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Health information technology and implementation science: partners in progress in the VHADenise M Hynes
VA Information Resource Center Edward Hines, JR VA Hospital, Hines, IL 60141, USA
Med Care 51:S6-12. 2013..During this time an increasing number of implementation research projects have developed or utilized health information technology (HIT) innovations to leverage the VA's electronic health record and information systems...- Comparing VA and private sector healthcare costs for end-stage renal diseaseDenise M Hynes
Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care, Edward Hines, Jr Veterans Affairs VA Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA
Med Care 50:161-70. 2012..Using a societal perspective, we examined healthcare costs and health outcomes for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) ESRD patients comparing those who received hemodialysis care at VA versus private sector facilities... 
Use of health information technology to advance evidence-based care: lessons from the VA QUERI programDenise M Hynes
VA Information Resource Center, Edward Hines Jr VA Hospital, 5000 South 5th Avenue, Hines, IL 60141, USA
J Gen Intern Med 25:44-9. 2010....- Surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy use among veterans with colon cancer: insights from a California studyDenise M Hynes
Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care, VA Information Resource Center, Edward Hines VA Hospital, 5000 Hines, IL 60141, USA
J Clin Oncol 28:2571-6. 2010..We examined rates of surgery and chemotherapy use among veterans with colon cancer at VA and non-VA facilities in California to gain insight into factors associated with quality of cancer care... 
Veterans' access to and use of Medicare and Veterans Affairs health careDenise M Hynes
VA Information Resource Center VIReC, Hines, Illinois 60141, USA
Med Care 45:214-23. 2007..We examined the impact of access to care characteristics on health care use patterns among those veterans dually eligible for Medicare and Veterans Affairs (VA) services...- Adherence to guidelines for ESRD anemia managementDenise M Hynes
Midwest Center for Health Services and Policy Research, Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Edward Hines Jr Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, IL 60141, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 47:455-61. 2006..Because reimbursement for erythropoietin differs for federal versus private-sector dialysis centers, we hypothesized different use patterns by facility type... - Hemoglobin levels triggering erythropoiesis-stimulating agent therapy in patients with cancer: the shift after United States Food and Drug Administration policy changesKevin T Stroupe
Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care, Edward Hines, JR VA Hospital, 5000 South 5th Avenue 151H, Hines, IL 60141, USA
Pharmacotherapy 32:988-97. 2012.... - Predialysis nephrology care among older veterans using Department of Veterans Affairs or Medicare-covered servicesMichael J Fischer
Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care, Edward Hines, Jr VA Medical Center, 5000 S 5th Ave 151H, Hines, IL 60141, USA
Am J Manag Care 16:e57-66. 2010..To examine the effect of exclusive and dual use of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Medicare healthcare systems on outpatient predialysis nephrology care... - Validation of erythropoietin use data on Medicare's End-Stage Renal Disease Medical Evidence ReportMichael J Fischer
Medicine Nephrology, Jesse Brown Department of Veterans Affairs VA Medical Center and University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
J Rehabil Res Dev 47:751-62. 2010..Investigators should recognize these shortcomings and the introduction of possible bias in future research and reports... - Measurement invariance of the kidney disease and quality of life instrument (KDQOL-SF) across veterans and non-veteransKaren L Saban
Center for Management of Chronic Complex Care, Edward Hines Jr VA Hospital, Hines, IL, USA
Health Qual Life Outcomes 8:120. 2010..Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the measurement invariance of the KDQOL-SF across Veterans and non-Veterans with CKD... - Use of Medicare and DOD data for improving VA race data qualityKevin T Stroupe
Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care, Edward Hines Jr VA Hospital 151H, 5000 South 5th Ave, Bldg 1B260, Hines, IL 60141 5151, USA
J Rehabil Res Dev 47:781-95. 2010..More study is needed to understand poor rates of agreement between VA and external sources in identifying non-African-American minority individuals... - Trends in anemia management in lung and colon cancer patients in the US Department of Veterans Affairs, 2002-2008Elizabeth Tarlov
Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care, Edward Hines, JR VA Hospital, 5000 South 5th Ave 151H, Hines, IL 60141, USA
Support Care Cancer 20:1649-57. 2012..We examined ESA therapy in lung and colon cancer patients receiving chemotherapy in the VA from 2002 to 2008 to ascertain trends in and predictors of ESA use... - Predialysis nephrology care and costs in elderly patients initiating dialysisKevin T Stroupe
Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care, Hines VA Hospital, Hines, IL 60141 5151, USA
Med Care 49:248-56. 2011..Access to nephrology care before initiation of chronic dialysis is associated with improved outcomes after initiation. Less is known about the effect of predialysis nephrology care on healthcare costs and utilization... - Tension-free repair versus watchful waiting for men with asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic inguinal hernias: a cost-effectiveness analysisKevin T Stroupe
Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Edward Hines Jr VA Hospital, 5th Avenue and Roosevelt Road, Hines, IL 60141, USA
J Am Coll Surg 203:458-68. 2006..Although WW is likely to be less costly initially when compared with tension-free repair (TFR) because of the cost of the operation, it is not clear whether WW remains the least costly option when longer-term costs are considered... - Patient satisfaction and use of Veterans Affairs versus non-Veterans Affairs healthcare services by veteransKevin T Stroupe
Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Hines VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois 60141, USA
Med Care 43:453-60. 2005..We examined whether patient satisfaction affected subsequent use of non-Veterans Affairs (VA) services among chronically ill veterans discharged from VA hospitals... - Identification of specific quality improvement opportunities for the elderly undergoing gastrointestinal surgeryDavid J Bentrem
Department of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Arch Surg 144:1013-20. 2009..Specific complications occur more frequently in elderly patients undergoing major gastrointestinal (GI) tract operations that may represent opportunities for quality improvement... - Effect of increased copayments on pharmacy use in the Department of Veterans AffairsKevin T Stroupe
Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care, Hines VA Hospital, 5000 South 5th Avenue, Hines, IL 60141, USA
Med Care 45:1090-7. 2007..We examined the impact of the copayment increase on medication acquisition from VA... - Reduced overall and event-free survival among colon cancer patients using dual system careElizabeth Tarlov
Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care, Edward Hines, JR VA Hospital, 5000 South 5th Ave, 151H, Hines, IL 60141, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 21:2231-41. 2012.... - Comparison of health-related quality of life measures for chronic renal failure: quality of well-being scale, short-form-6D, and the kidney disease quality of life instrumentKaren L Saban
Center for Management of Chronic Complex Care, Edward Hines Jr VA Hospital, P O Box 5000 151H, Hines, IL, 60141, USA
Qual Life Res 17:1103-15. 2008.... - Potential cost savings of erythropoietin administration in end-stage renal diseaseDenise M Hynes
Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Hines, Edward G Hines, JR VA Hospital, Illinois 60141, USA
Am J Med 112:169-75. 2002..For the transition to occur, consensus among stakeholders is needed, especially among patients whose treatment satisfaction and health-related quality of life would be most affected... - Cost effectiveness of laparoscopic versus open mesh hernia operation: results of a Department of Veterans Affairs randomized clinical trialDenise M Hynes
Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Midwest Center for Health Services and Policy Research, Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, PO Box 5000 (151-V, 5th Avenue and Roosevelt Road, Hines, IL 60141, USA
J Am Coll Surg 203:447-57. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Overall, laparoscopic hernia repair is not cost effective compared with open repair. For patients with unilateral (primary or recurrent) hernia, laparoscopic repair is a cost effective treatment option... - Veterans Health Administration inpatient and outpatient care data: an overviewPatricia A Murphy
VA Information Resource Center, Health Services Research and Development Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Edward Hines, Jr. Hospital, Hines, Ill 60141, USA
Eff Clin Pract 5:E4. 2002 - Cost-effectiveness of coronary artery bypass grafts versus percutaneous coronary intervention for revascularization of high-risk patientsKevin T Stroupe
Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Hines VA Hospital, PO Box 5000 151H, Hines, IL 60141, USA
Circulation 114:1251-7. 2006..The present study examined the cost-effectiveness of PCI versus CABG for these high-risk patients... - Measures of psychological stress and physical health in family caregivers of stroke survivors: a literature reviewKaren L Saban
Loyola University Chicago, Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Chicago, IL, USA
J Neurosci Nurs 42:128-38. 2010.... - A primer and comparative review of major US mortality databasesDiane C Cowper
Veterans Affairs Information Resource Center, Department of Veterans Affairs Health Service Research and Development Service Resource Center at the Edward Hines, Jr, Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, IL 60141 5000, USA
Ann Epidemiol 12:462-8. 2002.... - Informatics resources to support health care quality improvement in the veterans health administrationDenise M Hynes
VA Information Resource Center, Edward Hines Jr VA Hospital, PO Box 5000 151V, Hines, IL 60141, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 11:344-50. 2004..In this paper, we describe the role of information systems in the VHA QUERI process, highlight the major information systems critical to this quality improvement process, and discuss issues associated with the use of these systems... - Decision support within the Veterans' Health AdministrationMargaret Ross Kraft
Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 122:100-4. 2006..The DSS information has also proven to be very useful for health services researchers... - Breast cancer surgery trends and outcomes: results from a National Department of Veterans Affairs studyDenise M Hynes
Midwest Center for Health Services and Policy Research, VA Information Resource Center, Edward Hines Jr. VA Administration Hospital, PO Box 5000 (151V, Fifth and Roosevelt Roads, Building 1 Room C305, Hines, IL 60141-5000, USA
J Am Coll Surg 198:707-16. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Hospital stays were longer, and morbidity and readmission rates for patients having breast cancer operations at VA hospitals were comparable to those reported for private sector hospitals... - Impact of surgeon and surgical center characteristics on choice of permanent vascular accessANN M O'HARE
Department of Medicine, VA Medical Center, San Francisco, California 94121, USA
Kidney Int 64:681-9. 2003..The impact of the surgeon and surgical center characteristics on choice of autogenous arteriovenous (AV) fistula versus artificial AV graft as permanent vascular access for hemodialysis has not been studied...