the u s veterans health administration experience

... older instruments (e.g., the CAGE) As part of this study, investigators with the Substance Use Disorders QUERI (SUD-QUERI) Center successfully implemented the new evidence-based screening program ... performance in healthcare services This new PM redirects the focus of scarce resources on those veterans with the highest risk and enhances cost-effectiveness Another example of QUERI 's influence on ... are used in the VA healthcare system Thus the Cardiovascular Assessment and Tracking System for Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories (CARTCL) was developed to address the critical need for a systematic,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... older instruments (e.g., the CAGE) As part of this study, investigators with the Substance Use Disorders QUERI (SUD-QUERI) Center successfully implemented the new evidence-based screening program ... performance in healthcare services This new PM redirects the focus of scarce resources on those veterans with the highest risk and enhances cost-effectiveness Another example of QUERI 's influence on ... are used in the VA healthcare system Thus the Cardiovascular Assessment and Tracking System for Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories (CARTCL) was developed to address the critical need for a systematic,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:21

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Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 02:20

... paragraph of the Under Secretary s response, he attempts to discredit the audit findings by comparing the audit results with the results of VA s national patient satisfaction survey The survey showed ... satisfaction survey varies significantly with OIG report results, there is no valid basis for a comparison between the results of the patient satisfaction survey and the results of the OIG audit ... of care in the system to ensure the accuracy of this measurement The desired dates of care are usually established by the providers but can be adjusted based on veterans requests VHA Directive...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 23:20

... Perceived consumer ability to affect change Consumer depression related interest and activity Human subjects issues Results Barriers Study participants described barriers to their use of the EHR Recent ... informatics top-level code These two investigators then reviewed each other s sub-coding and met to resolve discrepancies Finally, these investigators developed summaries of the themes discussed in ... participants described the value added by specific functions of the EHR, including notes used for communication and structured consults used to increase efficiency and educate providers Participants used...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... regular communication across study sites regarding, e.g.: i) Status of implementation efforts, ii) Successful problem solving approaches for various issues, and iii) Similar roles and problems ... The above responses usually were qualified, in that success was said to vary across sites within a project For In those facilitation relationships perceived by interviewees to be more successful, ... Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Health Services Research and Development Service The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and not necessarily represent the...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:22

... host country In this study we use data from two national birth cohort surveys, the American Fragile Families Study (FFS) and the U. K Millennium Cohort Study (MCS), to address several questions ... conclusions about the consequences of the two health care systems However, we view this comparison as a first step at understanding the ways in which health policies are associated with maternal health ... population—in social institutions such as the educational and health care systems, and on markers of health and social inequality In this study we add to the long-standing sociological focus on the socioeconomic...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20

... needed to secure the public s health when medical and public health systems are being stressed maximally These issues form the foundation of multiple chapters in Emerging Infectious Diseases, covering ... Management Services) and the Ministry of Health representatives to answer questions By the end of SARS I (June, 2003), both unions still had no answers to some of the basic questions, such as an explanation ... facilities on the radar screen and in many instances changing the business as usual criteria Our healthcare systems are not set up to receive large populations of infectious patients, either through...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 05:20

... emphasis placed on MNCH by the GHI It also identifies some possible opportunities and issues on MNCH for the U. S going forward (For a more general discussion of key issues on the GHI, see the Kaiser ... Center.51,52 Major U. S Disease-Specific and Nutrition Initiatives That Address MNCH Infectious diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, NTDs, and tuberculosis (TB), and undernutrition cause or contribute to ... bill, S 987).68 U. S Funding for MNCH103 U. S funding for MNCH is provided through the “Global Health and Child Survival” (GHCS) account at USAID, other USAID accounts, as well as to accounts at the...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 05:20

... delinquent accounts for a small number of customers into higher interest rates for all customers Consequently, tiered pricing reduces the amount by which low-risk customers subsidize the costs of serving ... environment using large samples of U. S consumer credit files The efficiency of scoring models built with U. S data under U. S reporting rules provides the benchmark The simulation drops out the blocks of ... bureau scoring models for assessing borrower risk under various assumptions about how much information is available in credit bureau files The scoring models are generic because they are not specific...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 07:20

... your new strategies are yielding the desired results Market research must be used in each of these six steps to help define your business for your customer 's interests, not your own It is the ... to purchase your goods or services? Use Characteristics How the customer uses the product after purchase also can determine place characteristics − Do you need to train the customer to use your ... gather to trade their treasures and buy and sell each other 's services Newspaper pasteup permits you to request special locations for ads that tie in with your market segments Sports, business,...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 18:20

... Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study Group: Randomised trial of cholesterol lowering in 4444 patients with coronary heart disease: the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study ( 4S) 1994 Atheroscler Suppl ... not the reminder actually was used, rather than assuming use based on the allocation by hospital to intervention or not All analyses were conducted using Stata version 9.0 Multivariable analyses ... and is the primary diagnosis in approximately one out of 17 admissions to Veterans Health Administration (VHA) hospitals [1,2] Numerous studies have demonstrated that lowering serum cholesterol...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... their processes, methods and experiences After reviewing the papers in the Series, health systems and health research funders in all jurisdictions should carefully consider what aspects of QUERI ... process, but the potential gains in health outcomes makes it worth it The QUERI Series also illustrates the value of working top-down and bottom-up, if not simultaneously, then iteratively In other ... implementation science (the study of it) must be recognized as long-term investments, and resources must be devoted to them specifically Perhaps unique because the VA is an integrated health and research system,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... implementation of the EBPs States employed one main relationship building and Results Table shows the distribution of EBP selection by the states States selected specific EBPs for various reasons, including: ... Magnabosco JL: Outcomes Measurement in the Human Services: Cross-Cutting Issues and Methods Washington, D.C.: National Association of Social Workers Press; 1997 Magnabosco JL: An Evaluation of State ... in the EBP Project during its initial implementation The classification scheme offers potential value for future studies that seek to assess the effects of various implementation processes, and...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:22

... their processes, methods and experiences After reviewing the papers in the Series, health systems and health research funders in all jurisdictions should carefully consider what aspects of QUERI ... process, but the potential gains in health outcomes makes it worth it The QUERI Series also illustrates the value of working top-down and bottom-up, if not simultaneously, then iteratively In other ... implementation science (the study of it) must be recognized as long-term investments, and resources must be devoted to them specifically Perhaps unique because the VA is an integrated health and research system,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:20

... Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study Group: Randomised trial of cholesterol lowering in 4444 patients with coronary heart disease: the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study ( 4S) 1994 Atheroscler Suppl ... not the reminder actually was used, rather than assuming use based on the allocation by hospital to intervention or not All analyses were conducted using Stata version 9.0 Multivariable analyses ... and is the primary diagnosis in approximately one out of 17 admissions to Veterans Health Administration (VHA) hospitals [1,2] Numerous studies have demonstrated that lowering serum cholesterol...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:21

... findings answer the research questions Part 3: Conclusion summarizes the findings of the study, giving concluding remarks, implications, limitations of the study and suggestions for further studies ... the discourse will help them understand more comprehensively the political discourses Scope of the study The linguistic features of the inaugural address made by President G.W Bush in the U. S election ... we may summarize as: (1) The addressor is a person who produces a piece of discourse (2) The addressee is a person who is the recipient of the discourse, thus possibly including the audience...

Ngày tải lên: 18/12/2013, 10:08

... timber based on the superstructure material for the main span Values shown in the “Total” columns include bridges constructed using other materials such as masonry, aluminum, cast iron and wrought ... “Year Built” for each structure Where applicable, the “Year Reconstructed” is also given If the superstructure of a bridge is replaced, but the substructure is reused, “Year Built” remains the year ... original substructure construction “Year Reconstructed” would then indicate the year the superstructure was replaced Such a situation can lead to apparent inaccuracies in the analysis of NBI...

Ngày tải lên: 20/12/2013, 20:15

... Assumes missing values not undergo procedure Assumes missing values undergo procedure 47 22 14 48 23 15 10 Biopsy Assumes missing values not undergo procedure Assumes missing values undergo procedure ... years was used as the definition of overdiagnosis in this analysis Key Question 2b What are the harms associated with CBE? Harms associated with CBE include false-positive results and subsequent ... for screening average-risk women Several study Adverse effects have been studied designs and data in various ways, most studies are sources including descriptive RCTs, observational studies, surveys,...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 21:20

... Section compares the U. S credit-liquidity crisis and the subsequent Irish banking crisis highlighting the substantial, somewhat surprising, differences between them Section discusses the nationwide ... prices over a much longer time period as a “housing bubble”? The sobering answer is that the US “housing bubble” is defined to some extent ex-post by the subsequent occurrence of the crisis The ... purchased shares as collateral Since the loans were without recourse to the borrowers, Anglo was the at-risk investor in the shares, and was essentially using €300 million of its depositors’ funds...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 14:20