RESEARCH
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Research Library
The Office of Rural Health (ORH) is dedicated to the support and advancement of current VA health care providers and the identification, recruitment, and development of the next generation of VA providers to care for our rural Veterans. This library contains studies on issues that impact delivery of health care, and services to rural Veterans.
ISSUE BRIEFS
Fall 2023
Summer 2020
End of Life Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Veterans: Experiences of Rural Hospice Providers
Veterans Rural Health Resource Center - Salt Lake City
Summer 2018
Intensive Care Units (ICU) Telemedicine Reduces Inter-Hospital ICU Transfers in the Veterans Health Administration
Spyridon Fortis, MD and Heather Schacht Reisinger, PhD A.
Journal Articles
2024
Chronic Disease Management through Clinical Video Telehealth on Health Care Utilization, and Mortality in the Veterans Health Administration: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Winter 2024
J Priyanka Vakkalanka, Andrea Holcombe, Marcia M Ward, Knute D Carter, Kimberly D McCoy, Heidi M Clark, Jeydith T Gutierrez, Kimberly A S Merchant, Nicholas M Mohr
Conceptualizations of interprofessional communication in intensive care units: findings from a scoping review
Winter 2024
Nicole L Johnson, Jane Moeckli
2023
Secure Messaging Intervention in Patients Starting New Antidepressant to Promote Adherence: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Winter 2023
Carolyn Turvey, Lindsey Fuhrmeister, Dawn Klein, Kimberly McCoy, Jane Moeckli, Kenda R Stewart Steffensmeier, Natalie Suiter, Jen Van Tiem
Tribal Perspectives on Patient Navigation for Rural Native Veterans Using Veteran Health Administration Services
Winter 2023
Keith Kleszynski, Lori Jervis, Gloria TallBull, Olivia Porter, Byron D Bair, Jay H Shore, Spero M Manson, Carol E Kaufman
Addressing Access to Care in Diverse Older Adult Populations Using Information and Communication Technologies
Fall 2023
Christine E Gould, Bret L Hicken, Jennifer J Freytag
A Smoking Cessation Intervention for Rural Veterans Tailored to Individual Risk Factors: A Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial
Fall 2023
Mark W Vander Weg, M Bryant Howren, Kathleen M Grant, Allan V Prochazka, Sonia Duffy, Randy Burke, Margaret Cretzmeyer, Christopher Parker, Emily B K Thomas, Marianne T Rizk, Jennifer Bayer, Ellen M Kinner, Jennifer M Clark, David A Katz
The VA National TeleNeurology Program implementation: a mixed-methods evaluation guided by RE-AIM framework
Fall 2023
Teresa M Damush, Jayne R Wilkinson, Holly Martin, Edward J Miech, Qing Tang, Stanley Taylor, Joanne K Daggy, Grace Bastin, Robin Islam, Laura J Myers, Lauren S Penney, Aditi Narechania, Steve S Schreiber, Linda S Williams
Developing a brief assessment of social risks for the Veterans Health Administration Survey of Healthcare Experiences of Patients
Fall 2023
Leslie R M Hausmann, Alicia J Cohen, Johanne Eliacin, Deborah A Gurewich, Richard E Lee, Jennifer L McCoy, Mark Meterko, Zachary Michaels, Ernest M Moy, Gregory T Procario, Lauren E Russell, James H Schaefer Jr
Current Programs and Incentives to Overcome Rural Physician Shortages in the United States: A Narrative Review
Summer 2023
Kelley Arredondo, Hilary N Touchett, Sundas Khan, Matthew Vincenti, Bradley V Watts
Researchers study the impact of teleneurology program on timeliness of access to neurological care
Summer 2023
Wilkinson, J., et al.
Feasibility of delivering a virtual 1-day acceptance and commitment therapy workshop to rural Veterans through community partnerships
Summer 2023
Lilian Dindo, Angelic Chaison, Merlyn Rodrigues, Ken Woods, Alicia Mark, Derrecka Boykin
Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Rural Versus Urban Veterans Health Administration Facilities
Summer 2023
Jessica J Wyse, Sarah Shull, Stephan Lindner, Benjamin J Morasco, Adam J Gordon, Kathleen F Carlson, P Todd Korthuis, Sarah S Ono, Joseph G Liberto, Travis I Lovejoy
Military Veterans' Perspectives on Postoperative Opioid Use: A Secondary Analysis of Qualitative Data
Summer 2023
Mandy Conrad, Kenda Stewart Steffensmeier, Jennifer Van Tiem, Ashlie Obrecht, Jasmine Mares, Hilary J Mosher, Mark W Vander Weg, Zita Sibenaller, Lori Stout, Parimal Patel, Katherine Hadlandsmyth
Care coordination across healthcare systems: development of a research agenda, implications for practice, and recommendations for policy based on a modified Delphi panel
Summer 2023
Susanne Hempel, David Ganz, Sonali Saluja, Maria Bolshakova, Timothy Kim, Carolyn Turvey , Kristina Cordasco, Aashna Basu, Tonya Page, Reshma Mahmood, Aneesa Motala, Jenny Barnard, Michelle Wong, Ning Fu, Isomi M Miake-Lye
Mortality Among US Veterans Admitted to Community vs Veterans Health Administration Hospitals for COVID-19
Summer 2023
Michael E Ohl, Kelly Richardson Miell, Brice F Beck, Bradley Mecham, George Bailey, Michelle Mengeling, Mary Vaughan-Sarrazin
An Analysis of Irregular Discharges From Residential Treatment Programs in the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System
Summer 2023
Natalie B Riblet, Daniel J Gottlieb, Brian Shiner, Lisa Zubkoff, Korie Rice, Bradley V Watts, Brett Rusch
"It Made Me Not Want to See Him…": The Role of Patient-Provider Communication in Influencing Rural-Dwelling Women Veterans' Motivation to Seek Health Care for Managing Chronic Pain
Summer 2023
Nicole L Johnson, Kenda Stewart Steffensmeier, Lauren A Garvin, Jenna L Adamowicz, Ashlie A Obrecht, Shamira J Rothmiller, Zita Sibenaller , Lori Stout , Mary A Driscoll, Katherine Hadlandsmyth
Veterans Health Administration TeleSleep Enterprise-Wide Initiative 2017-2020: bringing sleep care to our nation's Veterans
Summer 2023
Victor S Chun, Mary A Whooley, Katherine Williams, Ning Zhang, Michelle R Zeidler, Charles W Atwood, Robert L Folmer, Annette M Totten, Connor J Smith, Eilis A Boudreau, Jill M Reichert , Kathleen F Sarmiento
Culturally Centered Implementation of Video Telehealth for Rural Native Veterans
Summer 2023
Stephanie C Day, Alexandra Caloudas , Kristen Frosio, Jan Lindsay , Jay H Shore
High Versus Medium Dose of Inhaled Corticosteroid in Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Summer 2023
Paraschos Archontakis Barakakis, Thuonghien Tran, Jee Young You, Gabriel J Hernandez Romero, Vipul Gidwani, Fernando J Martinez, Spyridon Fortis
Whole Health coaching to rural Veterans through telehealth: Advantages, gaps, and opportunities
Summer 2023
Kelsea LeBeau, Deepthi S Varma, Consuelo M Kreider, Gail Castañeda, Cheri Knecht, Diane Cowper Ripley, Huanguang Jia, J Hale-Gallardo
Rural-urban trends in health care utilization, treatment, and mortality among US veterans with congestive heart failure: A retrospective cohort study
Spring 2023
Maya Aboumrad, David Peritz, Scott Friedman, Gabrielle Zwain, Bradley V Watts, Cynthia Taub
Association of Rural Living with COPD-related Hospitalizations and Deaths in US Veterans
Spring 2023
Spyridon Fortis, Yubo Gao, Arianne K. Baldomero, Mary Vaughan Sarrazin, Peter Kaboli
National Survey of Lung Cancer Screening Practices in Veterans Health Administration Facilities
Spring 2023
Eduardo R. Núñez, Christopher G. Slatore, Nicole T. Tanner, Angela Fabbrini, James K. Brown, Renda Soylemez Wiener
2022
The Regional Distribution of Psychiatric Residency Positions Funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs and Its Relationship to Rural Veteran Populations
Summer 2022
Matthew Vincenti, Anthony Albanese, Edward Bope , Bradley V Watts
A Novel Gap Staffing Metric for Primary Care in the Veterans Health Administration and Implications for Rural and Urban Clinics
Summer 2022
Amy M J O'Shea, Bjarni Haraldsson, Ariana F Shahnazi, Ryan A Sterling, Edwin S Wong, Peter J Kaboli
Implementation of Telehealth for Psychiatric Care in VA Emergency Departments and Urgent Care Clinics
Summer 2022
Michael J. Ward, John L. Shuster, Jr., Nicholas M. Mohr, Peter J. Kaboli, Amanda S. Mixon, Jennifer Kemmer, Corey Campbell, and Candace D. McNaughton
Differences in chronic pain care receipt among veterans from differing racialized groups and the impact of rural versus urban residence
Winter 2022
Jasmine G Mares, Brian C Lund, Jenna L Adamowicz , Diana J Burgess, Shamira J Rothmiller, Katherine Hadlandsmyth
Mental Health Service Use, Suicide Behavior, and Emergency Department Visits Among Rural U.S. Veterans Who Received Video-Enabled Tablets During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Spring 2022
Kritee Gujral, James Van Campen, Josephine Jacobs, Rachel Kimerling , Dan Blonigen, Donna M Zulman
American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans in the Indian Health Service: Health status, utilization and cost
Spring 2022
Carol E Kaufman, Laura Grau, Rene Begay, Margaret Reid, Cynthia W Goss , Bret Hicken, Jay H Shore, Joan O'Connell
Providers' Shift to Telerehabilitation at the U.S. Veterans Health Administration During COVID-19: Practical Applications
Spring 2022
Consuelo M Kreider, Jennifer Hale-Gallardo, John C Kramer, Sharon Mburu, Mackenzi R Slamka, Kimberly E Findley, Keith J Myers, Sergio Romero
A scoping review of Veteran suicide prevention programs in Native American communities and the general population
Spring 2022
Nathaniel V Mohatt , Rene L Begay, Cynthia W Goss, Jay H Shore, Carol E Kaufman, Bret L Hicken
Effectiveness of the Rural Transitions Nurse Program for Veterans: A Multicenter Implementation Study
Spring 2022
Heather M. Gilmartin, PhD, NP, Theodore Warsavage, MS, Anne Hines, PhD, Chelsea Leonard, PhD, Lynette Kelley, FNP, MSN, Ashlea Wills, BN, David Gaskin, Lexus Ujano-De Motta, Brigid Connelly, Mary E. Plomondon, PhD, MSPH, Fan Yang, PhD, Peter Kaboli, MD, MS, Robert E. Burke, MD, MS, Christine D. Jones, MD, MS
Suicide Among American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans Who Use Veterans Health Administration Care: 2004 - 2018
Spring 2022
Nathaniel V Mohatt, Claire A Hoffmire, Alexandra L Schneider, Cynthia W Goss, Jay H Shore, Talia L Spark, Carol E Kaufman
Transfer boarding delays care more in low-volume rural emergency departments: A cohort study
Spring 2022
Nicholas M Mohr, Chaorong Wu , Michael J Ward, Candace D McNaughton, Brett Faine, Kaila Pomeranz, Kelly Richardson, Peter J Kaboli
Behavioral Health Screening and Care Coordination for Rural Veterans in a Federally Qualified Health Center
Spring 2022
M Bryant Howren, Debra Kazmerzak, Sheryl Pruin, Wendy Barbaris, Thad E Abrams
Health-related quality of life in head and neck cancer survivors: Evaluating the rural disadvantage
Spring 2022
Jenna L Adamowicz, Alan Christensen, M Bryant Howren, Aaron T Seaman, Nicholas D Kendell, Shylo Wardyn, Nitin A Pagedar
Cultivating across "pockets of excellence": Challenges to sustaining efforts to improve osteoporosis care
Spring 2022
Aaron T Seaman , Melissa J A Steffen, Jennifer M Van Tiem, Shylo Wardyn, Xiomara Santana, Karla L Miller, Samantha L Solimeo
Implementation of an Intensive Telehealth Intervention for Rural Patients with Clinic-Refractory Diabetes
Winter 2022
Elizabeth A Kobe, Allison A Lewinski, Amy S Jeffreys, Valerie A Smith, Cynthia J Coffman, Susanne M Danus, Elisabeth Sidoli, Beth D Greck, Leanne Horne, David R Saxon, Susan Shook, Lina E Aguirre, Mary G Esquibel, Clarene Evenson, Christopher Elizagaray, Vivian Nelson, Amanda Zeek, William G Weppner, Stephanie Scodellaro, Cassie J Perdew, George L Jackson, Karen Steinhauser, Hayden B Bosworth, David Edelman, Matthew J Crowley
Enhancing the Biopsychosocial Approach to Perioperative Care: A Pilot Randomized Trial of the Perioperative Pain Self-Management (PePS) Intervention
Winter 2022
Katherine Hadlandsmyth, Mandy Conrad, Kenda Steward Steffensmeier, Jennifer Van Tiem, Ashlie Obrecht, Joseph J Cullen, Mark W Vander Weg
Central Nervous System Polytherapy Among Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Changes Across A Decade
Winter 2022
Katherine Hadlandsmyth, Nancy C Bernardy, Brian C Lund
Cardiovascular Outcomes of Patients Referred to Home Based Cardiac Rehabilitation
Winter 2022
S Hammad Jafri, Tasnim F Imran, Elizabeth Medbury, Jeannie Ursillo, Khansa Ahmad, Hafiz Imran, Kariann Drwal, Wen-Chih Wu
Impact of moral injury and posttraumatic stress disorder on health care utilization and suicidality in rural and urban veterans
Fall 2022
Kimber J Parry , Bret L Hicken , Wei Chen , Jianwei Leng , Steven Allen , Zachary Burningham
Meeting the Needs of Rural Veterans: A Qualitative Evaluation of Whole Health Coaches' Expanded Services and Support during COVID-19
Fall 2022
J Hale-Gallardo, Consuelo M Kreider, Gail Castañeda , Kelsea LeBeau , Deepthi S Varma , Cheri Knecht, Diane Cowper Ripley , Huanguang Jia
Engagement in Primary Prevention Program among Rural Veterans With Osteoporosis Risk
Fall 2022
Karla L Miller, Kimberly Mccoy, Chris Richards , Aaron Seaman, Samantha L Solimeo
Association of Adequacy of Broadband Internet Service With Access to Primary Care in the Veterans Health Administration Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Fall 2022
Amy M J O'Shea, Aaron Baum, Bjarni Haraldsson, Ariana Shahnazi, Matthew R Augustine, Kailey Mulligan, Peter J Kaboli
Evaluating policies to improve access to mental health services in rural areas
Fall 2022
Brian Shiner, Daniel Gottlieb, Korie Rice, Jenna A Forehand, Meghan Snitkin, Bradley V Watts
Perioperative Management of Buprenorphine/Naloxone in a Large, National Health Care System: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Fall 2022
Jessica J Wyse, Anders Herreid-O'Neill, Jacob Dougherty, Sarah Shull, Katherine Mackey, Kelsey C Priest, Honora Englander, Jessica Thomas, Travis I Lovejoy
Factors affecting primary care implementation for older Veterans with multimorbidity in Veterans Health Administration
Fall 2022
Omonyêlé L Adjognon, Marlena H Shin, Melissa J A Steffen, Jennifer Moye, Samantha Solimeo, Jennifer L Sullivan
HIV care using differentiated service delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic: A nationwide cohort study in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Fall 2022
Kathleen A McGinnis, Melissa Skanderson, Amy C Justice, Kathleen M Akgun, Janet P Tate, Joseph T King Jr., Christopher T Rentsch, Vincent C Marconi, Evelyn Hsieh, Christopher Ruser, Farah Kidwai-Khan, Roozbeh Yousefzadeh, Joseph Erdos, Lesley S Park
The graying of integrated health: The specialized role of psychology in geriatric primary care
Fall 2022
Erin Kube, Grant Harris, Bret Hicken
Discussion and Initiation of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Were Rare Following Diagnoses of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Veterans
Fall 2022
Takaaki Kobayashi, Puja Van Epps, Marissa M Maier, Lauren A Beste, Brice F Beck, Bruce Alexander, Michael E Ohl
Psychiatrist and Psychologist Experiences with Telehealth and Remote Collaborative Care in Primary Care: A Qualitative Study
Fall 2022
Molly Howland, McKenna Tennant, Deborah J Bowen, Amy M Bauer, John C Fortney, Jeffrey M Pyne, Jay Shore, Joseph M Cerimele
Longitudinal Examination of COVID-19 Public Health Measures on Mental Health for Rural Patients with Serious Mental Illness
Fall 2022
Natalie B Riblet, Susan P Stevens, Brian Shiner, Sarah Cornelius, Jenna Forehand, Robert C Scott, Bradley V Watts
Geographic Variation in Initiation of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy Among Veterans with PTSD
Fall 2022
Vincent M Dufort, Nancy Bernardy, Shira Maquen, Jessica E Hoyt, Eric R Litt, Olga V Patterson, Christine E Leonard, Brian Shiner
"We Got an Invite into the Fortress": VA-Community Partnerships for Meeting Veterans' Healthcare Needs
Fall 2022
Carol J Ward, Curtis Child, Bret L Hicken, S Matthew Stearmer, Michael R Cope, Scott R Sanders, Jorden E Jackson
Increasing access to care for trauma-exposed rural Veterans: A mixed methods outcome evaluation of a web-based skills training program with telehealth-delivered coaching
Fall 2022
Terri L Fletcher, Amber B Amspoker, Miryam Wassef, Julianna B Hogan, Ashley Helm, Christie Jackson, Adam Jacobs, Rayan Shammet, Sarah Speicher, Jan A Lindsay, Marylene Cloitre
"There's a huge benefit just to know that someone cares": A qualitative examination of rural Veterans' experiences with TelePain
Fall 2022
Molly Silvestrin, Jess Indresano, Steven B Zeliadt, Jessica A Chen
Rural differences in psychiatric medication prescribing in Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder
Fall 2022
Brian C Lund, Nancy C Bernardy
Telephone Veteran peer coaching for mental health treatment engagement among rural Veterans: The importance of secondary outcomes and qualitative data in a randomized controlled trial
Fall 2022
Karen H Sea, Jeffrey M Pyne, Jennifer K Manual, Yongmei Li, Christopher J Koenig, Kara A Zamora, Traci H Abraham, Marie M Mesidor, Coleen Hill, Madeline Uddo,
The Regional Distribution of Psychiatric Residency Positions Funded by the Departement of Veterans Affairs and Its Relationship to Rural Veteran Populations
Fall 2022
Matthew Vincenti, Anthony Albanese, Edward Bope, Bradley V Watts
Impact of Longitudinal Virtual Primary Care on Diabetes Quality of Care
Fall 2022
Amy D Lu, Elise Gunzburger, Thomas J Glorioso, William B Smith II, Rachael R Kenney, Mary A Whooley, P Michael Ho
Treating postpartum depression in rural Veterans using internet delivered CBT: program evaluation of MomMoodBooster
Fall 2022
Cara L Solness, Emily B Kroska, Paul J Holdefer, Michael W O'Hara
Recent trends in the rural-urban suicide disparity amonge Veterans using VA health care
Fall 2022
Brian Shiner, Talya Peltzman, Sarah L Cornelius, Jiang Gui, Jenna Forehand, Bradley V Watts
Combination outreach and wellness intervention for distressed rural Veterans: results of a multimethod pilot study
Fall 2022
Lilian Dindo, McKenzie K Roddy, Derrecka Boykin, Ken Woods, Merlyn Rodrigues, Tracey L Smith, Raquel D Gonzalez, Gala True
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