A Mobile and Web-Based Self-Directed Complementary and Integrative Health Program for Veterans and Their Partners (Mission Reconnect): Protocol for a Mixed-Methods Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Complementary and integrative health (CIH) is a viable solution to PTSD and chronic pain. Many veterans believe CIH can be performed only by licensed professionals in a health care setting. Health information technology can bring effective CIH to veterans and their partners.

Complementary and Integrated Health Approaches: What Do Veterans Use and Want.

Objectives: Non-pharmacological treatment options for common conditions such as chronic pain, anxiety, and depression are being given increased consideration in healthcare, especially given the recent emphasis to address the opioid crisis. One set of non-pharmacological treatment options are evidence-based complementary and integrative health (CIH) approaches, such as yoga, acupuncture, and meditation. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), the nation's largest healthcare system, has been at the forefront of implementing CIH approaches, given their patients' high prevalence of pain, anxiety, and depression.

What Should Health Care Systems Consider When Implementing Complementary and Integrative Health: Lessons from Veterans Health Administration.

Objectives: Health care systems are increasingly interested in becoming whole health systems that include complementary and integrative health (CIH) approaches. The nation's largest health care system, the Veterans Health Administration (VA), has been transforming to such a system. However, anecdotal evidence suggested that many VA medical centers have faced challenges in implementing CIH approaches, whereas others have flourished.

The Health Status of Veteran Employees Compared to Civilian Employees in Veterans Health Administration.

Introduction: Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is undergoing changes in the practice of health care focusing on approaches that prioritize veteran well-being. Given transformation efforts, opportunities exist to enhance the health and well-being of patients and employees alike - a significant proportion of whom are veterans. To date, differences in health status between veteran and civilian employees within VHA have not been examined.

Challenges and Strategies for Implementing Battlefield Acupuncture in the Veterans Administration: A Qualitative Study of Provider Perspectives.

Battlefield Acupuncture (BFA) is an auricular needling protocol for pain. More than 1300 Veterans Health Administration (VHA) clinicians have been trained in BFA delivery. However, little is known about how well BFA has been implemented at the VHA.

Yoga Treatment for Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain (2017).

Unlabelled: Wieland LS, Skoetz N, Pilkington K, Vempati R, D׳Adamo CR, Berman BM. Yoga treatment for chronic non-specific low back pain.Cochrane Database Syst Rev2017, Issue 1.

Provider and Consumer Behaviors and their Interaction for Measuring Person-Centered Care.

Background: Current research has found that higher rates of person-centered care (PCC) are associated with greater treatment adherence and positive treatment outcomes. However, the instruments used to access PCC primarily collect data on provider behavior, rather than consumer participation in PCC, despite the necessary co-equal and collaborative nature of PCC interactions.

Objectives: The objective of the current study was to test the hypotheses that: (1) the Perceived Involvement in Care Scale (PICS) consumer information subscale and the consumer decision making subscale are not correlated with the PPPC subscales and, (2) consumer perceptions of person-centeredness and of consumer involvement in care are significant independent explanatory variables for the theoretically or quantitatively grounded outcomes of therapeutic alliance, treatment adherence, and mental health care system mistrust.

Personalized Health Planning in Primary Care Settings.

Personalized health planning can be operationalized as a health care delivery model to support personalized, proactive, patient-driven care.

Provider perspectives on and experiences with engagement of patients and families in implementing patient-centered care.

Objective: To study of the efforts of four Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers to engage patients and families in patient-centered care (PCC) transformation.

Methods: Interviews with 107 providers/employees involved in implementation of PCC innovations. Coding used a mixed inductive-deductive approach.

Evaluating the implementation and sustainability of a program for enhancing veterans' intimate relationships.

The Warrior to Soul Mate (W2SM) program is a grassroots initiative on the part of Veterans Affairs chaplain services to provide relationship enhancement skills to veterans and significant others based on the Practical Application of Intimate Relationship Skills model. To examine the implementation and sustainability of the W2SM program, two online surveys were sent to each participating facility's W2SM leader. The first examined how individual W2SM events were conducted (100% response rate, 67 surveys) and the second assessed facility-level issues impacting program sustainability (100% response rate, 23 surveys).