Multidisciplinary Organization and Outcomes for Chronic Heart Failure Patients in the VA

This presentation was made at the fifth annual meeting of the Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative and was given by Joanne Disch and Doug Wholey. This research team tested a theory of the effect of nurse-physician co-leadership, the effective modeling by nurses and physicians of individual role behaviors and a strong shared inter-professional relationship, in chronic heart failure care groups in Veterans Health Administration medical centers.

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Web Offerings from the VA... Starting Off with Grantee Ciaran Phibbs

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Health Services Research & Development Service has released its list of upcoming web sessions... and we were pleased to see INQRI grantee Ciaran Phibbs leading the pack!

Wednesday, December 1, 2:00pm ET

HERC Econometrics Course: Right Hand Side Variables
by Ciaran Phibbs, PhD
Register now.

Ciaran Phibbs, PhD is the Assistant Director of HERC. Dr. Phibbs is a health economist at the Center for Health Care Evaluation and the Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, a Consulting Associate Professor in the Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, and a Research Associate, Center for Health Policy and Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University. His own VA research projects have focused on the demand for VA healthcare and how travel distance and the availability of non-VA alternatives influence veterans use of VA care. In more general terms, his research focuses on the hospital costs and competition. Much of this work has looked at how travel distance effects hospitals, and methods for defining hospital markets. Dr. Phibbs also has a long standing interest in neonatal care.

Additional Events:

Monday, December 6, 1:00pm ET
VIReC Database and Methods Seminar: Measuring Veterans Health Services Use in Medicare (Part 2)
by Denise Hynes, PhD, RN
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Tuesday, December 7, 12:00pm ET
QUERI Implementation Research: Internet and My HealtheVet Use for Chronic Disease Self-Management
by Keith McInnes, ScD, MS
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Tuesday, December 14, 1:00pm ET
Spotlight on Evidence-based Synthesis Program: Systematic Literature Review on Women Veteran’s Research
by Bevanne Bean-Mayberry, MD, MHS
Isomi Miake-Lye, BA
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Wednesday, December 15, 2:00pm ET
HERC Econometrics Course: Research Design
by Jean Yoon, PhD
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Thursday, December 16, 12:00pm ET
Timely Topics of Interest: Using Evaluation to Improve our Work: A Resource Guide
by Michael Davies, MD
Joe Francis, MD, MPH
Dede Ordin, MD, MPH
Susanne Salem-Schatz, ScD
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INQRI Grantee Presents as Part of Health Policy Seminar Series

INQRI grantee Doug Wholey recently presented the results of his INQRI project, "Multidisciplinary Organization and Outcomes for Chronic Heart Failure Patients in the VA" during the University of Minnesota's Health Policy and Management Seminar and Lecture Series.

Wholey co-led a team with Joanne Disch to test a theory of the effect of nurse-physician co-leadership, the effective modeling by nurses and physicians of individual role behaviors and a strong shared inter-professional relationship, in chronic heart failure (CHF) care groups in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) medical centers. The outcomes were waste in care processes, patient outcomes of receiving dietary and medication instructions at discharge, adult smoking cessation advice/counseling, and readmissions and provider outcomes of nurse burnout and CHF knowledge.

Click here to watch the presentation.

The Nurse as Leader in Delivering Care

This panel presentation was delivered by members of INQRI's third cohort of grantees at the 4th Annual INQRI Meeting. Facilitated by NAC Member Shelley White-Means.

Part 1 features Dr. Barbara Resnick, presenting on the study "The Res-Care-AL Intervention Study."



Part 2 features Dr. Doug Wholey, presenting on the study "Multidisciplinary Organization and Outcomes for Chronic Heart Failure Patients in the VA."



Part 3 features Dr. Kathleen Stevens, presenting on the study "Small Troubles, Adaptive Responses [STAR]: Fostering a Quality Culture in Nursing."



Part 4 features Dr. Cynthia Corbett, presenting on the study "Empowering Home Care Nurses to Efficiently Resolve Medication Discrepancies."