Digital Edition

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• Celebrating Federal Social Work!
• FDA Updates
• Screening for Symptomatic Mefloquine Exposure Among Veterans With Chronic Psychiatric Symptoms
• Medication Adherence and OR Efficiency
• Applying a Time-Out and Standardized Report Form in Anesthesia Handoffs
• Oxybutynin Treatment for Hyperhidrosis in Spinal Cord Injury Patients
• Odontogenic Sinusitis
• One Hundred Case Series of Vocal Cord Dysfunction in a Military Treatment Facility
• Generalized Vaccinia After Smallpox Vaccination With Epstein Barr Infection
• Colonic Diaphragm Disease: An Important NSAID Complication to Know
• The Impact of Obesity on the Efficacy of Simvastatin for Lowering LDL-C
• Improving Caregiver Knowledge of Support Resources
• Walter Reed: A Legacy of Leadership and Service

Click here to access the March 2017 Digital Edition.

Table of Contents

• Celebrating Federal Social Work!
• FDA Updates
• Screening for Symptomatic Mefloquine Exposure Among Veterans With Chronic Psychiatric Symptoms
• Medication Adherence and OR Efficiency
• Applying a Time-Out and Standardized Report Form in Anesthesia Handoffs
• Oxybutynin Treatment for Hyperhidrosis in Spinal Cord Injury Patients
• Odontogenic Sinusitis
• One Hundred Case Series of Vocal Cord Dysfunction in a Military Treatment Facility
• Generalized Vaccinia After Smallpox Vaccination With Epstein Barr Infection
• Colonic Diaphragm Disease: An Important NSAID Complication to Know
• The Impact of Obesity on the Efficacy of Simvastatin for Lowering LDL-C
• Improving Caregiver Knowledge of Support Resources
• Walter Reed: A Legacy of Leadership and Service

Click here to access the March 2017 Digital Edition.

Table of Contents

• Celebrating Federal Social Work!
• FDA Updates
• Screening for Symptomatic Mefloquine Exposure Among Veterans With Chronic Psychiatric Symptoms
• Medication Adherence and OR Efficiency
• Applying a Time-Out and Standardized Report Form in Anesthesia Handoffs
• Oxybutynin Treatment for Hyperhidrosis in Spinal Cord Injury Patients
• Odontogenic Sinusitis
• One Hundred Case Series of Vocal Cord Dysfunction in a Military Treatment Facility
• Generalized Vaccinia After Smallpox Vaccination With Epstein Barr Infection
• Colonic Diaphragm Disease: An Important NSAID Complication to Know
• The Impact of Obesity on the Efficacy of Simvastatin for Lowering LDL-C
• Improving Caregiver Knowledge of Support Resources
• Walter Reed: A Legacy of Leadership and Service

Click here to access the Best Practices in Hematology and Oncology 2017 Digital Edition.

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• Timeliness of Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
• Treatment and Management of Multiple Myeloma
• Ketogenic Diets and Cancer: Emerging Evidence
• Distress Screening and Management in an Outpatient VA Cancer Clinic: A Pilot Project Involving Ambulatory Patients Across the Disease Trajectory
• A Road Map for Creating a CPRS Template for a Cancer Survivorship Treatment Summary and Care Plan

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• Timeliness of Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
• Treatment and Management of Multiple Myeloma
• Ketogenic Diets and Cancer: Emerging Evidence
• Distress Screening and Management in an Outpatient VA Cancer Clinic: A Pilot Project Involving Ambulatory Patients Across the Disease Trajectory
• A Road Map for Creating a CPRS Template for a Cancer Survivorship Treatment Summary and Care Plan

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• Timeliness of Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
• Treatment and Management of Multiple Myeloma
• Ketogenic Diets and Cancer: Emerging Evidence
• Distress Screening and Management in an Outpatient VA Cancer Clinic: A Pilot Project Involving Ambulatory Patients Across the Disease Trajectory
• A Road Map for Creating a CPRS Template for a Cancer Survivorship Treatment Summary and Care Plan

Click here to access the February 2017 Digital Edition.

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• The VA Is Not Just a Hospital, It Is a Community
• Minimizing Postdisaster Fatalities
• A Primary Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention on Pneumonia Treatment Duration
• Review of the Long-Term Effects of Proton Pump Inhibitors
• Malnutrition as a Fall Risk Factor
• Sleep-Disordered Breathing in the Active-Duty Military Population and Its Civilian Care Cost
• Anticoagulation Management Outcomes in Veterans: Office vs Telephone Visits
• Allergic Reaction to Phenylephrine
• FDA Updates
• COVER to COVER: Connecting Older Veterans (Especially Rural) to Community or Veteran-Eligible Resources

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Table of Contents

• The VA Is Not Just a Hospital, It Is a Community
• Minimizing Postdisaster Fatalities
• A Primary Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention on Pneumonia Treatment Duration
• Review of the Long-Term Effects of Proton Pump Inhibitors
• Malnutrition as a Fall Risk Factor
• Sleep-Disordered Breathing in the Active-Duty Military Population and Its Civilian Care Cost
• Anticoagulation Management Outcomes in Veterans: Office vs Telephone Visits
• Allergic Reaction to Phenylephrine
• FDA Updates
• COVER to COVER: Connecting Older Veterans (Especially Rural) to Community or Veteran-Eligible Resources

Click here to access the February 2017 Digital Edition.

Table of Contents

• The VA Is Not Just a Hospital, It Is a Community
• Minimizing Postdisaster Fatalities
• A Primary Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention on Pneumonia Treatment Duration
• Review of the Long-Term Effects of Proton Pump Inhibitors
• Malnutrition as a Fall Risk Factor
• Sleep-Disordered Breathing in the Active-Duty Military Population and Its Civilian Care Cost
• Anticoagulation Management Outcomes in Veterans: Office vs Telephone Visits
• Allergic Reaction to Phenylephrine
• FDA Updates
• COVER to COVER: Connecting Older Veterans (Especially Rural) to Community or Veteran-Eligible Resources

Click here to access the January 2017 Digital Edition

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• What’s New for Federal Practitioner in 2017?
• Addressing Sexual Health With Patients
• Leadership Initiatives in Patient-Centered Transgender Care
• Patient Knowledge and Attitudes About Fecal Microbiota Therapy for Clostridium difficile Infection
• Decentralized vs Centralized Pharmacist Treatment of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Managed With Anticoagulants
• The Importance of Subclavian Angiography in the Evaluation of Chest Pain
• Diabetes: Health Literacy Education Improves Veteran Outcomes
• Torsades de Pointes in Severe Alcohol Withdrawal and Cirrhosis: Implications for Risk Stratification and Management
• Dementia Evaluation, Management, and Outreach

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Table of Contents

• What’s New for Federal Practitioner in 2017?
• Addressing Sexual Health With Patients
• Leadership Initiatives in Patient-Centered Transgender Care
• Patient Knowledge and Attitudes About Fecal Microbiota Therapy for Clostridium difficile Infection
• Decentralized vs Centralized Pharmacist Treatment of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Managed With Anticoagulants
• The Importance of Subclavian Angiography in the Evaluation of Chest Pain
• Diabetes: Health Literacy Education Improves Veteran Outcomes
• Torsades de Pointes in Severe Alcohol Withdrawal and Cirrhosis: Implications for Risk Stratification and Management
• Dementia Evaluation, Management, and Outreach

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Table of Contents

• What’s New for Federal Practitioner in 2017?
• Addressing Sexual Health With Patients
• Leadership Initiatives in Patient-Centered Transgender Care
• Patient Knowledge and Attitudes About Fecal Microbiota Therapy for Clostridium difficile Infection
• Decentralized vs Centralized Pharmacist Treatment of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Managed With Anticoagulants
• The Importance of Subclavian Angiography in the Evaluation of Chest Pain
• Diabetes: Health Literacy Education Improves Veteran Outcomes
• Torsades de Pointes in Severe Alcohol Withdrawal and Cirrhosis: Implications for Risk Stratification and Management
• Dementia Evaluation, Management, and Outreach

Click here to access the December 2016 Digital Edition

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• How Can We Say Thank You?
• How Well Does the Braden Nutrition Subscale Agree With the VA Nutrition Classification Scheme Related to Pressure Ulcer Risk?
• Proton Pump Inhibitor-Associated Hypomagnesemia
• Simulation Training, Coaching, and Cue Cards Improve Delirium Care
• Memory Skills Classes for Older Veterans With a History of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
• Neurosurgical Subspecialty Bedside Nursing Guide Improves Confidence
• A Primary Care Approach to Managing Chronic Noncancer Pain
• "Where’s the Music?" Using Music Therapy for Pain Management

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Table of Contents

• How Can We Say Thank You?
• How Well Does the Braden Nutrition Subscale Agree With the VA Nutrition Classification Scheme Related to Pressure Ulcer Risk?
• Proton Pump Inhibitor-Associated Hypomagnesemia
• Simulation Training, Coaching, and Cue Cards Improve Delirium Care
• Memory Skills Classes for Older Veterans With a History of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
• Neurosurgical Subspecialty Bedside Nursing Guide Improves Confidence
• A Primary Care Approach to Managing Chronic Noncancer Pain
• "Where’s the Music?" Using Music Therapy for Pain Management

Click here to access the December 2016 Digital Edition

Table of Contents

• How Can We Say Thank You?
• How Well Does the Braden Nutrition Subscale Agree With the VA Nutrition Classification Scheme Related to Pressure Ulcer Risk?
• Proton Pump Inhibitor-Associated Hypomagnesemia
• Simulation Training, Coaching, and Cue Cards Improve Delirium Care
• Memory Skills Classes for Older Veterans With a History of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
• Neurosurgical Subspecialty Bedside Nursing Guide Improves Confidence
• A Primary Care Approach to Managing Chronic Noncancer Pain
• "Where’s the Music?" Using Music Therapy for Pain Management

Click here to access the November 2016 Digital Edition

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• Two Truths and One Hope Unite Us
• Taking a Team Approach to Treating Substance Use Disorders
• Who Overdoses at a VA Emergency Department?
• Implementation and Evaluation of an APRN-Led Opioid Monitoring Clinic
• The Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Program at a VA Hospital
• Kratom: A New Product in an Expanding Substance Abuse Market
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, and Other Comorbidities: Clinical and Systems Approaches to Diagnostic Uncertainties
• Abuse-Deterrent Opioids:What Practitioners Need to Know

Click here to access the November 2016 Digital Edition

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• Two Truths and One Hope Unite Us
• Taking a Team Approach to Treating Substance Use Disorders
• Who Overdoses at a VA Emergency Department?
• Implementation and Evaluation of an APRN-Led Opioid Monitoring Clinic
• The Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Program at a VA Hospital
• Kratom: A New Product in an Expanding Substance Abuse Market
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, and Other Comorbidities: Clinical and Systems Approaches to Diagnostic Uncertainties
• Abuse-Deterrent Opioids:What Practitioners Need to Know

Click here to access the November 2016 Digital Edition

Table of Contents

• Two Truths and One Hope Unite Us
• Taking a Team Approach to Treating Substance Use Disorders
• Who Overdoses at a VA Emergency Department?
• Implementation and Evaluation of an APRN-Led Opioid Monitoring Clinic
• The Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Program at a VA Hospital
• Kratom: A New Product in an Expanding Substance Abuse Market
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, and Other Comorbidities: Clinical and Systems Approaches to Diagnostic Uncertainties
• Abuse-Deterrent Opioids:What Practitioners Need to Know

Click here to access the October 2016 Digital Edition. 

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• Walk the Talk: VA Mental Health Care Professionals’ Role in Promoting Physical Activity
• FDA Black Box, VA Red Ink? A Successful Service-Connected Disability Claim for Chronic Neuropsychiatric Adverse Effects From Mefloquine
• Epinephrine-Induced Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
• Tooth Decay Is the Most Prevalent Disease
• Recurring Bilateral Rash Concomitant With Upper Respiratory Tract Infection in a Healthy Adult Male
• Solving the VA Physician Shortage Problem: The Right Thing to Do
• An Electronic Template to Improve Psychotropic Medication Review and Gradual Dose-Reduction Documentation
• Evaluation of a Dementia Resource Fair for Veterans, Caregivers, and Staff
• FDA Boxed Warnings

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• Walk the Talk: VA Mental Health Care Professionals’ Role in Promoting Physical Activity
• FDA Black Box, VA Red Ink? A Successful Service-Connected Disability Claim for Chronic Neuropsychiatric Adverse Effects From Mefloquine
• Epinephrine-Induced Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
• Tooth Decay Is the Most Prevalent Disease
• Recurring Bilateral Rash Concomitant With Upper Respiratory Tract Infection in a Healthy Adult Male
• Solving the VA Physician Shortage Problem: The Right Thing to Do
• An Electronic Template to Improve Psychotropic Medication Review and Gradual Dose-Reduction Documentation
• Evaluation of a Dementia Resource Fair for Veterans, Caregivers, and Staff
• FDA Boxed Warnings

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Table of Contents

• Walk the Talk: VA Mental Health Care Professionals’ Role in Promoting Physical Activity
• FDA Black Box, VA Red Ink? A Successful Service-Connected Disability Claim for Chronic Neuropsychiatric Adverse Effects From Mefloquine
• Epinephrine-Induced Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
• Tooth Decay Is the Most Prevalent Disease
• Recurring Bilateral Rash Concomitant With Upper Respiratory Tract Infection in a Healthy Adult Male
• Solving the VA Physician Shortage Problem: The Right Thing to Do
• An Electronic Template to Improve Psychotropic Medication Review and Gradual Dose-Reduction Documentation
• Evaluation of a Dementia Resource Fair for Veterans, Caregivers, and Staff
• FDA Boxed Warnings

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• AVAHO 2016 Abstract Index
• Poster Abstracts

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• AVAHO 2016 Abstract Index
• Poster Abstracts

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• AVAHO 2016 Abstract Index
• Poster Abstracts

Click here to access the September 2016 Digital Edition. 

Table of Contents

• Finally, Some Good News!
• Emerging Cataract Surgery Practice Patterns in the VHA
• Medication List Discrepancies and Therapeutic Duplications Among Dual Use Veterans
• Laboring in the Shadow of the Media: Care and Perceptions of Care in the VA
• Providing Quality Epilepsy Care for Veterans
• Is It All in the Eye of the Beholder? Comparing Pulmonologists’ and Radiologists’ Performance
• Angiomyomatous Hamartoma With Unexplained Hepatosplenomegaly
• Veteran Perceptions, Interest, and Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Click here to access the September 2016 Digital Edition. 

Table of Contents

• Finally, Some Good News!
• Emerging Cataract Surgery Practice Patterns in the VHA
• Medication List Discrepancies and Therapeutic Duplications Among Dual Use Veterans
• Laboring in the Shadow of the Media: Care and Perceptions of Care in the VA
• Providing Quality Epilepsy Care for Veterans
• Is It All in the Eye of the Beholder? Comparing Pulmonologists’ and Radiologists’ Performance
• Angiomyomatous Hamartoma With Unexplained Hepatosplenomegaly
• Veteran Perceptions, Interest, and Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Click here to access the September 2016 Digital Edition. 

Table of Contents

• Finally, Some Good News!
• Emerging Cataract Surgery Practice Patterns in the VHA
• Medication List Discrepancies and Therapeutic Duplications Among Dual Use Veterans
• Laboring in the Shadow of the Media: Care and Perceptions of Care in the VA
• Providing Quality Epilepsy Care for Veterans
• Is It All in the Eye of the Beholder? Comparing Pulmonologists’ and Radiologists’ Performance
• Angiomyomatous Hamartoma With Unexplained Hepatosplenomegaly
• Veteran Perceptions, Interest, and Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine