2016
Increase in migraine diagnoses and guideline-concordant treatment in veterans, 2004–2012
Altalib H, Fenton B, Sico J, Goulet J, Bathulapalli H, Mohammad A, Kulas J, Driscoll M, Dziura J, Mattocks K, Kerns R, Brandt C, Haskell S. Increase in migraine diagnoses and guideline-concordant treatment in veterans, 2004–2012. Cephalalgia 2016, 37: 3-10. PMID: 26950804, DOI: 10.1177/0333102416631959.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBurden of migraineMigraine diagnosisVeterans Health Administration electronic health recordsGuideline-concordant treatmentGuideline-concordant careMigraine-specific medicationsICD-9 codesChi-square testHealth care systemNumber of veteransElectronic health recordsTriptan prescriptionMigraine preventionGuideline adherenceMigraine medicationsComorbid conditionsNational health care systemMigraine headacheMedicationsMigraineTime-series studyLogistic regressionCare systemPreventive medicineHealth administrators
2013
Use of structured and unstructured data to identify contraceptive use in women veterans.
Womack JA, Scotch M, Leung SN, Skanderson M, Bathulapalli H, Haskell SG, Brandt CA. Use of structured and unstructured data to identify contraceptive use in women veterans. Perspectives In Health Information Management Is 2013, 10: 1e. PMID: 23861675, PMCID: PMC3709878.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical progress notesContraceptive useWomen veteransProgress notesPharmacy codesVeterans Health Administration dataICD-9-CM codesSelf-reported contraceptive useBaseline surveyOral contraceptive pillsWomen Veterans Cohort StudyHealth Administration dataPositive predictive valueHealth care systemCohort studyContraceptive pillsHealth habitsPredictive valueCPT codesContraceptive informationCare systemAdministration dataComparable specificityHealthcare practiceVeterans