Issue Special Issue 1/2024
Virtual Care in the Veterans Health Administration: Evidence to Advance Access, Engagement, and Outcomes
Content (18 Articles)
Realizing Virtual Care in VA: Supporting the Healthcare System’s Journey Towards Enhanced Access, Engagement, and Outcomes
Timothy P. Hogan, Scott E. Sherman, Navid Dardashti, Nicholas McMahon, Cindie Slightam, Donna M. Zulman
20 Years of Telehealth in the Veterans Health Administration: Taking Stock of Our Past and Charting Our Future
Leonie Heyworth, Nilesh Shah, Kevin Galpin
Unleashing the Potential for Patient-Generated Health Data (PGHD)
Kim M. Nazi, Terry Newton, Christina M. Armstrong
Research Priorities to Expand Virtual Care Access for Patients in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System
Charlie M. Wray, Ursula Myers, Cindie Slightam, Navid Dardashti, Leonie Heyworth, Allison Lewinski, Peter Kaboli, Thomas Edes, Kevin Trueman, Donna M. Zulman
Improving Veteran Engagement with Virtual Care Technologies: a Veterans Health Administration State of the Art Conference Research Agenda
Taona P. Haderlein, Jenice Guzman-Clark, Navid S. Dardashti, Nicholas McMahon, Elizabeth L. Duran, Jolie N. Haun, Stephanie A. Robinson, Amanda C. Blok, Sarah L. Cutrona, Jan A. Lindsay, Christina M. Armstrong, Kim M. Nazi, Stephanie L. Shimada, Nancy R. Wilck, Erin Reilly, Eric Kuhn, Timothy P. Hogan
Defining and Improving Outcomes Measurement for Virtual Care: Report from the VHA State-of-the-Art Conference on Virtual Care
Samantha L. Connolly, Scott E. Sherman, Navid Dardashti, Elizabeth Duran, Hayden B. Bosworth, Michael E. Charness, Terry J. Newton, Ashok Reddy, Edwin S. Wong, Leah L. Zullig, Jeydith Gutierrez
Expanding Access to Comprehensive Geriatric Evaluation via Telehealth: Development of Hybrid-Virtual Home Visits
Cathy C. Schubert, Lauren S. Penney, Ashley L. Schwartzkopf, Teresa M. Damush, Alaina Preddie, Soyna Flemming, Jennifer Myers, Laura J. Myers, Anthony J. Perkins, Ying Zhang, Dawn M. Bravata
Telehealth Access and Substitution in the VHA
Jessica Lum, Izabela Sadej, Steven D. Pizer, Christine Yee
Characteristics of Veterans Experiencing Homelessness using Telehealth for Primary Care Before and After COVID-19 Pandemic Onset
Lucinda B. Leung, Eunice Zhang, Karen Chu, Caroline Yoo, Sonya Gabrielian, Claudia Der-Martirosian
Disparities in Video-Based Primary Care Use Among Veterans with Cardiovascular Disease
Rebecca Tisdale, Claudia Der-Martirosian, Caroline Yoo, Karen Chu, Donna Zulman, Lucinda Leung
Pain Care Disparities and the Use of Virtual Care Among Racial-Ethnic Minority Groups During COVID-19
Sarah J. Javier, Evan P. Carey, Elise Gunzburger, Huang-Yuan P. Chen, Steven B. Zeliadt, Emily C. Williams, Jessica A. Chen
Factors Associated with Veteran Self-Reported Use of Digital Health Devices
Stephanie A. Robinson, Stephanie L. Shimada, Mark S. Zocchi, Bella Etingen, Bridget Smith, Nicholas McMahon, Sarah L. Cutrona, Julie S. Harmon, Nancy R. Wilck, Timothy P. Hogan
Informational Postcards Increase Engagement with Remote Monitoring Among Veterans with Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: a Stepped-Wedge Randomized Controlled Trial
Megan M. McLaughlin, Merritt H. Raitt, Gary Tarasovsky, Mary A. Whooley, Sanket S. Dhruva
Implementation of Direct-to-Patient Mobile Teledermatology in VA
Sara B. Peracca, Olevie Lachica, Rebecca P. Lamkin, George L. Jackson, David C. Mohr, Heather A. King, John D. Whited, Allene S. Fonseca, Isis J. Morris, Allen L. Gifford, Martin A. Weinstock, Dennis H. Oh
Comparing Veterans Preferences and Barriers for Video Visit Utilization Versus In-Person Visits: a Survey of Two VA Centers
Omar El-Shahawy, Andrew Nicholson, Nicholas Illenberger, Lisa Altshuler, Anne Dembitzer, Paul Krebs, Melanie Jay
Healthcare Utilization Differences Among Primary Care Patients Using Telemedicine in the Veterans Health Administration: a Retrospective Cohort Study
Amy M. J. O’Shea, Kailey Mulligan, Paige Carlson, Bjarni Haraldsson, Matthew R. Augustine, Peter J. Kaboli, Stephanie L. Shimada
The Clinical Resource Hub Telehealth Program and Use of Primary Care, Emergency, and Inpatient Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Kritee Gujral, Jennifer Y. Scott, Clara E. Dismuke-Greer, Hao Jiang, Emily Wong, Jean Yoon
Relationship Between Patient Portal Tool Use and Medication Adherence and Viral Load Among Patients Living with HIV
Amanda M. Midboe, Shayna Cave, Stephanie L. Shimada, Ashley C. Griffin, Tigran Avoundjian, Steven M. Asch, Allen L. Gifford, Donald Keith McInnes, Lara K. Troszak