MJ, Bovin MJ, Caudle KL, Castillo D, Curry KT, Hollifield M, Huang GD, Chee CL, Astin MC, Dickstein B, Renner K, Clancy CP, Collie C, Maieritsch K, Bailey S, Thompson K, Messina M, Franklin L, Lindley S, Kattar K, Luedtke B, Romesser J, McQuaid J, Sylvers P, Varkovitzky R, Davis L, MacVicar D, Shih MC. Comparison of Prolonged Exposure vs Cognitive Processing Therapy for Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among US Veterans: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jan 4;5(1):e2136921. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.36921.

Yuan Y, Thomas KS, Van Houtven CH, Price ME, Pizer SD, Frakt AB, Garrido MM. Fewer potentially avoidable health care events in rural veterans with self-directed care versus other personal care services. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 Jan 13. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17656. Epub ahead of print.

Zheutlin AR, Mondesir FL, Derington CG, King JB, Zhang C, Cohen JB, Berlowitz DR, Anstey DE, Cushman WC, Greene TH, Ogedegbe O, Bress AP. Analysis of Therapeutic Inertia and Race and Ethnicity in the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jan 4;5(1):e2143001. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.43001.


December 2021

Cohen-Bearak A, Meyer EC, Mednick L, Varrin P, Burgess L, Kuhlmann PH, Bell S, Lillehei C. Aligning Family-Clinician Expectations During Pediatric Surgical Informed Consent: Development and Implementation of an Innovative Communication Skills Workshop. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions. Fall 2021; 41(4). DOI: 10.1097/CEH.0000000000000396.

Connolly SL, Stolzmann KL, Heyworth L, Sullivan JL, Shimada SL, Weaver KR, Lindsay JA, Bauer MS, Miller CJ. Patient and provider predictors of telemental health use prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic within the Department of Veterans Affairs. Am Psychol. 2021 Dec 23. doi: 10.1037/amp0000895. Epub ahead of print.

DeLaughter KL, Fix GM, McDannold SE
, Pope C, Bokhour BG, Shimada SL, Calloway R, Gordon HS, Long JA, Miano DA, Cutrona SL. Incorporating African American Veterans' Success Stories for Hypertension Management: Developing a Behavioral Support Texting Protocol. JMIR Res Protoc. 2021 Dec 1;10(12):e29423. doi: 10.2196/29423.

Dichter ME, Krishnamurti LS, Chhatre S, Hoffmire CA, Monteith LL, Bellamy SL, Iverson KM, Montgomery AE, Agha A, McCoy I. Gender differences in veterans' use of the Veterans Crisis Line (VCL): Findings from VCL call data. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2021 Dec 15;74:65-70. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2021.12.006. Epub ahead of print.

Dipp Ramos R, O'Brien WJ, Gupta K, Itani KMF. Events, care, and outcomes after hernia mesh explantation for infection. Am J Surg. 2021 Dec 2:S0002-9610(21)00721-2. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.11.036. Epub ahead of print.

Espel-Huynh HM, Goldstein CM, Stephens ML, Finnegan OL, Elwy AR, Wing RR, Thomas JG. Contextual influences on implementation of online behavioral obesity treatment in primary care: formative evaluation guided by the consolidated framework for implementation research. Transl Behav Med. 2021 Dec 31:ibab160. doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibab160. Epub ahead of print.

Frakt AB. Editor's Desk: Increasing impact. Health Serv Res. 2021 Dec;56(6):1085-1086. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.13893.

Kane NS, Anastasides N, Litke DR, Helmer DA, Hunt SC, Quigley KS, Pigeon WR, McAndrew LM. Under-recognition of medically unexplained symptom conditions among US Veterans with Gulf War Illness. PLoS One. 2021 Dec 7;16(12):e0259341. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259341.

Marx BP, Lee DJ, Norman SB, Bovin MJ, Sloan DM, Weathers FW, Keane TM, Schnurr PP. Reliable and clinically significant change in the clinician-administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 and PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 among male veterans. Psychol Assess. 2021 Dec 23. doi: 10.1037/pas0001098. Epub ahead of print.

Miller DR, Jasuja G, Davila HW, Palnati M, Shao Q, Dinesh D, McDannold S, Zhang Q, Monfared AAT, Xia W, Palacios N, Moo LR. Care processes related to clinical detection of Alzheimer's disease in the U.S. Veterans Affairs Health Care System. Alzheimers Dement. 2021 Dec;17 Suppl 8:e054149. doi: 10.1002/alz.054149.

Ney, J.P., Robinson, S.A., Richardson, C.R. and Moy, M.L., 2021. Can Technology-Based Physical Activity Programs for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Be Cost-Effective? Telemedicine and e-Health.

Ornstein KA, Liu SH, Husain M, Ankuda CK, Bollens-Lund E, Kelley AS, Garrido MM. Prospective assessment of dementia on transitions in homeboundness using multistate Markov models. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 Dec 23. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17631. Epub ahead of print.

Rose AJ, Lee JS, Berlowitz DR, Liu W, Mitra A, Yu H. Guideline-discordant dosing of direct-acting oral anticoagulants in the veterans health administration. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Dec 18;21(1):1351. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-07397-x.

Silva GC, Jiang L, Gutman R, Wu WC, Mor V, Fine MJ, Kressin NR, Trivedi AN. Racial/Ethnic Differences in 30-Day Mortality for Heart Failure and Pneumonia in the Veterans Health Administration Using Claims-based, Clinical, and Social Risk-adjustment Variables. Med Care. 2021 Dec 1;59(12):1082-1089. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001650.

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. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2021 Dec 10:S0163-8343(21)00167-5. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2021.12.004. Epub ahead of print.

Wu JT, La J, Branch-Elliman W, Huhmann LB, Han SS, Parmigiani G, Tuck DP, Brophy MT, Do NV, Lin AY, Munshi NC, Fillmore NR. Association of COVID-19 Vaccination With SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Patients With Cancer: A US Nationwide Veterans Affairs Study. JAMA Oncol. 2021 Dec 2. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.5771. Epub ahead of print.

Yakovchenko V, Morgan TR, Chinman MJ, Powell BJ, Gonzalez R, Park A, Malone PS, Chartier M, Ross D, Rogal SS. Mapping the road to elimination: a 5-year evaluation of implementation strategies associated with hepatitis C treatment in the veterans health administration. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Dec 18;21(1):1348. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-07312-4.



November 2021

Davin KR, Dardis CM, Barth MR, Iverson KM. Prospective mental health effects of intimate partner stalking among women veterans. Psychol Trauma. 2021 Nov 4. doi: 10.1037/tra0001144. Epub ahead of print.

Faro JM, Cutrona SL. Extending a Lifeline to Nonhospitalized Patients With COVID-19 Through Automated Text Messaging. Ann Intern Med. 2021 Nov 16:M21-4273. doi: 10.7326/M21-4273. Epub ahead of print.

Iverson KM, Danitz SB, Shayani DR, Vogt D, Stirman SW, Hamilton AB, Mahoney CT, Gerber MR, Dichter ME. Recovering From Intimate Partner Violence Through Strengths and Empowerment: Findings From a Randomized Clinical Trial. J Clin Psychiatry. 2021 Nov 23;83(1):21m14041. doi: 10.4088/JCP.21m14041.

Jasuja GK, Meterko M, Bradshaw LD, Carbonaro R, Clayman ML, LoBrutto L, Miano D, Maguire EM, Midboe AM, Asch SM, Gifford AL, McInnes DK, Elwy AR. Attitudes and Intentions of US Veterans Regarding COVID-19 Vaccination. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Nov 1;4(11):e21

Jones KF, Laury E, Sanders JJ, Starr LT, Rosa WE, Booker SQ, Wachterman M, Jones CA, Hickman S, Merlin JS, Meghani SH. Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Delivering Antiracist Care to Black Americans. J Palliat Med. 2021 Nov 16. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2021.0502. Epub ahead of print.

Jreige N, Talutis SD, Zambrano S, Heckscher D, Mehrazarin K, Rosen AK. Health Care Needs of Incarcerated Patients: A Case Study at a Large Urban Hospital. J Correct Health Care. 2021 Nov 11. doi: 10.1089/jchc.19.10.0077. Epub ahead of print.

Katz IR, Rogers MP, Lew R, Thwin SS, Doros G, Ahearn E, Ostacher MJ, DeLisi LE, Smith EG, Ringer RJ, Ferguson R, Hoffman B, Kaufman JS, Paik JM, Conrad CH, Holmberg EF, Boney TY, Huang GD, Liang MH; Li+ plus Investigators. Lithium Treatment in the Prevention of Repeat Suicide-Related Outcomes in Veterans With Major Depression or Bipolar Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry. 2021 Nov 17. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.3170. Epub ahead of print.

Linsenmeyer K, Charness ME, O'Brien WJ, Strymish J, Doshi SJ, Ljaamo SK, Gupta K. Vaccination Status and the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Health Care Personnel Under Surveillance in Long-term Residential Facilities. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Nov 1;4(11):e2134229. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.34229.

Linsenmeyer K, Gupta K, Charness ME. Effectiveness of Covid-19 Vaccines against the B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant. N Engl J Med. 2021 Nov 10:10.1056/NEJMc2113090#sa2. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2113090. Epub ahead of print.

McConeghy KW, Curyto K, Jedele J, Intrator O, Mohr DC, Wiechers IR, Karel MJ. Impact of an interdisciplinary intervention for distress behaviors in dementia on psychotropic drug use in Veterans Health Administration Community Living Centers: STAR-VA impact on psychotropic drug utilization. Geriatr Nurs. 2021 Nov 2;42(6):1533-1540. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2021.10.009. Epub ahead of print.

Mitra A, Ahsan H, Li W, Liu W, Kerns RD, Tsai J, Becker W, Smelson DA, Yu H. Risk Factors Associated With Nonfatal Opioid Overdose Leading to Intensive Care Unit Admission: A Cross-sectional Study. JMIR Med Inform. 2021 Nov 8;9(11):e32851. doi: 10.2196/32851.

Mohr DC, Swamy L, Wong ES, Mealer M, Moss M, Rinne ST. Critical Care Nurse Burnout in Veterans Health Administration: Relation to Clinician and Patient Outcomes. Am J Crit Care. 2021 Nov 1;30(6):435-442. doi: 10.4037/ajcc2021187.

Mongiardo MA, Robinson SA, Finer EB, Cruz Rivera PN, Goldstein RL, Moy ML. The Effect of a web-based physical activity intervention on COPD knowledge: A secondary cohort study. Respir Med. 2021 Nov 8;190:106677. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2021.106677. Epub ahead of print.

Robinson SA, Netherton D, Zocchi M, Purington C, Ash AS, Shimada SL. Differences in Secure Messaging, Self-management, and Glycemic Control Between Rural and Urban Patients: Secondary Data Analysis. JMIR Diabetes 2021;6(4):e32320. doi: 10.2196/32320.

Stosic MD, Blanch-Hartigan D, Aleksanyan T, Duenas J, Ruben MA. Empathy, friend or foe? Untangling the relationship between empathy and burnout in helping professions. J Soc Psychol. 2021 Nov 25:1-20. doi: 10.1080/00224545.2021.1991259. Epub ahead of print.

Sullivan MM, Lazowy EE, Roncarati JS, Koh HK, O'Connell JJ. Training Clinicians to Care for Patients Where They Are. AMA Journal of Ethics. 2021;23(11):E852-857. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.852. 

Wagner TH, Lo J, Beilstein-Wedel E, Vanneman ME, Shwartz M, Rosen AK. Estimating the Cost of Surgical Care Purchased in the Community by the Veterans Health Administration. MDM Policy Pract. 2021 Nov 16;6(2):23814683211057902. doi: 10.1177/23814683211057902.

Wolfe HL, Boyer TL, Rodriguez KL, Klima GJ, Shipherd JC, Kauth MR, Blosnich JR.Exploring Research Engagement and Priorities of Transgender and Gender Diverse Veterans. Mil Med. 2021 Nov 13:usab460. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usab460. Epub ahead of print.

Yakovchenko V,McInnes DK, Petrakis BA, Gillespie C, Lipschitz JM,McCullough MB, Richardson L, Vetter B,Hogan TP.Implementing Automated Text Messaging for Patient Self-management in the Veterans Health Administration: Qualitative Study Applying the Nonadoption, Abandonment, Scale-up, Spread, and Sustainability Framework. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2021 Nov 15;9(11):e31037. doi: 10.2196/31037.


October 2021

Apaydin EA, Mohr DC, Hamilton AB, Rose DE, Haskell S, Yano EM. Differences in Burnout and Intent to Leave Between Women's Health and General Primary Care Providers in the Veterans Health Administration. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Oct 7. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-07133-5.

Ertem Z, Schechter-Perkins EM, Oster E, van den Berg P, Epshtein I, Chaiyakunapruk N, Wilson FA, Perencevich E, Pettey WBP, Branch-Elliman W, Nelson RE. The impact of school opening model on SARS-CoV-2 community incidence and mortality. Nat Med. 2021 Oct 27. doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01563-8. Epub ahead of print.

Frakt AB. Editor's desk: Improving author experience. Health Serv Res. 2021 Oct;56(5):745-746. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.13856.

Gordon SH, Alger CL, Declercq ER, Garrido MM. The Association Between Continuity Of Marketplace Coverage During Pregnancy And Receipt Of Prenatal Care. Health Aff (Millwood). 2021 Oct;40(10):1618-1626. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2021.00581.

Khanna A, Fix GM PhD, McCullough M PhD, Herbst A MPH, Li M, Miano D, Barker A MS, Wiener RS. Implementing Shared Decision-Making for Lung Cancer Screening across a Veterans Health Administration Hospital Network. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2021 Oct 22. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202105-620SD. Epub ahead of print.

Koh KA, Roncarati JS, Racine MW, O'Connell JJ, Gaeta JM. Unsheltered vs. Sheltered Adults Experiencing Homelessness: Health Care Spending and Utilization. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Oct 13. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-07153-1. Epub ahead of print.

Stroupe KT, Martinez R, Hogan TP, Gordon EJ, Gonzalez B, Tarlov E, Silva A, Huo Z, Kale I, Ippolito D, Osteen C, Jordan N, French DD, Gordon H, Fischer MJ, Smith BM. Health Insurance Coverage Among Veterans Receiving Care From VA Health Care Facilities. Med Care Res Rev. 2021 Oct 8:10775587211048661. doi: 10.1177/10775587211048661. Epub ahead of print.

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. Psychol Trauma. 2021 Oct 18. doi: 10.1037/tra0001145. Epub ahead of print.

Vincent BM, Molling D, Escobar GJ, Hofer TP, Iwashyna TJ, Liu VX, Rosen AK, Ryan AM, Seelye S, Wiitala WL, Prescott HC. Hospital-specific Template Matching for Benchmarking Performance in a Diverse Multihospital System. Med Care. 2021 Oct 8. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001645. Epub ahead of print.

September 2021

Benfer N, Bardeen JR, Spitzer EG, Rogers TA. A network analysis of two conceptual approaches to the etiology of PTSD. J Anxiety Disord. 2021 Sep 10;84:102479. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2021.102479. Epub ahead of print.

Bloeser K, McCarron KK, 
Merker VL, Hyde J, Bolton RE, Anastasides N, Petrakis BA, Helmer DA, Santos S, Litke D, Pigeon WR, McAndrew LM. "Because the country, it seems though, has turned their back on me": Experiences of institutional betrayal among veterans living with Gulf War Illness. Soc Sci Med. September 2021;284:114211. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114211. 

Boska RL, Dunlap S, Kopacz M, Bishop TM, Harris JI. Understanding Moral Injury Morbidity: A Qualitative Study Examining Chaplain's Perspectives. J Relig Health. 2021 Sep 4:1-10. doi: 10.1007/s10943-021-01414-3. Epub ahead of print.

Chen J, Wijesundara JG, Patterson A, Cutrona SL, Aiello S, McManus DD, McKee MD, Wang B, Houston TK. Facilitators and barriers to post-discharge pain assessment and triage: a qualitative study of nurses' and patients' perspectives. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Sep 28;21(1):1021. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-07031-w.

Elwy AR, Clayman ML, LoBrutto L, Miano D, Petrakis BA, Javier S, Erhardt T, Midboe AM, Carbonaro R, Jasuja GK, Maguire EM, Kyrish A, Asch SM, Gifford AL, McInnes DK. Vaccine Hesitancy as an Opportunity for Engagement: a Rapid Qualitative Study of Patients and Employees in the U.S. Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. Vaccine: X. 2021 Sep 22. 

Elwy AR, Maguire EM, Gallagher TH, Asch SM, Durfee JM, Martinello RA, Bokhour BG, Gifford AL, Taylor TJ, Wagner TH. Risk Communication After Health Care Exposures: An Experimental Vignette Survey With Patients. MDM Policy Pract. 2021 Sep 17;6(2):23814683211045659. doi: 10.1177/23814683211045659

Galovski TE, Werner KB, Weaver TL, Morris KL, Dondanville KA, Nanney J, Wamser-Nanney R, McGlinchey G, Fortier CB, Iverson KM. Massed cognitive processing therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in women survivors of intimate partner violence. Psychol Trauma. 2021 Sep 2. doi: 10.1037/tra0001100. Epub ahead of print

Kinder D, Smith D, Ersek M, Wachterman M, Thorpe J, Davis D, Kutney-Lee A. Family reports of end-of-life care among veterans in home-based primary care: The role of hospice. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 Sep 29. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17486. Epub ahead of print.

Kyle MA, Frakt AB. Patient administrative burden in the US health care system. Health Serv Res. 2021 Sep 8. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.13861. Epub ahead of print.

McCullough MB, Zogas A, Gillespie C, Kleinberg F, Reisman JI, Ndiwane N, Tran MH, Ourth HL, Morreale AP, Miller DR. Introducing clinical pharmacy specialists into interprofessional primary care teams: Assessing pharmacists' team integration and access to care for rural patients. Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Sep 24;100(38):e26689. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000026689.

Moo LR, Schwartz AW. The Urgent Need for Rigorous Studies of Telehealth for Older Adults Who Are Homebound. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Sep 1;4(9):e2113451. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.13451.

Monach PA, Branch-Elliman W. Reconsidering 'minimal risk' to expand the repertoire of trials with waiver of informed consent for research. BMJ Open. 2021 Sep 14;11(9):e048534. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048534.

Palmer JA
, Hilgeman M, Balboni T, Paasche-Orlow S, Sullivan JL. The spiritual experience of dementia from the health care provider perspective: Implications for intervention. Gerontologist. 2021 Sep 8:gnab134. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnab134. Epub ahead of print.

Mesfin N, Fischman A, Garcia MA, Johnson S, Parikh R, Wiener RS. Predictors to forgo resuscitative effort during Covid-19 critical illness at the height of the pandemic: A retrospective cohort study. Palliat Med. 2021 Sep 3:2692163211022622. doi: 10.1177/02692163211022622. Epub ahead of print.

Vranceanu AM, Bakhshaie J, Reichman M, Doorley J, Mace RA, Jacobs C, Harris M, Archer KR, Ring D, Elwy AR. Understanding barriers and facilitators to implementation of psychosocial care within orthopedic trauma centers: a qualitative study with multidisciplinary stakeholders from geographically diverse settings. Implement Sci Commun. 2021 Sep 15;2(1):102. doi: 10.1186/s43058-021-00208-8.


August 2021

Adjognon OL, Shin MH, Steffen MJA, Moye J, Solimeo S, Sullivan JL. Factors Affecting Primary Care Implementation for Older Veterans with multimorbidity in VA. Health Serv Res. 2021 Aug 6. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.13859. Epub ahead of print.

Branch-Elliman W
, Monach PA. Not What Anyone Signed up for: Unnecessary and Insurmountable Barriers Encountered in Conducting Clinical Trials in COVID-19. Narrat Inq Bioeth. 2021;11(1):8-15. doi: 10.1353/nib.2021.0003.

Dipp Ramos R, O'Brien WJ, Gupta K, Itani KMF. Re-Infection after Explantation of Infected Hernia Mesh: Are the Same Micro-Organisms Involved? Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2021 Aug 12. doi: 10.1089/sur.2021.142. Epub ahead of print.

Dunlap, S. (2021) Put Yourself in My Combat Boots: Autoethnographic Reflections on Forms of Life as a Soldier and Veteran. Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship. 13 (4). 81-94.

Earle W, Bonegio RGB, Smith DB, Branch-Elliman W. Plazomicin for the treatment of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella bacteraemia in a patient with underlying chronic kidney disease and acute renal failure requiring renal replacement therapy. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Aug 19;14(8):e243609. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-243609.

Elwy AR, Maguire EM, McInnes DK, Fix GM. Creating Connections during COVID-19. Health Commun. 2021 Aug 26:1-8. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2021.1969836. Epub ahead of print.  

Evans CT, Fitzpatrick MA, Poggensee L, Gonzalez B, Gibson G, Jurasic MM, Echevarria K, McGregor JC, Cunningham F, Gellad WF, Suda KJ. Outpatient Prescribing of Antibiotics and Opioids by Veterans Health Administration Providers, 2015-2017. Am J Prev Med. 2021 Aug 7:S0749-3797(21)00321-4. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2021.05.009. Epub ahead of print.

Gonzalez R, Park A, Yakovchenko V, Rogal S, Chartier M, Morgan TR, Ross D. HCV Elimination in the US Department of Veterans Affairs. Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken). 2021 Aug 18;18(1):1-6. doi: 10.1002/cld.1150.

Harris AHS, Beilstein-Wedel EE, Rosen AK, Shwartz M, Wagner TH, Vanneman ME, Giori NJ. Comparing Complication Rates After Elective Total Knee Arthroplasty Delivered Or Purchased By The VA. Health Aff (Millwood). 2021 Aug;40(8):1312-1320. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01679.

Hartmann CW, Gillespie C, Sayre GG, Snow AL. De-Implementing and Sustaining an Intervention to Eliminate Nursing Home Resident Bed and Chair Alarms: Interviews on Leadership and Staff Perspectives. Implementation Science Communications. 2021 Aug 24;2(1):91. doi: 10.1186/s43058-021-00195-w.

Hashemi L, Zhang Q, Getahun D, Jasuja GK, McCracken C, Pisegna J, Roblin D, Silverberg MJ, Tangpricha V, Vupputuri S, Goodman M. Longitudinal Changes in Liver Enzyme Levels Among Transgender People Receiving Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy. J Sex Med. 2021 Aug 5:S1743-6095(21)00538-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2021.06.011. Epub ahead of print.

Janal MN, Lobbezoo F, Quigley KS, Raphael KG. Stress-evoked muscle activity in women with and without chronic myofascial face pain. J Oral Rehabil. 2021 Aug 9. doi: 10.1111/joor.13238. Epub ahead of print.

Landes SJ, Pitcock JA, Harned MS, Connolly SL, Meyers LL, Oliver CM. Provider perspectives on delivering dialectical behavior therapy via telehealth during COVID-19 in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Psychol Serv. 2021 Aug 5. doi: 10.1037/ser0000571. Epub ahead of print.

Monach PA, Branch-Elliman W. Aspirin Dosing in Cardiovascular Disease. N Engl J Med. 2021 Aug 19;385(8):764. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2110476.

O'Hanlon CE, Giannitrapani KF, Lindvall C, Gamboa RC, Canning M, Asch SM, Garrido MM; ImPACS Patient and Caregiver Panel, Walling AM, Lorenz KA, Bernstein E, Branstetter J, Bunch D, Carroll F, Guzman E, Krutz M, Maizel J, Moe J. Patient and Caregiver Prioritization of Palliative and End-of-Life Cancer Care Quality Measures. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Aug 17. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-07041-8. Epub ahead of print.

Quach ED, Kazis LE, Zhao S, Ni P, Clark VA, McDannold SE, Hartmann CW. Organizational readiness to change as a leverage point for improving safety: a national nursing home survey. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Aug 20;21(1):842. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-06772-y.

Robinson SA, Cooper JA Jr, Goldstein RL, Polak M, Cruz Rivera PN, Gagnon DR, Samuelson A, Moore S, Kadri R, Richardson CR, Moy ML. A randomised trial of a web-based physical activity self-management intervention in COPD. ERJ Open Res. 2021 Aug 31;7(3):00158-2021. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00158-2021

Rotolo SM, Jain S, Dhaon S, Dokhanchi JK, Kalata E, Shah T, Mordell LJ, Clayman ML, Kenefake A, Zimmermann LJ, Bloomgarden E, Arora VM. A coordinated strategy to develop and distribute infographics addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and misinformation. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2021 Aug 21:S1544-3191(21)00357-5. doi: 10.1016/j.japh.2021.08.016. Epub ahead of print.

Strombotne KL, Lum J, Ndugga NJ, Utech AE, Pizer SD, Frakt AB, Conlin PR. Effectiveness of a ketogenic diet and virtual coaching intervention for patients with diabetes: a difference-in-differences analysis. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2021 Aug 5. doi: 10.1111/dom.14515. Epub ahead of print.

Stroupe KT, Nazi K, Hogan TP, Poggensee L, Wakefield B, Martinez RN, Etingen B, Shimada S, Suda KJ, Huo Z, Cao L, Smith BM. Web-based patient portal use and medication overlap from VA and private-sector pharmacies among older veterans. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2021 Aug;27(8):983-994. doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2021.27.8.983. 

Wong ES, Done N, Zhao M, Woolley AB, Prentice JC, Mull HJ. Comparing total medical expenditure between patients receiving direct oral anticoagulants vs warfarin for the treatment of atrial fibrillation: evidence from VA-Medicare dual enrollees. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2021 Aug;27(8):1056-1066. doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2021.27.8.1056.

Xia W, Li M, Wang Y, Kazis LE, Berlo K, Melikechi N, Chiklis GR. Longitudinal analysis of antibody decay in convalescent COVID-19 patients. Sci Rep. 2021 Aug 18;11(1):16796. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-96171-4.

Zocchi MS, Robinson SA, Ash AS, Vimalananda VG, Wolfe HL, Hogan TP, Connolly SL, Stewart MT, Am L, Netherton D, Shimada SL. Patient portal engagement and diabetes management among new portal users in the Veterans Health Administration. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2021 Aug 2:ocab115. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocab115. Epub ahead of print.



July 2021

Baughman AW, Triantafylidis LK, O'Neil N, Norstrom J, Okpara K, Ruopp MD, Linsky A, Schnipper J, Mixon AS, Simon SR. Improving Medication Reconciliation with Comprehensive Evaluation at a Veterans Affairs Skilled Nursing Facility. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2021 Jun 11:S1553-7250(21)00153-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2021.06.001. Epub ahead of print.

Ertem Z, Schechter-Perkins E, Oster E, van den Berg P, Epshtein I, Chaiyakunapruk N, Wilson F, Perenchevich E, Pettey W, Branch-Elliman W, Nelson R. The Impact of School Opening Model on SARS-CoV-2 Community Incidence and Mortality: A Nationwide Cohort Study. Res Sq [Preprint]. 2021 Jul 15:rs.3.rs-712725. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-712725/v1.

Hyde J, Bolton R, Kim B, Yakovchenko V, Petrakis BA, Visher C, McInnes K. "I've just never done that:" The influence of transitional anxiety on post-incarceration reentry and reintegration experiences among veterans. Health Soc Care Community. 2021 Jul 11. doi: 10.1111/hsc.13481. Epub ahead of print.

Jurasic MM, Gibson G, Orner MB, Wehler CJ, Jones JA. Validation of a Subjective Caries Risk Assessment Tool. J Dent. 2021 Jul 15:103748. doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2021.103748. Epub ahead of print.  

Kohler RE, Roncarati JS, Aguiar A, Chatterjee P, Gaeta J, Viswanath K, Henry C. Trauma and cervical cancer screening among women experiencing homelessness: A call for trauma-informed care. Womens Health (Lond). 2021 Jan-Dec;17:17455065211029238. doi: 10.1177/17455065211029238. PMID: 34225506; PMCID: PMC8264729.

Mazzone PJ, Silvestri GA, Souter LH, Caverly TJ, Kanne JP, Katki HA, Wiener RS, Detterbeck FC. Screening for Lung Cancer: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report. Chest. 2021 Jul 9:S0012-3692(21)01307-6. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.06.063. Epub ahead of print.  

Merker VL,
Lessing AJ, Moss I, Hussey M, Oberlander B, Rose T, Thalheimer R, Wirtanen T, Wolters PL, Gross AM, Plotkin SR; REiNS International Collaboration. Enhancing Neurofibromatosis Clinical Trial Outcome Measures Through Patient Engagement: Lessons From REiNS. Neurology. 2021 Jul 6:10.1212/WNL.0000000000012430. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000012430. Epub ahead of print.

Moy ML, Daniel RA, Cruz Rivera PN, Mongiardo MA, Goldstein RL, Higgins DM, Salat DH. Co-occurrence of pain and dyspnea in Veterans with COPD: Relationship to functional status and a pilot study of neural correlates using structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging. PLoS One. 2021 Jul 15;16(7):e0254653. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254653.

Nevedal AL, Reardon CM, Opra Widerquist MA, Jackson GL, Cutrona SL, White BS, Damschroder LJ. Rapid versus traditional qualitative analysis using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR). Implement Sci. 2021 Jul 2;16(1):67. doi: 10.1186/s13012-021-01111-5

Núñez ER, Caverly TJ, Zhang S, Glickman ME, Qian SX, Boudreau JH, Slatore CG, Miller DR, Wiener RS. Adherence to Follow-up Testing Recommendations in US Veterans Screened for Lung Cancer, 2015-2019. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jul 1;4(7):e2116233. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.16233

Ohl ME, Miller DR, Lund BC, Kobayashi T, Richardson Miell K, Beck BF, Alexander B, Crothers K, Vaughan Sarrazin MS. Association of Remdesivir Treatment With Survival and Length of Hospital Stay Among US Veterans Hospitalized With COVID-19. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jul 1;4(7):e2114741. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.14741.

Pimentel CB, Clark V, Baughman AW, Berlowitz DR, Davila H, Mills WL, Mohr DC, Sullivan JL, Hartmann CW. Health Care Providers and the Public Reporting of Nursing Home Quality in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Pilot Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2021 Jul 21;10(7):e23516. doi: 10.2196/23516.

Raphaely RA, Mongiardo MA, Goldstein RL, Robinson SA, Wan ES, Moy ML. Pain in Veterans with COPD: relationship with physical activity and exercise capacity. BMC Pulm Med. 2021 Jul 15;21(1):238. doi: 10.1186/s12890-021-01601-8.

Thalheimer R, Merker VL, Ly I, Champlain A, Sawaya J, Askenazi NL, Herr HP, Wei Da JL, Jordan JT, Muzikansky A, Pearce EM, Sakamoto FH, Blakeley J, Anderson RR, Plotkin SR; REiNS International Collaboration. [REiNS] Validating Techniques for Measurement of Cutaneous Neurofibromas: Recommendations for Clinical Trials. Neurology. 2021 Jul 6:10.1212/WNL.0000000000012428. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000012428. Epub ahead of print.

Thompson HL, Blanton A, Franklin B, Merker VL, Franck KH, Welling DB; REiNS International Collaboration. REiNS: Patient Report of Hearing in Neurofibromatosis Type 2: Recommendations for Clinical Trials. Neurology. 2021 Jul 6:10.1212/WNL.0000000000012424. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000012424. Epub ahead of print.

Vimalananda VG, Wormwood JB, Qian S, Meterko M, Sitter KE, Fincke BG. The Effect of Clinicians' Personal Acquaintance on Specialty Care Coordination as the Sharing of an EHR Increases. J Ambul Care Manage. 2021 Jul-Sep 01;44(3):227-236. doi: 10.1097/JAC.0000000000000381.

Wolters PL, Vranceanu AM, Thompson HL, Martin S, Merker VL, Baldwin A, Barnett C, Koetsier KS, Hingtgen CM, Funes CJ, Tonsgard JH, Schorry EK, Allen T, Smith T, Franklin B, Reeve S; REiNS International Collaboration. [REiNS] Current Recommendations for Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Assessing Domains of Quality of Life in Neurofibromatosis Clinical Trials. Neurology. 2021 Jul 6:10.1212/WNL.0000000000012421. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000012421. Epub ahead of print.




June 2021

Anderson, E., Rinne, S.T., Orlander, J.D., Cutrona, S.L., Strymish, J.L., & Vimalananda, V.G. (2021). Electronic Consultations and Economies of Scale: A Qualitative Study of Clinician Perspectives on Scaling up E-Consult Delivery. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

Anderson E, Vimalananda VG, Orlander JD,Cutrona SL, Strymish JL,Bokhour BG, Rinne ST.Implications of Electronic Consultations for Clinician Communication and Relationships: A Qualitative Study. Med Care. 2021 Jun 11. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001575. Epub ahead of print.

Damschroder LJ, Knighton AJ, Griese E, Greene SM, Lozano P, Kilbourne AM, Buist DSM, Crotty K, Elwy AR,Fleisher LA, Gonzales R, Huebschmann AG, Limper HM, Ramalingam NS, Wilemon K, Ho PM, Helfrichfcr CD.Recommendations for strengthening the role of embedded researchers to accelerate implementation in health systems: Findings from a state-of-the-art (SOTA) conference workgroup. Healthc (Amst). 2021 Jun;8 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):100455. doi: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2020.100455.

Davila H
, Rosen AK, Beilstein-Wedel E,Shwartz M, Chatelain L Jr, Gurewich D.Rural Veterans' Experiences With Outpatient Care in the Veterans Health Administration Versus Community Care. Med Care. 2021 Jun 1;59(Suppl 3):S286-S291. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001552.

Elwy AR, Maguire EM, McCullough M, George J, Bokhour BG, Durfee JM, Martinello RA, Wagner TH, Asch SM, Gifford AL, Gallagher TH, Walker Y, Sharpe VA, Geppert C, Holodniy M, West G. From implementation to sustainment: A large-scale adverse event disclosure support program generated through embedded research in the Veterans Health Administration. Healthc (Amst). 2021 Jun;8 Suppl 1:100496. doi: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2020.100496. Epub 2021 Jun 23.

Garvin LA, Pugatch M, Gurewich D, Pendergast JN, Miller CJ
.Interorganizational Care Coordination of Rural Veterans by Veterans Affairs and Community Care Programs: A Systematic Review. Med Care. 2021 Jun 1;59(Suppl 3):S259-S269. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001542.

Gately ME, Tickle-Degnen L, McLaren JE, Ward N, Ladin K,Moo LR.Factors Influencing Barriers and Facilitators to In-home Video Telehealth for Dementia Management. Clin Gerontol. 2021 Jun 6:1-14. doi: 10.1080/07317115.2021.1930316. Epub ahead of print.

Gordon SH,Beilstein-Wedel E, Rosen AK, Zheng T, Kelley AT, Cook J, Zahakos SS, Wagner TH, Vanneman ME.County-level Predictors of Growth in Community-based Primary Care Use Among Veterans. Med Care. 2021 Jun 1;59(Suppl 3):S301-S306. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001555.

Graham LA, Hawn MT, Dasinger EA, Baker SJ, Oriel BS, Wahl TS, Richman JS, Copeland LA,Itani KMF, Burns EA, Whittle J, Morris MS.Psychosocial Determinants of Readmission After Surgery. Med Care. 2021 Jun 21. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001600. Epub ahead of print.

Gupta K, O'Brien WJ, Bellino P, Linsenmeyer K, Doshi SJ, Sprague RS, Charness ME.Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Health Care Workers After a Single Dose of mRNA-1273 Vaccine.JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jun 1;4(6):e2116416. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.16416.

Gurewich D, Shwartz M, Beilstein-Wedel E, Davila H, Rosen AK
.Did Access to Care Improve Since Passage of the Veterans Choice Act?: Differences Between Rural and Urban Veterans. Med Care. 2021 Jun 1;59(Suppl 3):S270-S278. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001490.

Hartmann CW, Engle RL, Pimentel CB, Mills WL, Clark VA,Keleher VC, Nash P, Ott C, Roland T, Sloup S, Frank B, Brady C, Snow AL.Virtual external implementation facilitation: successful methods for remotely engaging groups in quality improvement. Implement Sci Commun. 2021 Jun 22;2(1):66. doi: 10.1186/s43058-021-00168-z. PMID: 34158115.

Iverson KM
, Danitz SB, Driscoll M, Vogt D, Hamilton AB, Gerber MR, Wiltsey Stirman S, Shayani DR, Suvak MK, Dichter ME.Recovering from intimate partner violence through Strengths and Empowerment (RISE): Development, pilot testing, and refinement of a patient-centered brief counseling intervention for women. Psychol Serv. 2021 Jun 10. doi: 10.1037/ser0000544. Epub ahead of print.

Janeway MG, Sanchez SE,Rosen AK, Patts G, Allee LC, Lasser KE, Dechert TA.Disparities in Utilization of Ambulatory Cholecystectomy: Results From Three States. J Surg Res. 2021 Jun 1;266:373-382. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.03.052. Epub ahead of print.

Lui JK, Sangani RA, Chen CA, Bujor AM, Trojanowski MA, Gopal DM, LaValley MP,Wiener RS, Klings ES.The Prognostic Value of Cardiac Axis Deviation in Systemic Sclerosis-related Pulmonary Hypertension. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2021 Jun 3. doi: 10.1002/acr.24724. Epub ahead of print.

Macia KS, Blonigen DM, Shaffer PM, Cloitre M,Smelson DA.Trauma-related differences in socio-emotional functioning predict housing and employment outcomes in homeless veterans. Soc Sci Med. 2021 Jun 2;281:114096. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114096. Epub ahead of print.

Mattocks KM, Cunningham KJ, Greenstone C, Atkins D,Rosen AK, Upton M.Innovations in Community Care Programs, Policies, and Research. Med Care. 2021 Jun 1;59(Suppl 3):S229-S231. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001550.

Mattocks KM, Kroll-Desrosiers A, Kinney R,Elwy AR, Cunningham KJ, Mengeling MA.Understanding VA's Use of and Relationships With Community Care Providers Under the MISSION Act. Med Care. 2021 Jun 1;59(Suppl 3):S252-S258. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001545.

McInnes DK, Troszak LK,Fincke BG, Shwartz M, Midboe AM,Gifford AL, Dunlap S, Byrne T.Is the Availability of Direct-Acting Antivirals Associated with Increased Access to Hepatitis C Treatment for Homeless and Unstably Housed Veterans?J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Jun 25. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-06933-z. Epub ahead of print.

Meier J, Stevens A, Berger M,Hogan TP, Reisch J, Cullum CM, Lee SC, Skinner CS, Zeh H, Brown CJ, Balentine CJ.Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Local Anesthesia for Inguinal Hernia Repair. J Surg Res. 2021 Jun 1;266:366-372. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.04.026. Epub ahead of print.

Mengeling MA, Mattocks KM, Hynes DM, Vanneman ME, Matthews KL,Rosen AK.Partnership Forum: The Role of Research in the Transformation of Veterans Affairs Community Care. Med Care. 2021 Jun 1;59(Suppl 3):S232-S241. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001488.

Moo LR, Martinez E, Padala K, Dunay MA, Scali RR, Chen S, Thielke SM.Unexpected Findings During Double-blind Discontinuation of Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitor Medications.Clin Ther. 2021 Jun 12:S0149-2918(21)00225-3. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2021.05.010. Epub ahead of print.

Pettey WBP, Wagner TH,Rosen AK, Beilstein-Wedel E, Shwartz M,Vanneman ME. Comparing Driving Miles for Department of Veterans Affairs-delivered Versus Department of Veterans Affairs-purchased Cataract Surgery. Med Care. 2021 Jun 1;59(Suppl 3):S307-S313. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001491.

Prentice JC,Mohr DC, Zhang L, Li D, Legler A, Nelson RE, Conlin PR.Increased Hemoglobin A1c Time in Range Reduces Adverse Health Outcomes in Older Adults With Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2021 Jun 14:dc210292. doi: 10.2337/dc21-0292. Epub ahead of print.

Rubin A, Livingston NA, Brady J, Hocking E, Bickmore T, Sawdy M,Kressin N, Saitz R, Simon S.Computerized Relational Agent to Deliver Alcohol Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment in Primary Care: a Randomized Clinical Trial. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Jun 18. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-06945-9. Epub ahead of print.

Strong JV, Plys E, Hinrichs KLM, Hartmann CW, McCullough M.Music for your mental health? The development and evaluation of a group mental health intervention in subacute rehabilitation. Aging Ment Health. 2021 Jun 14:1-8. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2021.1935463. Epub ahead of print.

Vashi AA, Orvek EA, Tuepker A, Jackson GL, Amrhein A, Cole B, Asch SM,Gifford AL,Lindquist J, Marshall NJ, Newell S, Smigelsky MA, White BS, White LK,Cutrona SL.The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Innovators Network: Evaluation design, methods and lessons learned through an embedded research approach. Healthc (Amst). 2021 Jun;8 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):100477. doi: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2020.100477. Epub 2021 Jun 23.

Zogas, A. "We have no magic bullet": diagnostic ideals in veterans' mild traumatic brain injury evaluations. Patient Education and Counseling. Available online 5 June 2021 doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2021.06.002

May 2021

Connolly SL, Kuhn E, Possemato K, Torous J. Digital Clinics and Mobile Technology Implementation for Mental Health Care. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2021 May 7;23(7):38. doi: 10.1007/s11920-021-01254-8.

Garvin LA, Hu J, Slightam C, McInnes DK, Zulman DM. Use of Video Telehealth Tablets to Increase Access for Veterans Experiencing Homelessness. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 May 23:1–9. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-06900-8. Epub ahead of print.

Kaitz JE, Steinhilber KM, Harris JI. Influence of Provider Gender on Mental Health Stigma. Community Ment Health J. 2021 May 29. doi: 10.1007/s10597-021-00849-y. Epub ahead of print.

Koh KA, Roncarati JS, O'Connell JJ. A Clinical Approach to Preventing Death on the Streets. JAMA Intern Med. 2021 May 28. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.2402. Epub ahead of print.

Martinez RN, Smith BM, Etingen B, Houston TK, Shimada SL, Amante DJ, Patterson A, Richardson LM, Vandenberg G, Cutrona SL, Quintiliani LM, Frisbee KL, Hogan TP. Health-Related Goal Setting and Achievement Among Veterans with High Technology Adoption. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 May 7. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-06779-5. Epub ahead of print.

Meier J, Berger M, Hogan TP, Reisch J, Cullum CM, Lee SC, Skinner CS, Zeh H, Brown CJ, Balentine CJ. Local Anesthesia is Associated with Fewer Complications in Umbilical Hernia Repair in Frail Veterans. J Surg Res. 2021 May 11;266:88-95. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.04.006. Epub ahead of print.

Miller CJ, Sullivan JL, Harvey KLL, Williamson AK, Stadnick NA. Promoting high-functioning mental health treatment teams in the context of low staffing ratios. Health Care Manage Rev. 2021 May 27. doi: 10.1097/HMR.0000000000000312. Epub ahead of print.

Nelson RE, Montgomery AE, Suo Y, Cook J, Pettey W, Gundlapalli A, Greene T, Evans W, Gelberg L, Kertesz SG, Tsai J, Byrne TH. Temporary Financial Assistance Decreased Health Care Costs For Veterans Experiencing Housing Instability. Health Aff (Millwood). 2021 May;40(5):820-828. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01796.

Shafer PR, Garrido MM, Pearson E, Palani S, Woodruff A, Lyn AM, Williams KM, Kirsh SR, Pizer SD. Design and implementation of a cluster randomized trial measuring benefits of medical scribes in the VA. Contemp Clin Trials. 2021 May 25;106:106455. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2021.106455. Epub ahead of print.

Simmons M, Kim B, Hyde J, Lemon TL, Scharer KE, McInnes DK. Protecting the Public's Health Through Successful Reentry for Sex Offender After Incarceration. J Interpers Violence. 2021 May 26:8862605211016344. doi: 10.1177/08862605211016344. Epub ahead of print.

Woodhead EL, Brief D, Below M, Timko C. Health outcomes among detoxification patients: The role of chronic pain. Appl Psychol Health Well Being. 2021 May 4. doi: 10.1111/aphw.12279. Epub ahead of print.

Zimmerman KM, Linsky AM. A narrative review of updates in deprescribing research. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 May 15. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17273. Epub ahead of print.


April 2021

Adjognon OL, Brady JE, Gerber MR, Dichter ME, Grillo AR, Hamilton AB, Stirman SW, Iverson KM. Getting Routine Intimate Partner Violence Screening Right: Implementation Strategies Used in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Primary Care. J Am Board Fam Med. 2021 Mar-Apr;34(2):346-356. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2021.02.200311.

Anderson, E., Mohr, D., Regenbogen, I., Swamy, L., Smith, E.G., Mourra, S., Rinne, S.T. Influence of organizational climate and clinician morale on seclusion and physical restraint use in inpatient psychiatric units. Journal of Patient Safety. April 16, 2021. Online Ahead of Print. 

Asundi A, Resnik J, Benedict P, Shin M, Elwy AR, Branch-Elliman W. How are emerging data translated into clinical practice? A mixed-methods investigation of COVID-19 institutional treatment protocols. Open Forum of Infectious Diseases, April 2021; 8(4). doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab072

Bokhour BG, Bolton RE,
Asch SM, Dvorin K, Fix GM, Gifford AL, Hyde JK, McInnes DK, Parker VA, Richardson K, Skolnik AA, Vaughan-Sarrazin MS, Wu J, Ohl ME. How Should We Organize Care for Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Comorbidities? A Multisite Qualitative Study of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Care in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Med Care. 2021 Apr 23. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001563.

Branch-Elliman W, Schechter-Perkins EM, Jack RS, van den Berg P, Epshtein I, Nelson R, Oster E. Reply to authors. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Apr 25:ciab354. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab354. Epub ahead of print.

Branch-Elliman W, Sturgeon D,
Karchmer AW, Mull HJ. (2021). Association Between Diabetic Foot Infection Wound Culture Positivity and 1-Year Admission for Invasive Infection: A Multi-Center Cohort Study, Open Forum Infec Dis. 4/1/2021

Byrne TH, Roncarati JS, Miller DP
. Predictors of Nursing Home Admission among A Cohort of Homeless Older Adults Entering Emergency Shelter. Medical Care: April 2021; 59(p S212-S219) doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001500.

Derington CG, Cohen JB, Mohanty AF, Greene TH, Cook J, Ying J, Wei G, Herrick JS, Stevens VW, Jones BE, Wang L, Zheutlin AR, South AM, Hanff TC, Smith SM, Cooper-DeHoff RM, King JB, Alexander GC, Berlowitz DR, Ahmad FS, Penrod MJ, Hess R, Conroy MB, Fang JC, Rubin MA, Beddhu S, Cheung AK, Xian W, Weintraub WS, Bress AP. Angiotensin II receptor blocker or angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor use and COVID-19-related outcomes among US Veterans. PLoS One. 2021 Apr 23;16(4):e0248080. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248080.

Faro JM, Mattocks KM, Mourao D, Nagawa CS, Lemon SC, Wang B, Cutrona SL, Sadasivam RS. Experiences and perceptions of referrals to a community-based physical activity program for cancer survivors: a qualitative exploration. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Apr 17;21(1):358. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-06365-9.

Gately ME, Tickle-Degnen L, Voydetich DJ, Ward N, Ladin K, Moo LR. Video Telehealth Occupational Therapy Services for Older Veterans: National Survey Study. JMIR Rehabil Assist Technol. 2021 Apr 27;8(2):e24299. doi: 10.2196/24299.

Gillmeyer KR, Miller DR, Glickman ME, Qian SX, Klings ES, Maron BA, Hanlon JT, Rinne ST, Wiener RS. Outcomes of pulmonary vasodilator use in Veterans with pulmonary hypertension associated with left heart disease and lung disease. Pulm Circ. 2021 Apr 1;11(2):20458940211001714. doi: 10.1177/20458940211001714.

Goff SL, Gurewich D, Alcusky M, Kachoria AG, Nicholson J, Himmelstein J. Barriers and Facilitators to Implementation of Value-Based Care Models in New Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations in Massachusetts: A Study Protocol. Front Public Health. 2021 Apr 6;9:645665. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.645665

Holliday R, Liu S, Brenner LA, Monteith LL, Cappelletti MM, Blosnich JR, Brostow DP, Gelberg L, Hooshyar D, Koget J, McInnes DK, Montgomery AE, O'Brien R, Rosenheck RA, Strickland S, Workman GM, Tsai J. Preventing Suicide Among Homeless Veterans: A Consensus Statement by the Veterans Affairs Suicide Prevention Among Veterans Experiencing Homelessness Workgroup. Med Care. 2021 Apr 1;59(Suppl 2):S103-S105. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001399.

Jasuja GK
, Bettano A, Smelson D, Bernson D, Rose AJ, Byrne T, Berlowitz DR, McCullough MB, Miller DR. Homelessness and Veteran Status in Relation to Nonfatal and Fatal Opioid Overdose in Massachusetts. Med Care. 2021 Apr 1;59(Suppl 2):S165-S169. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001437.

Miller CJ, Barnett ML, Baumann AA, Gutner CA, Wiltsey-Stirman S. The FRAME-IS: a framework for documenting modifications to implementation strategies in healthcare. Implement Sci. 2021 Apr 7;16(1):36. doi: 10.1186/s13012-021-01105-3.

Nagawa CS, Faro JM, Menon AJ, Ito Fukunaga M, Williams JH, Mourao D, Emidio OM, Davis M, Pbert L, Cutrona SL, Houston TK, Sadasivam RS. Written Advice Given by African American Smokers to Their Peers: Qualitative Study of Motivational Messages. JMIR Form Res. 2021 Apr 30;5(4):e21481. doi: 10.2196/21481.

Nunez ER, Johnson SW, Qian SX, Powell WR, Walkey AJ, Wiener RS, Rinne ST. Patterns of Pulmonary Consultation for Veterans with Incident COPD. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2021 Apr 1. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202008-1075RL. Epub ahead of print.

Pittman JOE, Lindamer L, Afari N, Depp C, Villodas M, Hamilton A, Kim B, Mor MK, Almklov E, Gault J, Rabin B. Implementing eScreening for suicide prevention in VA post-9/11 transition programs using a stepped-wedge, mixed-method, hybrid type-II implementation trial: a study protocol. Implement Sci Commun. 2021 Apr 29;2(1):46. doi: 10.1186/s43058-021-00142-9.

Roncarati JS, Byrne TH, McInnes DK. Invited Commentary: Data sources that enumerate people experiencing homelessness in the United States: Opportunities and challenges for epidemiological research. Am J Epidemiol. 2021 Apr 16:kwab104. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwab104. Epub ahead of print.

Roncarati JS
, Tiemeier H, Tachick R, VanderWeele TJ, O'Connell JJ. Housing Boston's Chronically Homeless Unsheltered Adults: 14 years later. Medical Care: April 2021; 59(p S170-S174) doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001409

Snow AL, Loup J, Morgan RO, Richards K, Parmelee PA, Baier RR, McCreedy E, Frank B, Brady C, Fry L, McCullough M, Hartmann CW. Enhancing sleep quality for nursing home residents with dementia: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial of an evidence-based frontline huddling program. BMC Geriatr. 2021 Apr 27;21(1):281. doi: 10.1186/s12877-021-02189-8.

Vranceanu AM, Bakhshaie J, Reichman M, Doorley J, Elwy AR, Jacobs C, Chen N, Esposito J, Laverty D, Matuszewski PE, Fatehi A, Bowers LC, Harris M, Ring D. A Live Video Program to Prevent Chronic Pain and Disability in At-Risk Adults With Acute Orthopedic Injuries (Toolkit for Optimal Recovery): Protocol for a Multisite Feasibility Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2021 Apr 28;10(4):e28155. doi: 10.2196/28155.

Wolfe HL, Reisman JI, Yoon S, Blosnich JR, Shipherd JC, Vimalananda VG, Rao SR, Hashemi L, Berlowitz D, Goodman M, Livingston NA, Reece SG, Jasuja GKValidating Data-driven Methods to Identify Transgender Individuals in the Veterans Affairs. Am J Epidemiol. 2021 Apr 12:kwab102. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwab102. Epub ahead of print.

Zogas A, Gillespie C, Kleinberg F, Reisman JI, Ndiwane N, Tran MH, Ourth HL, Morreale AP, Miller DR, McCullough MB. Clinical Pharmacist Integration Into Veterans' Primary Care: Team Members Perspectives. J Am Board Fam Med. 2021 Mar-Apr;34(2):320-327. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2021.02.200328.


March 2021

Abadi MH, Barker AM, Rao SR, Orner M, Rychener D, Bokhour BG. Examining the Impact of a Peer-Led Group Program for Veteran Engagement and Well-Being. J Altern Complement Med. 2021 Mar;27(S1):S37-S44. doi: 10.1089/acm.2020.0124.

Bauer MS, Stolzmann K, Miller CJ, Kim B, Connolly SL, Lew R
. Implementing the Collaborative Chronic Care Model in Mental Health Clinics: Achieving and Sustaining Clinical Effects. Psychiatr Serv. 2021 Mar 18:appips202000117. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000117. Epub ahead of print.

Blok AC, Anderson E, Swamy L, Mohr DC. Comparing Nurse Leader and Manager Perceptions of and Strategies for Nurse Engagement; A Qualitative Analysis. J Nurs Manag. 2021 Mar 8. doi: 10.1111/jonm.13301.

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. J Altern Complement Med. 2021 Mar;27(S1):S81-S88. doi: 10.1089/acm.2020.0383.

Caniff KE, Young LR, Truong S, Gibson G, Jurasic MM, Poggensee L, Fitzpatrick MA, Evans CT, Suda KJ. Postextraction infection and antibiotic prescribing among veterans receiving dental extractions. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Mar 2:1-6. doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.15. Epub ahead of print.

Carlsen DB, Durkin MJ, Gibson G, Jurasic MM, Patel U, Poggensee L, Fitzpatrick MA, Echevarria K, McGregor J, Evans CT, Suda KJ. Concordance of antibiotic prescribing with the American Dental Association acute oral infection guidelines within Veterans' Affairs (VA) dentistry. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Mar 2:1-9. doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.16. Epub ahead of print.  

Davila H, Johnson DR. Maximizing Well-Being in the Context of Long-Term Services and Supports: A Q Methodological Approach. Clin Gerontol. 2021 Mar 23:1-12. doi: 10.1080/07317115.2021.1899092. Epub ahead of print.

Fix GM, Linsky AM. Leveraging patient-centered approaches to discuss firearm storage safety. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Mar 31. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-06716-6. Epub ahead of print.  

Gurwitz JH, Kapoor A, Garber L, Mazor KM, Wagner J, Cutrona SL, Singh S, Kanaan AO, Donovan JL, Crawford S, Anzuoni K, Konola TJ, Zhou Y, Field TS. Effect of a Multifaceted Clinical Pharmacist Intervention on Medication Safety After Hospitalization in Persons Prescribed High-risk Medications: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2021 Mar 1. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.9285. Epub ahead of print.

Hoemann K, Khan Z, Kamona N, Dy J, Barrett LF, Quigley KS. Investigating the relationship between emotional granularity and cardiorespiratory physiological activity in daily life. Psychophysiology. 2021 Mar 25:e13818. doi: 10.1111/psyp.13818. Epub ahead of print.  

Hwang U, Dresden SM, Vargas-Torres C, Kang R, Garrido MM, Loo G, Sze J, Cruz D, Richardson LD, Adams J, Aldeen A, Baumlin KM, Courtney DM, Gravenor S, Grudzen CR, Nimo G, Zhu CW; Geriatric Emergency Department Innovations in Care Through Workforce, Informatics, and Structural Enhancement (GEDI WISE) Investigators. Association of a Geriatric Emergency Department Innovation Program With Cost Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Mar 1;4(3):e2037334. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.37334.

Ito Fukunaga M, Wiener RS, Slatore CG. The 2021 US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation on Lung Cancer Screening: The More Things Stay the Same.... JAMA Oncol. 2021 Mar 9. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.8376. Epub ahead of print.

Li M, Wang Y, Ndiwane N, Orner MB, Palacios N, Mittler B, Berlowitz D, Kazis LE, Xia W. The association of COVID-19 occurrence and severity with the use of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin-II receptor blockers in patients with hypertension. PLoS One. 2021 Mar 18;16(3):e0248652. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248652.

Lin MY, Hanchate AD, Frakt AB, Burgess JF Jr, Carey K. Do accountable care organizations differ according to physician-hospital integration?: A retrospective observational study. Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Mar 26;100(12):e25231. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000025231.

Mackie TI, Schaefer AJ, Hyde JK, Leslie LK, Bosk EA, Fishman B, Sheldrick RC. The decision sampling framework: a methodological approach to investigate evidence use in policy and programmatic innovation. Implement Sci. 2021 Mar 11;16(1):24. doi: 10.1186/s13012-021-01084-5.  

Mattocks KM, Elwy AR, Yano EM, Giovannelli J, Adelberg M, Mengeling MA, Cunningham KJ, Matthews KL. Developing network adequacy standards for VA Community Care. Health Serv Res. 2021 Mar 29. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.13651. Epub ahead of print.  

Peracca SB, Fonseca A, Hines A, King HA, Grenga AM, Jackson GL, Whited JD, Chapman JG, Lamkin R, Mohr DC, Gifford A, Weinstock MA, Oh DH. Implementation of Mobile Teledermatology: Challenges and Opportunities. Telemed J E Health. 2021 Mar 1. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2020.0500. Epub ahead of print.

Perry NS, Elwy AR. The Role of Implementation Science in Reducing Sexual and Gender Minority Mental Health Disparities. LGBT Health. 2021 Mar 2. doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2020.0379. Epub ahead of print.

Ruderman MA, Kim B, Stolzmann K, Connolly S, Miller CJ, Bauer MS. Time course and heterogeneity of treatment effect of the collaborative chronic care model on psychiatric hospitalization rates: A survival analysis using routinely collected electronic medical records. PLoS One. 2021 Mar 25;16(3):e0249007. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249007.

Sullivan JL, Kim B, Miller CJ, Elwy AR, Drummond KL, Connolly SL, Riendeau RP, Bauer MS. Collaborative chronic care model implementation within outpatient behavioral health care teams: qualitative results from a multisite trial using implementation facilitation. Implement Sci Commun. 2021 Mar 24;2(1):33. doi: 10.1186/s43058-021-00133-w.

Taylor SL, Dusek JA, Elwy AR. Moving Integrative Health Research from Effectiveness to Widespread Dissemination. J Altern Complement Med. 2021 Mar;27(S1):S1-S6. doi: 10.1089/acm.2021.0080

van den Berg P, Schechter-Perkins EM, Jack RS, Epshtein I, Nelson R, Oster E, Branch-Elliman W. Effectiveness of three versus six feet of physical distancing for controlling spread of COVID-19 among primary and secondary students and staff: A retrospective, state-wide cohort study. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Mar 10:ciab230. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab230. Epub ahead of print.  

Wiener RS, Kim SYI, Fried TR, Cohen J, Foglia MB, Lehmann LS, Linsky AM. Early Changes in Rates of Documented Goals-of-Care Conversations in the Veterans Health Administration During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Mar 9:1–4. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-06652-5. Epub ahead of print.

Yoon SS, Wong DH, Reisman JI, Wormwood JB, Vimalananda VG. Impact of electronic consultation (e-consult) on timeliness and guideline concordance of workups leading to thyroid nodule fine-needle aspiration biopsy. Endocr Pract. 2021 Mar 22:S1530-891X(21)00103-8. doi: 10.1016/j.eprac.2021.03.008. Epub ahead of print.



February 2021


Anderson, E., Solch, A. K., Fincke, B. G.,
Meterko, M., Wormwood, J. B., Vimalananda, V. G. Concerns of Primary Care Clinicians Practicing in an Integrated Health System: A Qualitative Study. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2020 Nov;35(11):3218-3226.    

Bovin MJ, Kimerling R, Weathers FW, Prins A, Marx BP, Post EP, Schnurr PP. Diagnostic Accuracy and Acceptability of the Primary Care Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Screen for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fifth Edition) Among US Veterans. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Feb 1;4(2):e2036733. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.36733  

Boyer TL, Youk AO, Haas AP, Brown GR, Shipherd JC, Kauth MR, Jasuja GK, Blosnich JR. Suicide, Homicide, and All-Cause Mortality Among Transgender and Cisgender Patients in the Veterans Health Administration. LGBT Health. 2021 Feb 5. doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2020.0235. Epub ahead of print.

Charns MP. Limitations to National Policy and Financial Incentives: The Role of Organizational Dynamics. Med Care. 2021 Feb 3. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001516. Epub ahead of print.

Fix GM, Dryden EM, Boudreau J, Kressin NR, Gifford AL, Bokhour BG. The temporal nature of social context: Insights from the daily lives of patients with HIV. PLoS One. 2021 Feb 11;16(2):e0246534. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246534.

Gibson CJ, Li Y, Jasuja GK, Self KJ, Seal KH, Byers AL. Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Suicide in a National Sample of Midlife and Older Women Veterans. Med Care. 2021 Feb 1;59:S70-S76. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001433.

Hughto JMW, Quinn EK, Dunbar MS, Rose AJ, Shireman TI, Jasuja GK. Prevalence and Co-occurrence of Alcohol, Nicotine, and Other Substance Use Disorder Diagnoses Among US Transgender and Cisgender Adults. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Feb 1;4(2):e2036512. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.36512.

Kemp K, Pederson CA, Webb M, Williamson S, Elwy AR, Spirito A. Feasibility and acceptability of a brief suicide intervention for youth involved with the family court. Behav Sci Law. 2021 Feb 10. doi: 10.1002/bsl.2498. Epub ahead of print.

Nelson RE, Byrne TH, Suo Y, Cook J, Pettey W, Gundlapalli AV, Greene T, Gelberg L, Kertesz SG, Tsai J, Montgomery AE. Association of Temporary Financial Assistance With Housing Stability Among US Veterans in the Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Feb 1;4(2):e2037047. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.37047.

Ney JP, Gururangan K, Parvizi J. Modeling the Economic Value of Ceribell Rapid Response EEG in the Inpatient Hospital Setting. J Med Econ. 2021 Feb 9:1. doi: 10.1080/13696998.2021.1887877. Epub ahead of print.

Ney JP, Robinson SA, Richardson CR, & Moy ML (2021). Can Technology-based Physical Activity Programs for COPD be Cost-effective? Telemedicine and e-Health.

O'Shea AMJ, Batten A, Hu EY, Augustine MR, Hogan TP, Kaboli PJ. Association of Secure Messaging with Primary Care In-Person and Telephone Visits Among Veterans: a Matched Difference-in-Difference Analysis. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Feb 2. doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06541-3. Epub ahead of print.

Pimentel CB, Snow AL, Carnes SL, Shah NR, Loup JR, Vallejo-Luces TM, Madrigal C, Hartmann CW. Huddles and their effectiveness at the frontlines of clinical care: a scoping review. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Feb 8. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-06632-9. Epub ahead of print.

Radtke HB, Klein-Tasman BP, Merker VL, Knight P, Ullrich NJ, Jordan JT, Korf B, Plotkin SR. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on neurofibromatosis clinical care and research. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2021 Feb 1;16(1):61. doi: 10.1186/s13023-021-01711-w.

Ramos RD, O'Brien WJ, Gupta K, Itani KM. Incidence and Risk Factors for Long-Term Mesh Explantation Due to Infection in over 100,000 Hernia Surgery Patients. J Am Coll Surg. 2021 Feb 15:S1072-7515(21)00106-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2020.12.064. Epub ahead of print.

Rinne ST, Shah T, Anderson E, Delgado S, Good V, Sederstrom N, Sessler CN, Sherry SP, Simpson SQ, Collishaw K, Moss M. Professional Societies' Role in Addressing Member Burnout and Promoting Well-being. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2021 Feb 25. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202012-1506OC. Epub ahead of print.

Rose AJ, Dunbar MS, Hughto JMW, Jasuja GK. Conceptual approach to developing quality measures for transgender patients. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Feb 16;21(1):152. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-06161-5

Suzuki H, Clore GS, Perencevich EN, Hockett-Sherlock SM, Goto M, Nair R, Branch-Elliman W, Richardson KK, Gupta K, Beck BF, Alexander B, Balkenende EC, Schweizer ML. Development of a fully automated surgical site infection detection algorithm for use in cardiac and orthopedic surgery research. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Feb 23:1-6. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.1387. Epub ahead of print.  

Wachterman MW, Sommers BD. Dying Poor in the US-Disparities in End-of-Life Care. JAMA. 2021 Feb 2;325(5):423-424. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.26162.  


January 2021

Blok AC, Amante DJ, Hogan TP, Sadasivam RS, Shimada SL, Woods S, Nazi KM, Houston TK. Impact of Patient Access to Online VA Notes on Healthcare Utilization and Clinician Documentation: a Retrospective Cohort Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Jan 14. doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06304-0. Epub ahead of print.

Dichter ME, Ogden SN, Tuepker A, Iverson KM, True G. Survivors' Input on Health Care-Connected Services for Intimate Partner Violence. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2021 Jan 8. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2020.8585. 

Dong OM, Bates J, Chanfreau-Coffinier C, Naglich M, Kelley MJ, Meyer LJ, Icardi M, Vassy JL, Sriram P, Heise CW, Rivas S, Ribeiro M, Jacobitz R, Rozelle S, Chapman JG, Voora D. Veterans Affairs Pharmacogenomic Testing for Veterans (PHASER) clinical program. Pharmacogenomics. 2021 Jan 6. doi: 10.2217/pgs-2020-0173. Epub ahead of print.

Faro JM, Mattocks KM, Nagawa CS, Lemon SC, Wang B, Cutrona SL, Sadasivam RS. Physical Activity, Mental Health and Technology Preferences for Support during COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Report of Cancer Survivors. JMIR Cancer. 2021 Jan 16. doi: 10.2196/25317. Epub ahead of print.

Heapy AA, Tankha H, Higgins DM, Driscoll M, LaChappelle KM, Goulet JL, Buta E, Piette JD, Kerns RD, Krein SL. Incorporating walking into cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic pain: safety and effectiveness of a personalized walking intervention. J Behav Med. 2021 Apr;44(2):260-269. doi: 10.1007/s10865-020-00193-8. Epub 2021 Jan 1.  

McClendon J, Kressin N, Perkins D, Copeland LA, Finley EP, Vogt D. The Impact of Discriminatory Stress on Changes in Posttraumatic Stress Severity at the Intersection of Race/Ethnicity and Gender. J Trauma Dissociation. 2021 Jan 18:1-18. doi: 10.1080/15299732.2020.1869079. Epub ahead of print.

McKearney P &  Zogas A. Mentally Fit: Negotiating the Boundaries of Cognitive Disability. Med Anthropol. 2021 Jan 15:1-5. doi: 10.1080/01459740.2020.1858296. Epub ahead of print.

Quach ED, Franzosa E, Moo LR, Hartmann CW. Clinician Experiences Delivering Dementia Caregiver Support Services During COVID-19. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2021 Jan 9:S1064-7481(21)00003-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2021.01.002. Epub ahead of print.  

Quigley KS
, Kanoski S, Grill WM, Barrett LF, Tsakiris M. Functions of Interoception: From Energy Regulation to Experience of the Self. Trends Neurosci. 2021 Jan;44(1):29-38. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2020.09.008.

Spalluto LB, Lewis JA, Stolldorf D, Yeh VM, Callaway-Lane C, Wiener RS, Slatore CG, Yankelevitz DF, Henschke CI, Vogus TJ, Massion PP, Moghanaki D, Roumie CL. Organizational Readiness for Lung Cancer Screening: A Cross-Sectional Evaluation at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center. J Am Coll Radiol. 2021 Jan 6:S1546-1440(20)31359-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2020.12.010. Epub ahead of print.  

Winer M, Dunlap S, St Pierre C, McInnes DK, Schutt R. Housing and Social Connection: Older Formerly Homeless Veterans Living in Subsidized Housing and Receiving Supportive Services. Clin Gerontol. 2021 Jan 27:1-10. doi: 10.1080/07317115.2021.1879336. Epub ahead of print.

Yee J, Marchany K, Greenan MA, Walker WC, Pogoda TK. Potential Concussive Event Narratives of Post-9/11 Combat Veterans: Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium Study. Mil Med. 2021 Jan 25;186(Suppl 1):559-566. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usaa308.

Zhao MJY, Prentice JC, Mohr DC,
Conlin PR. Association between hemoglobin A1c variability and hypoglycemia-related hospitalizations in veterans with diabetes mellitus. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2021 Jan;9(1):e001797. 


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