6 results match your criteria: "Center for Healthcare Optimization and Implementation Research[Affiliation]"
Mental Health Utilization Among Transgender Veterans.
JAMA Netw Open
January 2025
VA Center for Health Information and Communication, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Health Systems Research CIN 13-416, Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Importance: Compared with cisgender (CG) individuals, transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) individuals experience substantial social and economic disparities that can result in adverse mental health consequences. It is critical to understand potential barriers to care and to address the causes of the disparities in the future.
Objective: To characterize mental health care utilization among TGD veterans with depression.
Using What Matters Most to improve health care delivery for individuals and populations of veterans experiencing homelessness and substance use disorders.
Explore (NY)
January 2025
Center for Healthcare Optimization and Implementation Research, VA Bedford Healthcare System, 200 Springs Rd, Bedford, MA, USA; General Internal Medicine, Chobanian & Avedesian School of Medicine, Boston University, 72 East Concord St., Boston, MA, USA.
Objectives: To understand ways in which the Personal Health Inventory (PHI), a tool to prompt reflection on what matters most and status in 8 components of health and well-being, can be used to inform care of homeless veterans entering a Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program, at individual and programmatic levels.
Methods: Mixed method study was conducted at one residential treatment program. Quantitative data was collected from the PHI (n=64) and was analyzed using descriptive statistics.
Exploring Contactless Vital Signs Collection in Video Telehealth Visits Among Veterans Affairs Providers and Patients: Pilot Usability Study.
JMIR Form Res
October 2024
Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States.
Background: To expand veterans' access to health care, the Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Connected Care explored a novel software feature called "Vitals" on its VA Video Connect telehealth platform. Vitals uses contactless, video-based, remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) through the infrared camera on veterans' smartphones (and other devices) to automatically scan their faces to provide real-time vital statistics on screen to both the provider and patient.
Objective: This study aimed to assess VA clinical provider and veteran patient attitudes regarding the usability of Vitals.
Impacts of testing and immunity acquired through vaccination and infection on covid-19 cases in Massachusetts elementary and secondary students.
Commun Med (Lond)
October 2024
Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, US.
Article Synopsis
- A study conducted during the 2021-22 academic year in Massachusetts aimed to assess the impact of in-school COVID-19 testing programs on case rates among elementary and secondary students as vaccines and infections were on the rise.
- The research used data from over 650,000 students across various schools, finding that surveillance testing led to a slight decrease in positive COVID-19 cases, particularly during the delta variant phase, but results varied with community infection levels over time.
- The conclusion highlighted that testing programs are critical for in-person learning and that changes in immunity from infections or vaccinations significantly influenced SARS-CoV-2 case numbers in schools.
Process mapping with failure mode and effects analysis to identify determinants of implementation in healthcare settings: a guide.
Implement Sci Commun
October 2024
Department of Pediatrics, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Article Synopsis
- Using process maps and a method called FMEA can help find and prioritize problems when trying to use new healthcare practices.
- The method involves four main steps: planning, creating maps to spot barriers, ranking those barriers, and then creating a strategy to tackle the top issues.
- The study gives examples of how to use this method in real-life situations, like improving care for back pain and helping kids with autism get the right support.
Reframing SDM Using Implementation Science: SDM Is the Intervention.
Med Decis Making
November 2024
Center for Healthcare Optimization and Implementation Research, Department of Veterans Affairs, Bedford and Boston, MA, USA.