2024
Leveraging Electronic Health Records to Assess Residential Mobility Among Veterans in the Veterans Health Administration
Wang K, Hendrickson Z, Miller M, Abel E, Skanderson M, Erdos J, Womack J, Brandt C, Desai M, Han L. Leveraging Electronic Health Records to Assess Residential Mobility Among Veterans in the Veterans Health Administration. Medical Care 2024, 62: 458-463. PMID: 38848139, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000002017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Health AdministrationElectronic health recordsResidential addressesHealth recordsHealth AdministrationLeveraging electronic health recordsInfluence health care utilizationVeterans Health Administration dataAssociations of sociodemographicsHealth care utilizationHealth care systemPatient's residential addressCross-sectional analysisGeneralized logistic regressionCare utilizationHealth systemResidential mobilitySubstance use disordersCare systemPatient's residenceLogistic regressionVeteransMultinomial outcomesHealthOdds
2019
Measuring Exposure to Incarceration Using the Electronic Health Record
Wang EA, Long JB, McGinnis KA, Wang KH, Wildeman CJ, Kim C, Bucklen KB, Fiellin DA, Bates J, Brandt C, Justice AC. Measuring Exposure to Incarceration Using the Electronic Health Record. Medical Care 2019, 57: s157-s163. PMID: 31095055, PMCID: PMC8352066, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdministrative Claims, HealthcareAdultCohort StudiesElectronic Health RecordsEthnicityFemaleHumansInformation Storage and RetrievalMaleMedicareMiddle AgedNatural Language ProcessingPrisonersSelf ReportSensitivity and SpecificityUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsVeteransConceptsVeterans Aging Cohort StudyElectronic health recordsHuman immunodeficiency virus-infected patientsVHA electronic health recordsNational observational cohortVirus-infected patientsHealth recordsAging Cohort StudyEHR dataHealth care disparitiesAdministrative dataRace/ethnicityIncarceration exposureObservational cohortUninfected patientsCohort studySpecificity 99.3DATA SOURCESCare disparitiesSpecificity 100Specificity 98.9Social determinantsMedicaid ServicesSpecificity 95.9Health information
2018
Dual Use of a Patient Portal and Clinical Video Telehealth by Veterans with Mental Health Diagnoses: Retrospective, Cross-Sectional Analysis
Abel EA, Shimada SL, Wang K, Ramsey C, Skanderson M, Erdos J, Godleski L, Houston TK, Brandt CA. Dual Use of a Patient Portal and Clinical Video Telehealth by Veterans with Mental Health Diagnoses: Retrospective, Cross-Sectional Analysis. Journal Of Medical Internet Research 2018, 20: e11350. PMID: 30404771, PMCID: PMC6249500, DOI: 10.2196/11350.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health diagnosesClinical video telehealthMore mental health diagnosesVeterans Health AdministrationVideo telehealthDual usersCross-sectional analysisHealth diagnosisVHA usersPersonal health recordsLow-income patientsMultivariate logistic regressionMental health careUsersOverall cohortUrban patientsWhite patientsRural patientsLatino patientsHealth recordsVulnerable patientsSociodemographic disparitiesHealtheVetDual useLower odds
2016
Estimating healthcare mobility in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System
Wang KH, Goulet JL, Carroll CM, Skanderson M, Fodeh S, Erdos J, Womack JA, Abel EA, Bathulapalli H, Justice AC, Nunez-Smith M, Brandt CA. Estimating healthcare mobility in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. BMC Health Services Research 2016, 16: 609. PMID: 27769221, PMCID: PMC5075153, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1841-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overDelivery of Health CareElectronic Health RecordsEmigration and ImmigrationFemaleHospitals, VeteransHumansMaleMental DisordersMiddle AgedPatient Acceptance of Health CareRetrospective StudiesUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsVeteransVeterans HealthYoung AdultConceptsHealthcare systemVeterans Health Administration electronic health recordsVeterans Affairs Healthcare SystemHealthcare mobilityRetrospective cohort studyHepatitis C virusOutcomes of careDifferent healthcare systemsDistinct healthcare systemsElectronic health recordsClinical characteristicsCohort studyHealthcare utilizationC virusSpecialty carePsychiatric disordersYounger veteransDisease preventionYounger agePopulation healthHealth recordsVeteransStatus changesCareYear period