2023
Evaluating rates of chiropractic use and utilization by patient sex within the United States Veterans Health Administration: a serial cross-sectional analysis
Graham S, Coleman B, Zhao X, Lisi A. Evaluating rates of chiropractic use and utilization by patient sex within the United States Veterans Health Administration: a serial cross-sectional analysis. Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2023, 31: 29. PMID: 37563677, PMCID: PMC10416500, DOI: 10.1186/s12998-023-00497-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Health AdministrationUnited States Veterans Health AdministrationSerial cross-sectional analysisChiropractic careVHA facilitiesChiropractic clinicCross-sectional analysisChiropractic visitsChiropractic useHealth AdministrationChiropractic servicesProportion of patientsElectronic health record dataNumber of patientsHealth record dataHealthcare usersUS healthcare systemCare visitsChiropractic patientsOverall patientsRate of useTotal patientsVHA patientsCare utilizationPatient sexAssociation between early nonpharmacological management and follow-up for low back pain in the veterans health administration
Coleman B, Lisi A, Abel E, Runels T, Goulet J. Association between early nonpharmacological management and follow-up for low back pain in the veterans health administration. North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ) 2023, 14: 100233. PMID: 37440983, PMCID: PMC10333712, DOI: 10.1016/j.xnsj.2023.100233.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLow back painNonpharmacologic managementBack painVeterans Health Administration patientsFirst yearCommon reasons individualsObservational cohort studyProportional hazards regressionElectronic health record dataVeterans Health AdministrationPositive clinical outcomesHealth record dataDay of entryClinical covariablesCohort studyClinical outcomesNonpharmacological managementHazards regressionHealth cohortPatient groupPrimary interventionStudy populationBackground LowHealth AdministrationPatientsExtracting Pain Care Quality Indicators from U.S. Veterans Health Administration Chiropractic Care Using Natural Language Processing
Coleman B, Finch D, Wang R, Luther S, Heapy A, Brandt C, Lisi A. Extracting Pain Care Quality Indicators from U.S. Veterans Health Administration Chiropractic Care Using Natural Language Processing. Applied Clinical Informatics 2023, 14: 600-608. PMID: 37164327, PMCID: PMC10411229, DOI: 10.1055/a-2091-1162.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCare quality indicatorsVeterans Health AdministrationVisit typePain assessmentChiropractic careConsultation visitCare qualityClinic visit typePain care qualityComprehensive pain assessmentWomen Veterans Cohort StudyCare visitsCohort studyMusculoskeletal painManagement visitsVisit notesHealth AdministrationConsultation notesChiropractic servicesVisitsQuality indicatorsMean numberTreatment planningPatientsDescriptive statistics
2021
Changes in the Use of Telehealth and Face-To-Face Chiropractic Care in the Department of Veterans Affairs Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
Roytman GR, Coleman BC, Corcoran KL, Goertz CM, Long CR, Lisi AJ. Changes in the Use of Telehealth and Face-To-Face Chiropractic Care in the Department of Veterans Affairs Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal Of Manipulative And Physiological Therapeutics 2021, 44: 584-590. PMID: 35249749, PMCID: PMC8742605, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2021.12.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Health AdministrationTelehealth visitsChiropractic careMonthly visitsFace visitsCOVID-19 pandemicVHA administrative dataU.S. Veterans Health AdministrationCross-sectional studyUse of telehealthUnique patientsPre-pandemic levelsPre-pandemic phaseTelehealth useHealth AdministrationVeterans AffairsVisitsCareAdministrative dataTelehealthMonthly numberMonthsPandemicEarly stagesLow numberICD-10 Coding of Musculoskeletal Conditions in the Veterans Health Administration
Coleman BC, Goulet JL, Higgins DM, Bathulapalli H, Kawecki T, Ruser CB, Bastian LA, Martino S, Piette JD, Edmond SN, Heapy AA. ICD-10 Coding of Musculoskeletal Conditions in the Veterans Health Administration. Pain Medicine 2021, 22: 2597-2603. PMID: 33944953, PMCID: PMC8783617, DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnab161.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpecialty care settingsVeterans Health AdministrationCare settingsDiagnosis codesMusculoskeletal diagnosesMusculoskeletal conditionsHealth AdministrationVeterans Health Administration (VHA) careLow back painLongitudinal cohort studyICD-10 codingVisit diagnosesCohort studyDiagnosis cohortBack painCommon diagnosisUnique patientsNumber of visitsInternational ClassificationMusculoskeletal carePotential diagnosisSecondary analysisPatientsDiagnosisMusculoskeletal system