EES Training Brochure - Health Services Research ... · Web view+Carmen Hall, RN, PhD Implementation Research Coordinator Veterans Health Administration Minneapolis MN Faculty and

Department of Veterans Affairs, Employee Education Systemand

VA Health Services Research and Development Service (HSR&D)

present

Transforming Veterans’ Healthcare Through Partner-Oriented Research

VA TMS Item Number:13693

TRACE code: 12.NP.HSRD.QUERI.AProgram Start: July 17, 2012 Program End: July 19, 2012

Place

Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center201 Waterfront StreetNational Harbor, MD 20745

Purpose StatementThe HSR&D/QUERI National Conference provides a scientific and educational forum that brings together VA researchers, clinicians, managers, and policymakers to address the educational gap between current practice and best practice and to share important research findings and innovative interventions aimed at improving the health and care of Veterans. The 2012 HSR&D/QUERI conference theme “Transforming Veteran Healthcare through Partner-Oriented Research” was chosen to stress the importance of research partnerships in ensuring continuous improvement and optimal delivery of healthcare for Veterans. Therefore, this conference will focus on establishing and maintaining close collaborative relationships between VA program partners and VA researchers, so that research is more responsive to the prioritized needs of the organization and the findings are more likely to be implemented into practice.

Target AudienceVA health services researchers, clinicians, policy makers.

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Outcome/ObjectivesAt the conclusion of the conference, participants should be able to:1. Engage in partnership development around specific research projects that lead to evidence-based innovations to improve healthcare for Veterans.2. Promote effective translation of research findings into evidence-based clinical practices aimed at improving the quality of care for Veterans.3. Plan processes at the early stages of research project development that will increase the likelihood of uptake of evidence-based practices and reduce the time gap between discovery of innovations and implementation into clinical care.

Registration / Participation in the Activity / Print Certificate - Procedure:Length of course: 22 hoursReview EES Program BrochureSign-in at conference site, and attend and participate in 100% of program activityComplete Program Evaluation by accessing it in TMS:Sign in to TMS to complete the program evaluation using the following link:https://www.tms.va.gov/plateau/user/deeplink_redirect.jsp?linkId=REGISTRATION&scheduleID=2187444TMS Item ID : VA 13693 Schedule Offering No.: 2187444The link will be active for two weeks after the program datePrint Certificate of Completion

EES Contact Information For additional information, please contact: Louis Ranucci, Program Manager, Northport Employee Education Resource Center, 79 Middleville Road, Northport, NY 11768, phone: 631-754-7914 x2994, email: [email protected]. or David Abdirkin, Program Support Assistant:[email protected] 631-754-7914 ext. 2898

Accreditation/ApprovalThe accreditation organizations for this course are listed below.

Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)The VA Employee Education System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.


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American Psychological Association (APA)The VA Employee Education System (EES) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Employee Education System maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)VA Employee Education System is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.Note: ANCC continuing nursing education contact hours are not accepted by the California Board of Registered Nursing (CA BRN) toward license renewal for CA-licensed registered nurses (RNs) and advanced practice nurses (APNs), unless the CA-licensed nurse-participants are physically outside of the state of CA when they start and complete activities sponsored by an ANCC accredited provider of continuing education for nurses.

Continuing Education Credit

Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)The VA Employee Education System designates this live activity for a maximum of 22 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.This course provides Category 1 AMA Physicians Recognition Award™ CME credit (ACCME) for physicians. ACCME – NP (or ACCME-Non-Physician) may be used to provide attendees other than MDs, DOs a certificate that documents their attendance, and indicates that the accredited provider offered Category 1 AMA Physicians Recognition Award™ CME credit for the course or activity. ACCME – Non-Physician refers to nurses, physician assistants, and healthcare professionals other than physicians.This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the VA Employee Education System. The VA Employee Education System is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

American Psychological Association (APA)As an organization approved by the American Psychological Association, the VA Employee Education System is sponsoring this activity for 22 hours of continuing education credit. The Employee Education System maintains responsibility for this program and its content.This program is co-sponsored by the VA Employee Education System and the VA EES. The VA EES is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The VA EES maintains responsibility for this program and its content.


American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)VA Employee Education System designates this educational activity for 22 contact hours in continuing nursing education.Note: ANCC continuing nursing education contact hours are not accepted by the California Board of Registered Nursing (CA BRN) toward license renewal for CA-licensed registered nurses (RNs) and advanced practice nurses (APNs), unless the CA-licensed nurse-participants are physically outside of the state of CA when they start and complete activities sponsored by an ANCC accredited provider of continuing education for nurses.

Statement of ParticipationA certificate of completion will be awarded to participants and accreditation records will be on file at the Employee Education System. In order to receive a certificate of completion from EES, you must register in the TMS, attend 100% of the program and complete the evaluation as directed in SEES. After submission of your evaluation in SEES you will be sent a certification of completion via e-mail. Report of TrainingIt is the program participant’s responsibility to ensure that this training is documented in the appropriate location according to his/her locally prescribed process.


Program Schedule

Monday, July 16, 2012: Plenary3:30pm-5:00pm Methods Workshops5:00pm-6:30pm Poster Session A

Tuesday, July 17, 2012: Plenary

Time Title Faculty

7:00am-7:00pm Registration

7:30am-8:00am AM Break ( light refreshments)

8:00am-7:30pm Exhibit Session

8:00am-10:15am HSR&D Opening Plenary Session

8:00am-8:45am HSR&D Opening Plenary Session: Program Overview/Welcoming Remarks and HSR&D “State of the Service”

Eugene OddoneSeth Eisen

8:45am-10:15am HSR&D Plenary Paper Session

Moderator Eugene Oddone


Program Schedule


Time Title Faculty

8:45-9:00am Reduced Overall and Event-Free Survival Among Colon Cancer Patients Using Dual System Care

Elizabeth Tarlov

9:00am-9:15am Do Financial Incentives for Guideline Adherence Improve Care of Hypertension in the VA Primary Care Setting? A Multi-Site Randomized Trial

Laura Petersen

9:15am-9:30am Veterans walk to beat back pain: randomized trial 6 month result

Sarah Krein

9:30am-9:45am Assessing Clinic Member Relationships and Implications for Quality in VA Primary Care

Erin Finley

9:45am-10:00am Increasing Treatment Seeking Among Returning Veterans Needing Treatment for PTSD

Tracy Stecker

10:00am-10:15am A randomized, controlled educational intervention to reduce racial variation in elective knee replacement

Said Ibrahim

10:15am-10:45 Break

10:45am-12:15pm Concurrent Workshops

The Critical Role of Qualitative and Mixed Methodologies in Understanding PACT Implementation

Samantha Solimeo

So, you want to study OEF/OIF Veterans? A Community Engaged Research Approach

Drew Helmer

Building Successful VA HSR&D / CTSA Collaborations in Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER)

Gary Rosenthal

Agent-Based Simulation in Health Services Research

Michael Rubin

Current Research Applications and Future Directions in VA-CMS Data

Denise Hynes


Program Schedule


Time Title Faculty

10:45am-12:15pm VA Informatics and Computing Infrastructure (VINCI) – Data Services and SAS/Grid

Jonathan Nebeker

10:45am-12:15pm Applying Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Methods to VA Health Services Research

Mark Bauer

12:15pm-1:00pm Lunch on your own

1:00pm-2:00pm Partnership Panel Eve KerrJoe FrancisLisa RubinsteinEdward PostLaura PetersonJeff Murawsky

2:15pm-3:45pm Concurrent Paper Sessions: Aging

2:15pm-2:30pm Development of the Resident-centered Assessment of Interactions with Staff and Engagement (RAISE): A Nursing Home Quality of Care Observational Tool

A. Lynn Snow

2:30pm-2:45pm Enhancing Fitness in Older Overweight Veterans with Impaired Fasting Glucose: A Partnership with Primary Care

Miriam Morey

2:45pm-3:00pm Facility-Level Variation in the Quality of Prescribing for Older Veterans

Walid Gellad

3:00pm-3:15pm Association Between High Risk Medication in the Elderly and Drug Disease Interactions with use of Emergency/Hospital Care and Mortality

Mary Jo Pugh

3:15pm-3:30pm Community Living Center employees? Perceptions of resident safety climate: Validation of a novel instrument and results from a national survey

Christine Hartmann

3:30pm-3:45pm A Hospice Emergency Kit (HEK): Evaluation of Effectiveness by Retrospective Chart Review and Hospice Nurse Questionnaires

Amos Bailey


Program ScheduleTuesday, July 17, 2012

Time Title Faculty

2:15pm-3:45pm Health Economics

2:15pm-2:30pm Costs Associated with Surgical Site Infections in VA Hospitals

Marin Schweizer

2:30pm-2:45pm One-year Cost Implications of Mental Health Care Following an Inpatient Health Shock

Justin Benzer

2:45pm-3:00pm What VA Researchers Need to Know about Fee Basis Care

Patricia Sinnott

3:00pm-3:15pm Relationship between Local Unemployment and Use of Veterans Affairs Health Care Services in the United States

Edwin Wong

3:15pm-3:30pm The Impact of Prescription Copayment Increases on Medication Adherence: Are there Racial Differences?

Edwin Wong

3:30pm-3:45pm Extra time for Q&A

2:15pm-3:45pm PTSD: Paper Sessions

2:15pm-2:30pm Outcomes of Telephone Case Monitoring for Veterans with PTSD

Craig Rosen

2:30pm-2:45pm Web-based training in core CBT skills: Results of a randomized controlled trial with VHA PTSD treatment providers

Josef Ruzek

2:45pm-3:00pm Effects of PTSD Symptoms and Treatment on Partners of Veterans with PTSD

Alyssa Mansfield

3:00pm-3:15pm PTSD and Alcohol Misuse: What is the connection?

Anna Kline




Time Title Faculty

2:15pm-3:45pm Medication Safety: Paper Sessions

2:15pm-2:30pm Peri-operative Mortality Risk from the Use and Discontinuation of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme inhibitors

Seshadri Mudumbai

2:30pm-2:45pm Adverse Events after intravitreal injection of Ranibizumab and Bevacizumab for age-related macular degeneration

Peter Kaboli

2:45pm-3:00pm Racial Disparities in the Monitoring of Patients on Chronic Opioid Therapy

Leslie Hausmann

3:00pm-3:15pm The association of length of opioid therapy and days since last opioid fill with opioid overdose death

Amy Bohnert




Time Title Faculty

2:15pm-3:45pm Post-Deployment: Paper Sessions

2:15pm-2:30pm Willingness of National Guard Members to Utilize VA Care under Enhanced Enrollment

Richard Lee

2:30pm-2:45pm Predictors of Change in Overall Mental Health and PTSD Symptom Severity in OEF/OIF Veterans following Return from Deployment

Mark Schultz

2:45pm-3:00pm Veteran Feedback on a Proposed Web-Based Intervention for PTSD and Substance Misuse

Kyle Possemato

3:00pm-3:15pm Pain and Psychological Outcomes in OEF/OIF Veterans with Comorbid Musculoskeletal Pain and PTSD: Analysis of Baseline Data from a Randomized Trial

Samantha Outcalt

3:15pm-3:30pm Rates and Correlates of Positive Suicidal Ideation Screens among OEF/OIF Veterans with Positive Depression Screens

Kathryn Corson


2:15pm-3:45pm Informatics: Paper Sessions

2:15pm-2:30pm CPRS-Based “View Alerts” Received by VA PCPs: How Many and How Much Time Do They Take?

Daniel Murphy

2:30pm-2:45pm Should healthcare systems develop their own risk models for patients?: Risk prediction via ensemble learning and other data-adaptive methods

Edward Kennedy

2:45pm-3:00pm EpiTools: Medication History Estimator Brian Sauer



Time Title Faculty

3:00pm-3:15pm The Providers’ Dilemma: Audience, Privacy and the Documentation of Stigmatizing Diseases in the Electronic Medical Record

Penelope Morrison

3:15pm-3:30pm 9 Factors that Influence Prescribers? Response to VA Medication Safety Checks at the Point-of-Care

Alissa Russ


2:15pm to 3:45pm Organization of Care: Paper Sessions

2:15pm-2:30pm Use of the VA Health Care System by Medicare Advantage Enrollees

Amal Trivedi

2:30pm-2:45pm Veterans’ perspectives on using both VA and non-VA system care

William Hung

2:45pm-3:00pm Changes in VA service utilization patterns as VA patients age and become Medicare eligible

Mary Vaughan Sarrazin

3:00pm-3:15pm Lack of Continuity in VA Primary Care Predicts Lapses in Prescribing Quality

Brian Lund

3:15pm-3:30pm Care Coordination: In Search of the Active Ingredients of Interventions Reported in Systematic Review

Crystal Smith-Spangler



Time Title Faculty

3:30pm-3:45pm Medication Acquisition from VA and Non-VA Pharmacies by Elderly Veterans

Kevin Stroupe

3:45pm-4:15 PM Break (Light refreshments)

4:15pm-5:45pm Concurrent Workshops

Research Needs in Health Information Technology Safety based on Case Studies from the VA National Center for Patient Safety

Danielle Hoover

Strategies Supporting the VA Transition to Patient Aligned Care Teams

Steven White

Now What? Learning from Null Findings in Well-Designed Studies

Craig Rosen

Inside The VA/DoD Collaboration Guidebook for Healthcare Research

Linda Resnik

Improving Access to VA Care: Policy and Research Recommendations from an HSRD State of the Art (SOTA) Conference

Peter Kaboli

Developing Effective Collaborations with Operational Partners that Advance Research: Examples of Three Projects

Michael Ho

Genomics Research-Operations Partnerships in VHA

Maren Scheuner

6:00pm-7:30pm Poster Session B


Program ScheduleWednesday, July 18, 2012

Time Title Faculty

8:00am-9:45pm QUERI Opening Plenary Session

8:00am-9:00am Plenary Papers

Assessing Appropriateness of Lipid Management among Patients with Diabetes

Mandi Klamerus

Implementing Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention with Clinical Reminders: Barriers and Facilitators,

Emily Williams

Effectiveness of Standardized Disability Assessment for Service-Connected Posttraumatic Stress Disorder,

Brian Marx

Hospital Variation in Premature Clopidogrel Discontinuation following Drug Eluting Stent Placement and Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes

Rebecca Vigen

9:00am-9:45am Keynote Speaker Russell Glasgow

9:45am-10:15am Break

10:15am-11:45am Concurrent Workshops

The Effective Research Partnership: Working with PC-MHI

Maureen Metzger

PACT Demonstration Labs: Multi-Level Partnerships in Action

Lisa Rubenstein

Comparative Effectiveness Research Priorities in VA Mark Helfand

Cultivating research-operations partnerships: Using women’s health as a case example

Susan Frayne

Designing, Implementing and Evaluating Successful Toolkits in the VA

Neale Chumbler

Budget Impact Analyses in VA Research: Providing answers to our operational partners

Patricia Sinnott


Two Approaches to Systemic Review of Shared Medical Appointments/Group Visits

David Aron



Time Title Faculty

11:45am-12:30pm Lunch on your own

12:30pm-1:30pm Plenary: Under Secretary’s Award Presentation

Robert PetzelSeth Eisen

Awardee Presentation Elizabeth Yano

1:45pm-3:15pm Chronic Disease Management: Paper Sessions

1:45pm-2:00pm Physical Activity among Veterans with Diabetes Erin Bouldin

2:00pm-2:15pm Effects of a Telephone Based Osteoarthritis Self-Management Program on Communication with Health Care Providers

Kelli Allen

2:15pm-2:30pm Do Financial Incentives for Guideline Adherence Improve HTN Care for African-American Patients? A Multi-Site RCT,

Kate Simpson

2:30pm-2:45pm Correlates of Multiple Lipid Panels in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease Who Have Achieved LDL Cholesterol Treatment Goals,

Salim Virani

2:45pm-3:00pm Cardiac Risk Profile of Women Veterans Alison Whitehead


1:45pm-3:15pm PACT: Paper Sessions

1:45pm-2:00pm Perceived barriers to improving Advanced Clinic Access when implementing Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACT)

Samantha Solimeo

2:00pm-2:15pm Frontline Challenges to Delivering Primary Care Melissa Farmer

2:15pm-2:30pm Using a Mixed-Method Approach to Assess Team Member Role Transformation in PACT

Greg Stewart

2:30pm-2:45pm Slamdunks, Roadblocks, and Workarounds: Case Studies from the Frontlines of Patient Aligned Care Teams

Gala True



Time Title Faculty

2:45pm-3:00pm Characterizing Primary Care Provider (PCP) Activity in Routine Practice

Jennifer Gutierrez

3:00pm-3:15pm Engaging Clinical Partners in Evidence Based Quality Improvement: Results from the First Year of the Veterans Assessment and Improvement Laboratory

Susan Stockdale

1:45pm-3:15pm Polytrauma/TBI: Paper Sessions

1:45pm-2:00pm Complex Comorbidity Clusters: Beyond the Polytrauma Clinical Triad

Mary Jo Pugh

2:00pm-2:15pm The influence of PTSD symptom clusters, TBI, chronic pain, and alcohol abuse on multiple domains of functioning in trauma-exposed OEF/OIF Veterans

Eric Meyer

2:15pm-2:30pm The Nexus of Traumatic Brain Injury and Epilepsy in OEF/OIF Veterans

Megan Amuan

2:30pm-2:45pm Separate Main Effects of Mild TBI and PTSD in OIF/OEF Veterans: Support for the “Additive” Hypothesis

Walter High


1:45pm-3:15pm Women’s Health: Paper Sessions

1:45pm-2:00pm Factors contributing to women Veterans’ decisions to discontinue VHA health care

Alison Hamilton

2:00pm-2:15pm 2011 VHA Emergency Services For Women (ESW) Survey

Kristina Cordasco

2:15pm-2:30pm Women in VHA: Who Leaves and Who Stays? Sarah Friedman

2:30pm-2:45pm Gender distribution in research Madeline McCarren



Time Title Faculty

2:45pm-3:00pm Intimate Partner Violence and Women Veterans: The Need for a Standardized Response

Melissa Dichter

3:00pm-3:15pm Changing characteristics of Women Veterans: Implications for VA women’s health programs and services

Donna Washington

1:45pm-3:15pm Cancer: Paper Sessions

1:45pm-2:00pm Levels and Variation in Overuse of Colorectal Cancer Screening in the VHA

Melissa Partin

2:00pm-2:15pm Trends in Anemia Treatment in Cancer, 2002 – 2009

Kevin Stroupe

2:15pm-2:30pm Organizational Factors Affecting the Likelihood of Cancer Screening Among VA Patients

Ann Chou

2:30pm-2:45pm Long-term Cancer Survivorship Care in the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

Wendy Hsiao

2:45pm-3:00pm A comparative effectiveness study of pre-operative PET imaging and the reduction of unnecessary lung cancer surgery

Steven Zeliadt


1:45pm-3:15pm Statistics: Paper Sessions

1:45pm-2:00pm Comparison of Methods for Modeling Comorbidities in Health Outcomes Research

Neal Axon

2:00pm-2:15pm Evaluation of Statistical Methods for Profiling Hospital Outcome Performance: The Case of Acute Myocardial Infarction 30-day Mortality in the VA

Amresh Hanchate



Time Title Faculty

2:15pm-2:30pm A Nonparametric Heteroscedastic Transformation Model for VA Cost Data

Andrew Zhou

2:30pm-2:45pm Jointly Modeling of Multiple Cost Outcomes Using Multivariate Generalized Linear Mixed Models

Yumin Zhao

2:45pm-3:00pm An Empirically-based typology of VA users representing patterns of VA service utilization: Latent Class Analysis

Mary Vaughan Sarrazin

3:00pm-3:15pm Who benefits or is harmed by this intervention program? Assessing variation in intervention impact in randomized field trials

Peter Toyinbo

1:45pm-3:15pm Mental Health: Paper Sessions

1:45pm-2:00pm Predictors of Suicides in Patient Charts among Patients Receiving Depression Treatment

Hyungjin Kim

2:00pm-2:15pm Meta-analysis of naltrexone and acamprosate for treating alcohol use disorders: When are these medications most helpful?

Natalya Maisel

2:15pm-2:30pm Implementation Strategies for Increasing Adoption and Fidelity of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Primary Care

Jeffrey Cully

2:30pm-2:45pm Suicide risk assessments received by veterans with a history of depression dying by suicide: a comprehensive chart review

Eric Smith

2:45pm-3:00pm Social Support and Recovery Orientation Among Patients in VA Depression Care: Implications for Interventions

Marcia Valenstein



Time Title Faculty

3:00pm-3:15pm Return Visits Following Initial VHA Use by Patients with Mental Illnesses: Differences by Receipt of Primary Care – Mental Health Integration Services

Kipling Bohnert

3:15pm-3:45pm PM Break (light refreshments)

3:45pm-5:15pm Concurrent Workshops

Innovative Research-Operations Partnerships in VHA

Brian Mittman

Increasing Veteran Adoption of My HealtheVet: Collaboration between the eHealth QUERI and Operational, Clinical, and Community-based Partners

Carolyn Turvey

Building the Plane While Flying It: Lessons from the VA Homelessness Health Services Research-National Center on Homelessness

Amy Kilbourne

Building Strong Research and Operations Partnerships: Strategies and Experiences of the HIV/Hepatitis QUERI and VA Office of Public Health

Rani Elwy

Implementing Diabetes Prevention in the VA? Expanding the Reach

Caroline Richardson

Partnering to Adapt PC-MHI for CBOCs Katherine Dollar

Using CAPRI & VistAWeb to Augment VA National Datasets in VA Health Services Research

Erika Whittier

5:30pm-7:00pm Poster Session C


Program Schedule

Thursday, July 19, 2012: Plenary

Time Topic or Title Faculty8:00am-10:00am Plenary Session

8:00am-9:00am Guest Speaker Jeff Murawsky

9:00am-9:30am Role of QUERI in a Learning Healthcare System

David Atkins

9:30am-10:00am Open Discussion

10:00am-10:30am Break

10:30am-12:00pm Concurrent Workshops

Building Successful Collaborations: A guide to Collaborations between principal Investigators and Statisticians

Madeline McCarren

Nothing About Them, Without Them: Techniques for Including Clinicians in Implementation Research

Carmen Hall

Implementing Pressure Ulcer Prevention Strategies across VA

Marylou Guihan

Improving General Medical Care for Veterans with Mental Illness

Richard Owen

A Pragmatic Perspective on Research-Operations Partnerships in Smoking, Substance Use Disorder, and Mental Health Treatment

Elizabeth Gifford

Coding Qualitative Data Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR)

Jane Forman

Developing Tools to Assist VA Policymakers in Decisions on "Making" or "Buying" Care,

Salomeh Keyhani

12:00pm-12:45pm Lunch on your own

12:45pm-2:15pm Concurrent Paper Sessions: Post-Deployment

12:45pm-1:00pm Chronic multisymptom illness: An unrecognized public health concern among OEF/OIF Veterans

Lisa McAndrew


Program Schedule


Time Topic or Title Faculty1:00pm-1:15pm Community, Institutional, and Individual Issues

and Access to Care Among Rural and Urban Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom/New Dawn

Julia Whealin

1:15pm-1:30pm Online Interventions for Female OEF/OIF Reserve and National Guard War Veterans

Anne Sadler

1:30pm-1:45pm Unmet Needs of OEF/OIF/OND Veterans and Their Families Living in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Constance Uphold

1:45pm-2:00pm Coordinating Care for Returning Veterans: VA's Post-Deployment Integrated Care Initiative

Tamar Wyte


12:45pm-2:15pm eHealth: Paper Sessions

12:45pm-1:00pm Evaluation of CCHT-Weight Management (Tele-MOVE) Program Implementation

David Goodrich

1:00pm-1:15pm Personal Health Information Management and the Role of VA's Personal Health Record Portal among Veterans with Spinal Cord Injury/Disorder

Timothy Hogan

1:15pm-1:30pm The impact of store and forward teledermatology on skin disease-related quality of life

John Whited

1:30pm-1:45pm Staff Acceptance of Tele-ICU Monitoring Jane Moeckli

1:45pm-2:00pm Increasing access to dermatology care for rural Veterans through VISN 20 Teledermatology education and skills training

Lynne McFarland


Program Schedule


Time Topic or Title Faculty2:00pm-2:15pm My HealtheVet Clinical Reminder: Formative

Evaluation of Clinic Structures, Organization, Culture and Workflow to Develop a Clinic Based Intervention

Gemmae Fix

12:45pm-2:15pm TBI: Paper Sessions

12:45pm-1:00pm Experts' Uncertainty about Diagnostic Criteria for a Remote Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Judi Babcock-Parziale

1:00pm-1:15pm Development of a Quality of Life Tool for Deployment Related TBI

Alison Donnell

1:15pm-1:30pm Gender Differences in Pain Diagnoses among OEF/OIF Veteran VA Users with Traumatic Brain Injury

Kathleen Carlson

1:30pm-1:45pm Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Differences between OEF/OIF Veterans with and without Traumatic Brain Injury

Gary Warner

1:45pm-2:00pm Healthcare Utilization and Costs of Veterans Screened for Traumatic Brain Injury

Kevin Stroupe


12:45pm-2:15pm Mental Health--Implementation: Paper Sessions

12:45pm-1:00pm Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial of Life Goals Collaborative Care to Reduce CVD Risk in Patients with Serious Mental Illness

Amy Kilbourne

1:00pm-1:15pm Do Veterans Prescribed Antipsychotics Receive Recommended Monitoring for Metabolic Side Effects?

Kristen Viverito

1:15pm-1:30pm Mental Health Consumer and Provider Perspectives on a Weight Management Program: Improving Implementation of Needed Services

Amy Cohen



Program Schedule


Time Topic or Title Faculty1:30pm-1:45pm Implementation of Evidence-Based Weight

Practices in Specialty Mental Health, Alexander Young


12.45pm-2:15pm Cardiac Risk Management

12:45pm-1:00pm Performance of Framingham and UKPDS risk tools in estimating 5-year cardiovascular (CV) outcomes in Veterans with diabetes

Wyndy Wiitala

1:00pm-1:15pm Measuring fidelity to enhance delivery of obesity treatment and its future translation into practice: Application in the ASPIRE-VA RCT

Laura Damschroder

1:15pm-1:30pm Use and Effectiveness of Drug-Eluting versus Bare Metal Stents in Saphenous Vein Bypass Graft Percutaneous Coronary Interventions

Thomas Tsai

1:30pm-1:45pm Enhancing Adherence to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Diet Using a Tailored Behavioral Intervention

Maria Rodriguez


12:45pm-2:15pm PTSD, Suicide and Patient Safety: Paper Sessions

12:45pm-1:00pm Measuring Use of Evidence Based Psychotherapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Brian Shiner

1:00pm-1:15pm Prevalence and Trends in Benzodiazepine and Concomitant Opioid Analgesics Use Among VA Patients with PTSD, 2003-2010

Eric Hawkins

1:15pm-1:30pm Screening for suicidal ideation among OEF/OIF Veterans with positive depression screens

Steven Dobscha


Program Schedule


Time Topic or Title Faculty1:30pm-1:45pm Firearm Access and Potential Interventions to

Increase Safety For VA Patients in Mental Health Treatment,

Marcia Valenstein


12:45pm-2:15pm HIV/HCV: Paper Sessions

12:45pm-1:00pm We just had to deal with [treatment] and go to work: The impact of work on patients abilities to complete hepatitis C treatment

Gemmae Fix

1:00pm-1:15pm VISN-Wide Implementation of a Program to Increase HIV Testing Rates

Dorothy Plumb

1:15pm-1:30pm Barriers and facilitators to implementing a multimodal intervention to increase HIV testing

Barbara Bokhour

1:30pm-1:45pm How Primary Care Providers Prioritize HIV Testing and General Preventive Care

Jeffrey Solomon


12:45pm-2:15pm Mental Health Treatment and Recovery

12:45pm-1:00pm Rate and Predictors of Tricyclic Antidepressant Monotherapy to Patients with Bipolar I Disorder

Ciaran Phibbs

1:00pm-1:15pm Determinants of Antidepressant Adherence Among Older Veterans

Helen Kales

1:15pm-1:30pm Measuring Veteran Recovery at Mental Health Clinics: The Mental Health Recovery Measure (MHRM)

Nikki Armstrong

1:30-1:45pm A Majority of Brief Alcohol Interventions Documented in the Medical Record are Reported By VA Patients

Katharine Bradley




Faculty and Planning Committee Listing* Denote planning committee+ Denotes faculty*Kelli Allen, Ph.D.Research Health ScientistCenter for Health Services Research in Primary Care (152) VA Medical CenterDurham, NC

+Amos Bailey,MD FACP,FAAHPMDirector, Palliative Care,VA Medical Center700 South 19th StreetBirmingham, AL

+Megan AmuanStatisticianEdith Nource Rogers Memorial HospitalBedford, MA

+Mark Bauer, M.D.Attending Psychiatrist, VA Boston HealthcareBoston, MA

+Nikki Armstrong, Ph.D.Health Science SpecialistWest Los Angeles VA Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA

+Justin Benzer, Ph.DResearch Health Scientist, Department of VACenter for Organization, Leadership and Management ResearchBoston, MA

*S. Beth ArmstrongAdministrative Officer, Health Services Research and DevelopmentVA Medical CenterDurham, NC

+Amy Bohnert, PhD.,M.H.S.Post-Doctoral FellowUniversity of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI

*David Atkins, MD, MPHXDirector, QUERIHealth Services Research and DevelopmentDepartment Of Veterans AffairsWashington, DC

+Kipling Bohnert,PhDHealth Science Specialist Department of VA, National Serious Mental Illness Research and Evaluation CenterAnn Arbor, MI

+Neal Axon, MD, MSCRAttending PhysicianRalf H. Johnson VA Medical CenterCharleston, SC

+Barbara BokhourResearch Health ScientistEdith Nource Memorial Veterans HospitalBedford, MA


Faculty and Planning Committee Listing* Denote planning committee+ Denotes faculty*Hayden Bosworth, Ph.DSenior Health ScientistDuke University Medical CenterDurham, NC

+Neale ChumblerResearch ScientistRichard L. Roudebush VA Medical CenterIndianapolis, IN

+Erin Bouldin,MPHResearch Health Science SpecialistVA Puget Sound Healthcare SystemSeattle ,WA

+Amy Cohen, Ph.D.Psychologist, MIRECCHealth Services Unit (MIRECC)Greater LA Veterans Healthcare Center Los Angeles, CA

+Amos Bailey,MD FACP FAAHPMDirector, Palliative Care, VA Medical CenterBirminghon, AL

*Gail Powel-Cope, PhD, ARNP, FAANActing Director, VA HSR&DChief Nursing Service/ResearchJames A. Haley Veterans’ HospitalTampa, FLPlanning Member for: ANCC

+Katherine Bradley, MD, MPHDirector, HSR&DVA Puget Sound Health Care SystemSeattle, WA

+Kristina Cordasco MD, MPH, MSHSAttending PhysicianVA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System11301 Wilshire BlvdLos Angeles, CA

+Katherine Carlson, M.S.,Ph.D.Core Investigator, CCDORMinneapolis VA Medical CenterMinneapolis, MN

+Kathryn CorsonHealth Science SpecialistPortland VA Medical CenterPortland, OR

+Ann ChouAssociate DirectorVA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare SystemNorth Hills, CA

+Jeffrey Cully, Ph.D.Mental Health Care Line, Core InvestigatorMichael E. DeBakey VA Medical CenterHouston, TX


Faculty and Planning Committee Listing* Denote planning committee+ Denotes faculty+Laura DamschroderResearch Health Science SpecialistVA Ann Arbor Healthcare SystemAnn Arbor, MI

+A. Rani Elwy ,Ph.D.Health Services ResearcherDepartment of VA HSR&DBedford, MA

+Melissa Dichter, Ph.D.Associated Health FellowCenter for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Philadelphia VA Medical CenterPhiladelphia, PA

+Melissa Farmer,Ph.D.Research Health ScientistVA HSR&D Center of ExcellenceSepulveda, CA

+Steven Dobsha, MD, FAPMClinical DirectorPortland VA Medical CenterPortland, OR

*Charles FestelWeb Project Manager,CIDERBoston VA Health Care SystemBoston, MA

+Katherine Dollar, Ph.D.Acting Director of Clinical OperationsCenter for Integrated HealthcareBuffalo VA Medical ,NY

+Erin Finley, Ph.D.Research Health ScientistENRM Veterans HospitalBedford, MA

+Alison DonnellResearch Health ScientistJames A. Haley Veterans HospitalTampa, FL

+Gemmae Fix, PhDResearch Health ScientistENRM Veterans HospitalBedford, MA

*Karen Bossi, MASpecial Projects Coordinator, Center for Information Dissemination and Education Resources (CIDER)Boston VA Health Care SystemBoston, MA

+Jane ForemanSocial Science AnalystVA Ann Arbor Healthcare SystemAnn Arbor, MI

*Seth Eisen, M.D.+Director, HSR&DOffice of Research and DevelopmentWashington, D.C.


Faculty and Planning Committee Listing* Denote planning committee+ Denotes faculty

+Joe Francis, MD MPHDirector, Clinical Analysis and ReportingOffice of Information and AnalyticsDepartment of VA, Washington, D.C.

+Russell Glasgow, PhD.Deputy Director for Dissemination and Implementation Science, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD

+Susan Frayne, MD,MPHStaff Physician, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA

+Mary Goldstein, MD,MSProfessor of MedicineVA Palo Alto Health Care SystemPalo Alto, CA

+Sarah FriedmanResearch Health Science SpecialistVA Palo Alto Healthcare SystemMenlo Park, CA

+David Goodrich, M.S.VA Health Research Science SpecialistVA Ann Arbor Healthcare SystemAnn Arbor, MI

+Walid Gellad, MD, MPHStaff PhysicianVA Pittsburgh Healthcare SystemPittsburgh, PA

+Marylou Guihan, PhDImplementation Research Coordinator (acting)Hines VA HospitalHines, IL

*Allen Gifford, M.D.HSR&D Scientific Merit Review Board(SMRB)Department of Veterans Affairs Health ServicesBedford, MA

+Jennifer GutierrezProgram SpecialistPhiladelphia VA Medical CenterPhiladelphia, PA

+Elizabeth Gifford,Ph.D.Health Science SpecialistPalo Alto VAMC-PsychologyPalo Alto, CA

+Carmen Hall, RN, PhDImplementation Research CoordinatorVeterans Health AdministrationMinneapolis MN



+Armesh Hanchate, PhDEconomist, VA Boston Healthcare SystemAssistant Professor, Boston University School of MedicineBoston, MA

*Christian Helfrich,PhD.Director, VA HSR&DVA Puget Sound Health Care System (152)Seattle, WA

*Diane Hanks, MAScience WriterVA Boston Healthcare SystemBoston, MA

+Drew Helmer, M.D.Assistant Professor of MedicineDepartment of MedicineBaylor College of MedicineHouston, TX

+Christine Hartmann, M.S.S.,PH.D.Health Services ResearcherEdith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans HospitalBedford, MA

+Walter High, Ph.D.NeuropsychologistLexington VA Medical CenterLexington, KY

*Susan Hastings, MD, MHSStaff PhysicianHealth Services Research and DevelopmentDurham VA Medical CenterDurham, NC

*P.Michael Ho, M.D.,Ph.D.CardiologistCardiology Section (111B)Denver VA Medical CenterDenver CO

+Leslie Hausmann, Ph.D.Research Health Scientist and Core InvestigatorVA Pittsburgh Healthcare SystemPittsburgh, PA

+Timothy HoganPostdoctoral Fellow, CMC3Edward Hines Jr. VA HospitalHines, IL

+Eric Hawkins, Ph.D.Acting Associate Director, Center of Excellence in Substance Abuse Treatment and EducationVA Medical CenterSeattle, WA

+Danielle Hoover, MD,MPHClinical Assistant Professor, Division of General Medicine, Patient Safety PhysicianAnn Arbor, MI

+Mark Helfand,M.D,MPH,MS,FACPStaff PhysicianPortland VA Medical CenterPortland, OR


+Wendy Hsiao, B.S. +Helen Kales, M.D.


Research AssistantVA Greater Los Angeles Health Care SystemLos Angeles, CA

Full Time Physician VA Ann Arbor Healthcare SystemAnn Arbor, MI

+William Hung, M.D.Staff PhysicianJames J. Peters VA Medical CenterBronx, NY

+Edward Kennedy, M.S.Research Health Science SpecialistVA Health Service Research (HSR&D)Ann Arbor, MI

+Denise Hynes, Ph.DResearch Health ScientistEdward Hines, Jr.VA HospitalHines, IL

+Eve Kerr,MD,MPHDirector, Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare SystemAnn Arbor, MI

+Myra Kim Hyungjin, Sc.D.Research Scientist, Center for ConsultationAnd Research, University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI

+Amy Kilbourne, PhD, MPHAssociate Director, Veterans AdministrationVA Center for Clinical Management ResearchAnn Arbor, MI

+Said Ibrahim, MD, MPHACOS Philadelphia VA Medical CenterUniversity & Woodland AvenuesPhiladelphia, PA

*Jo Ann Kirchner. M.D.Director, Mental Health Quality EnhancementHealth Services and Development (HRS&D)Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare SystemNorth Little Rock, AR

+Peter KaboliDirector, RHRCIowa City VA Healthcare SystemIowa City, IA

+Mandi KlamerusResearch Associate VA Ann Arbor Healthcare SystemAnn Arbor, MI

+Amy Kline, Ph.D.Director, Dual Diagnosis Development UnitVA New Jersey Healthcare SystemEast Orange, NJ


+Alyssa Mansfield, PhD


+Sara Knight, PhDHealth Scientist SpecialstVeterans Healthcare SystemWashington, D.C.

EpidemiologistNational Center for PTSD-Pacific Islands Division, Department of VA AffairsHonolulu, HI

+Sarah Krein, Ph.D.,R.N.Research Health Science SpecialistCenter for Clinical Management ResearchAnn Arbor HSR&D Center of Excellence2215 Fuller RoadAnn Arbor, MI

+Brian Marx, PhDStaff PsychologistVA Boston Healthcare SystemBoston, MA

+Richard Lee, MPHHealth Science SpecialistWhite River Junction VA Medical CenterWhite River Junction, VT

+Lisa McAndrew, Ph.D.Health Science SpecialistPost-Doctoral FellowVA New Jersey Healthcare SystemEast Orange, NJ

+Brian Lund, Pharm.D.Research InvestigatorIowa City VA Medical CenterIowa City, IA

+Madeline McCarren, PH.D., M.P.H.Biostatistician, Pharmacy Benefits ManagementDepartment of Veterans AffairsHines, IL

* Rita Lysik, BAAssistant Director of OperationsHealth Services ResearchVA Central OfficeWashington, DC

+Lynne McFarland, M.S. PhDProject Coordinator/Research Scientist VA Puget Sound Healthcare System Seattle, WA

+Natalya MaiselProject ManagerVA Palo Alto Healthcare SystemMenlo Park, CA


*Geraldine McGlynn,M.EdDirector, CIDERVA Health Services Research and DevelopmentService (HSR&D)

+Miriam Morey, Ph.D.Associate Director of ResearchGeriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, VA Medical Center


Chestnut Hill, MA Durham, NC

*Linda McIvor,M.S.,M.H.S.Program Manager VA HSR&DWashington DC Veterans AffairsWashington, DC

+Seshadri Mudumbai, M.D.Staff PhysicianVA Palo Alto Healthcare System Palo Alto, CA

+Maureen Metzger,PhD,MPHProject ManagerVA Ann Arbor Healthcare SystemAnn Arbor, MI

+Jeff Murawsky,MDDirector, VISN 12VA Great Lakes Health Care SystemWestchester, IL

+Eric Meyer,Ph.D.Principal Investigator in the Assessment CoreUS Department of Veterans AffairsCentral Texas Veterans Healthcare SystemWaco, Texas

+Daniel Murphy,M.D.Instructor, Baylor College of MedicineDepartment of Internal MedicineHouston, TX

+Penelope Morrison,PhDResearch Assistant, VHAPittsburgh VAMCPittsburgh, PA

+Jonathan NebekerREAP Associate DirectorVA Salt Lake City Healthcare SystemSalt Lake City, UT

+Jane Moeckli,Ph.D.Research Health Science SpecialistQualitative Analyst,Center for ComprehensiveAccess and Delivery Research and EvaluationIowa City Veterans Administration MCIowa City, IA

*Eugene Oddone, M.D.Physician/Director HSR&DCenter for Health Services Research in Primary Care (152) VAMCDurham, NC Planning Member for: ACCME

Faculty and Planning Committee Listing* Denote planning committee+ Denotes faculty+Samatha Outcalt,Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Clinical PsychologyRichard L. Roudebush VA Medical CenterIndianapolis, IN

+Cirian S. Phibbs, Ph.D.Associate Director, Geriatrics and Extended Care Data and Analysis CenterVeterans Affairs, Alto Health Care SystemPalo Alto, CA

+Richard Owen, M.D.COE Director & ACOS for Research Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System

+Dorothy Plumb, M.A.Research Health ScientistBedford VA Medical Center


Little Rock, AR Bedford, MA

+Melissa Partin, Ph.D.Health Science SpecialistMinneapolis VA Medical Center Minneapolis, MN

+Kyle Possemato, Ph.D.Clinical Research PsychologistCenter for Integrated HealthcareVeterans Affairs Medical Center, Syracuse, NY

+Judi Babcock-Parziale, PhD.Research Scientist, Southern AZ VA Health Care SystemTucson, AZ

+Edward Post, MD,PhDNational Medical Director, Primary Care-Mental Health Integration ProgramVA Ann Arbor Healthcare SystemAnn Arbor, MI

+Laura Peterson, MD, MPHDirector,Houston Center for Quality and Utilization Studies, Michael E. DeBabey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX

+Mary Jo PughResearch Health Scientist South Texas Veterans Healthcare SystemSan Antonio, TX

+Robert Petzel, M.D.Under Secretary of Health, VHAVA AdministrationWashington, D.C.

* Louis Ranucci, MS EdNational Project Manager, EESNorthport Employee Education Resource CenterNorthport, NY



+Linda ResnikResearch Health ScientistProvidence VA Medical CenterProvidence, RI

+Alissa Russ, PhDResearch ScientistRoudebush VA Medical CenterIndianapolis, IN

+Maria Rodriguez,PhDHealth Science SpecialistDepartment of Veterans Affairs, NY Harbor Health CareSystemNew York, NY

+Josef Ruzek,Ph.D.Director/Chief, Dissemination and TrainingDivision, National Center for PTSDVA Palo Alto Health Care SystemMenlo Park, CA

+Craig Rosen,Ph.D.Deputy Director, National Center for PTSDVA Palo Alto Health Care SystemMenlo Park, CA

+Anne Sadler, PhDActing Chief, PsychologyVA Ann Arbor Healthcare SystemIowa City, IA

+Gary Rosenthal, M.D.Staff PhysicianIowa City VA Healthcare CenterIowa City, IA

+Mary Vaughn-Sarrazin, Ph.D.Director, Data Management and Analysis Divison of the Midwest VAIowa City, VA Medical CentertIowa City, IA

+Michael Rubin,M.D.,Ph.D.Attending PhysicianVA Salt lake City HealthcareSalt Lake City UT

+Brian Sauer, Ph.D.Research SpecialistVA Salt Lake City Healthcare SystemSalt Lake City, UT

+Lisa Rubenstein,M.D.MSPHDirector, Center for Implementation Practice and Research SupportVA Greater Los Angeles Health Care SystemLos Angeles, CA



+Marin Schweizer,PhDHealth Science SpecialistIowa City VA Healthcare SystemIowa City, IA

* Robert Small, BACareer Development Program Manager, HSR&D Central OfficeWashington, DC

+Brian Shiner,MD,MPHPhysician, VA National Center for PTSDVA White River JunctionWhite River Junction, VT

+Eric Smith, M.D.PsychiatristEdith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans HospitalBedford, MA

+Mark Shultz, Ph.D.ResearherEdith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans HospitalBedford, MA

+A.Lynn Snow,Ph.D.Clinical PsychologistTuscallosa VA Medical CenterTuscaloosa, AL

+Kate SimpsonResearch Assistant for Laura PetersenMichael E. DeBakey VA Medical CenterHouston, TX

+Samatha Solimeo, PhD,MPHHealth Research Science SpecialistIowa City VA Healthcare SystemIowa City, Iowa

+Patricia SinnottHealth Economist VA Palo Alto Healthcare SystemMenlo Park, CA

+Jeffrey Solomon,Ph.D.Research Health ScientistEdith Nourse Rogers Memorial VA Bedford, MA

+Chris Slatore,MDPhysicianPortland VAMCPortland, OR

+Crystal Smith-Spangler,M.D.,M.S.Physician ResearcherrPalo Alto VA Health Care SystemMenlo Park, CA



+Tracy Stecker,Ph.D.Patient Safety PsychologistWhite River Junction VA Medical CenterWhite River Junction, VT

+Pewter Toyinbo,M.B.Ch.B.,Ph.D.,CPHBiostatistician, James A. Haley VA HospitalHSR&D/RR&D Center of ExcellenceTampa, FL

+Greg Stewart, Ph.D.Research Health Science SpecialistIowa Health Care SystemIowa City, IA

+Amal Trivedi, M.D. M.P.H.Research Health Science SpecialistProvidence VA Medical CenterProvidence, RI

+Susan StockdaleResearch Health ScientistVA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System,North Hills, CA

+Gala True, Ph.D.Research Health Science SpecialistPhiladelphia VA Medical CenterPhiladelphia, PA

*Jennifer Strauss, Ph.D.National Women’s Mental Health Program Manager, Office of Mental Health Services Department of Veterans AffairsDurham VA Medical CenterDurham, NCPlanning Member fort: APA

+Thomas Tsai, MDPhysicianVA Eastern Colorado Healthcare SystemDenver, CO

+Kevin StroupeResearch Health EconomistEdward Hines Jr. VA HospitalHines, IL

+Carolyn TurveyResearch Health Science Specialist Iowa City VA Healthcare SystemIowa City, IA

+Elizabeth TarlovAssociate Director, VIReC Edward Hines Jr. VA HospitalHines, IL

+Constance Uphold,PhD,ARNP,FAANAssociate Director, Education & EvaluationN Florida/S Georgia Veterans Healthcare Sys, Malcom Randall, Gainsville FL



+Marcia ValensteinAssociate DirectorVA Ann Arbor Healthcare SystemAnn Arbor, MI

+Julia Whealin, PhDClinical PsychologistVA Pacific Islands Healthcare SystemHonolulu, HI

+Rebecca Vigen, M.D.Fellow, VA Outcomes ResearchVA Eastern Colorado Healthcare SystemDenver, CO

+Steven WhiteResearch Health Scientist Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical CenterHouston, TX

+Salim Virani, M.D.,Ph.D.Staff CardiologistMichael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center,Houston, TX

+John Whited,MD, MHS, FACPACOS for ResearchHarry S. Truman Memorial Veterans HospitalColumbia, MO

+Kristin Viverto, PsyDFellow, Health Services ResearchCentral Arkansas VA Healthcare SystemNorth Little Rock, AR

+Alison WhiteheadManagement AnalystDepartment of Veterans AffairsWashington, DC

+Gary Warner,PhDClinical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry Canandaigua VAMCCanandaigua, NY

+Erika WhittierSocial Science AnalystEdward Hines Jr. VA HospitalHines, IL

+Donna Washington, MD, MPHAttending PhysicianVA Greater Los Angles Healthcare SystemLos Angeles, CA

+Wendy WiitalaResearch Health Science SpecialistVA Ann Arbor Healthcare SystemAnn Arbor, MI

*Morton Weinberger, PhDSenior Research Career ScientistCenter for Health Services ResearchDurham VAMCDurham, NC



+Emily Williams, PhD, MPHResearch Project DirectorVA Puget Sound Healthcare SystemSeattle, WA

+Steven ZeliadtResearch Health Science SpecialistVA Puget Sound Healthcare SystemSeattle, WA

+Edwin Wong, Ph.D.Post-Doctoral FellowVA Puget Sound Healthcare SystemSeattle, WA

+Yumin ZhaoResearch CoordinatorRalph H. Johnson VA Medical CenterCharleston, SC

+Tamar WyteResearch Project DirectorVA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare SystemNorth Hills, CA

+Andrew ZhouResearch Career Scientist and DirectorVA Puget Sound Healthcare SystemSeattle, WA

+Alexander Young, M.D., M.S.H.S.Director, VA MIRECCGreater Los Angeles Healthcare systemLos Angeles, CA

+Susan ZickmundResearch Scientist VA Pittsburgh Healthcare SystemPittsburgh, PA


EES Program Staff for Trace Code: 12.N.P.HSRD.QUERI.BLouis Ranucci, MS EdNational Project ManagerEmployee Education Resource CenterNorthport, NY

Linda StarksEvent ManagerEmployee Education Resource CenterBirmingham, AL

David AbdirkinProgram Support AssistantEmployee Education Resource CenterNorthport, NY

Accommodation“The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Employee Education System) is committed to providing equal access to this meeting (or event) for all participants. If you need alternative formats or services because of a disability, please contact Louis Ranucci, Project Manager, Employee Education Resource Center, 79 Middleville Rd., Northport, NY phone: 631-754-7914 ext 2994, or e-mail: [email protected] with your request by close of business (deadline).”

Disclosure StatementThe VA Employee Education System (EES) must ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its individually sponsored or jointly EES sponsored educational activities. All prospective faculty and planning committee members participating in an EES activity must disclose any relevant financial interest or other relationship with: (a) the manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) and / or provider(s) of commercial services discussed in an educational presentation, and (b) any commercial supporters of the activity. Relevant financial interest or other relationship includes, but is not limited to, such things as personal receipt of grants or research support, employee or consultant status, stockholder, member of speakers’ bureau, within the prior 12 months. EES is responsible for collecting such information from prospective planners and faculty, evaluating the disclosed information to determine if a conflict of interest is present and, if a conflict of interest is present, to resolve such conflict. Information regarding such disclosures and the resolution of the conflicts for planners and faculty shall be provided to activity participants. When an unlabeled use of a commercial product or an investigational use not yet approved by the FDA for any purpose is discussed during an educational activity, EES shall require the speaker to disclose that the product is not labeled for the use under discussion or that the product is still investigational.


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The faculty and planning committee members reported that they had no relevant financial relationships with commercial entities in any amount that occurred within the past 12 months that create a conflict of interest.

This activity includes no discussion of uses of FDA regulated drugs or medical devices which are experimental or off-label.

* The ACCME defines “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months that creates a conflict of interest.

Conflict of Interest Resolution – applicable only if a conflict was identified

Potential Conflict of Interest:

Kathleen Bradley, MD has reported she is a stock holder of related drug companies. None have a relationship to her abstract presentation.

John Whited, MD reports a current financial relationship with a royalty or patent but will not discuss off-label uses in his presentation.

Resolution of Potential Conflict of Interest:Kathleen Bradley, MD-nature of disclosure has no relevance to presentation or programJohn Whitehead, MD-nature of disclosure has no relevance to presentation or program

All other faculty and planning committee members reported that they had no relevant financial relationships with commercial entities in any amount that occurred within the past 12 months that create a conflict of interest.


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EES Training Brochure - Health Services Research ... · Web view+Carmen Hall, RN, PhD Implementation Research Coordinator Veterans Health Administration Minneapolis MN Faculty and