A5040115813- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Sleep and related disorders
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Diabetes Management and Education
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
2023-2024
Bedford VA Research Corporation
2023-2024
VA Boston Healthcare System
2024
Suffolk University
2018-2023
Milwaukee VA Medical Center
2023
Medical College of Wisconsin
2023
United States Department of the Navy
2023
United States Navy
2023
Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior
2023
VA New England Healthcare System
2021-2023
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Diffusion of Excellence (DoE) program provides a system to identify, replicate, and spread promising practices across the largest integrated healthcare in United States. DoE identifies innovations that have been successfully implemented VHA through Shark Tank style competition. facility regional directors bid resources needed replicate practices. Winning facilities/regions receive external facilitation aid replication/implementation over course year....
Background: The revision process for and recent publication of the DSM-5 initiated debates about widening diagnostic boundaries. pharmaceutical industry had a major financial stake in outcome these debates. This study examines three-part relationship among DSM panel members, principal investigators (PIs) clinical trials new diagnoses, drug companies. Methods: Financial conflicts interest (FCOI) members responsible some diagnoses PIs related treatments were identified. Trials found by...
Introduction The development and spread of innovation are known challenges in health care. US Veterans Health Administration (VHA) created a "Shark Tank"-style competition directed at frontline employees. In this annual, systemwide competition, employees submit innovations to the winning receive support for implementation other facilities. Method A multiple case study design was used understand facility engagement relationship between organizational conditions. authors typology describe...
Interventions are needed to overcome a key barrier patient-provider communication, namely that patients hesitate participate in clinical conversations because they believe their expected role is be passive. This expectation reinforced for veterans, who replicate experience of military hierarchy the relationship. Black moreover, encounter structural racism compounds this power imbalance. paper describes co-designed intervention empower veterans talk with providers, using shared...
Co-design provides a meaningful way to engage patients in research. However, there is limited practical guidance. We used our co-design project identify strategies for other researchers. An ethnographic case study design was used. Data included participant observation of meetings, meeting minutes, analytic fieldnotes, qualitative patient interviews, and research team member self-reflections. Additionally, we got external feedback. analyzed data iteratively. Our 5 6 identified 3 include...
Women face persistent disparities in healthcare quality, access to care, and treatment rates outcomes, with women from marginalized identities facing greater difficulties. Little is known about providers’ understanding of these disparities, despite the vital role they play. This qualitative study explored interdisciplinary (psychologists primary care physicians) perceptions challenges across groups (women color, disabilities, low SES, elderly, LGBTQ backgrounds). Providers frequently focused...
Background There is increasing recognition of the need to focus on health and well-being healthcare employees given high rates burnout turnover. Employee wellness programs are effective at addressing these issues; however, participation in often a challenge requires large scale organizational transformation. The Veterans Health Administration (VA) has begun roll out their own employee program—Employee Whole (EWH)—focused holistic needs all employees. This evaluation’s goal was use Lean...
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This study examined the relative contributions of peer teasing, relational aggression, and body image disturbance on subclinical maladaptive eating patterns among female college students. One hundred two students completed self-report online surveys disturbance, problems. Consistent with our hypotheses, greater level were associated higher rates patterns. Body emerged as only significant positive predictor in final regression model. Current findings indicate close link between young adults....
To evaluate a training program for non-specialist health care providers in brief coaching intervention to improve positive airway pressure (PAP) usage Veterans with sleep apnea.We conducted national webinar designed implement telephone PAP adherence. The curriculum was crafted by experts medicine and behavioral based on principles of desensitization. Providers who participated this were asked complete evaluations at 30 days 1 year.Provider surveys indicated that most respondents had...