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Evaluating and Comparing Approaches to Measuring Quality of Postdischarge Mental Health Outpatient Follow-Up Care

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate whether measures of follow-up mental health and substance use care (behavioral health) within 30 days provide signals of quality associated with longer-term positive outcomes and whether a national U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) p...

Local Adaptations of Hospital in Home: Variations in Structure and Implementation Across Six VA Programs

ABSTRACT Background The VA Hospital in Home (HIH) model of care delivers acute‐level hospital care to Veterans at home across the country. We aim to examine the similarities and differences in the structure and implementation of existing HIH programs across sites to identify best...

Maximum Allowable Contrast Dose and Risk of Acute Kidney Injury After Coronary Procedures

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have questioned whether iodinated contrast is causally related to acute kidney injury (AKI). AIM: We pursed a contemporary analysis to determine the impact of contrast dose on AKI following coronary procedures in an era of lower contrast doses and less...

Validation of AACN’s Healthy Work Environment Assessment Tool–Team

Background In 2024, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) updated the Healthy Work Environment Assessment Tool (HWEAT), renamed HWEAT-Team. Objective Validating HWEAT-Team for interprofessional use. Methods This was a multisite, descriptive, nonexperimental corr...