2020
A Model for Rapid Transition to Virtual Care, VA Connecticut Primary Care Response to COVID-19
Spelman JF, Brienza R, Walsh RF, Drost P, Schwartz AR, Kravetz JD, Pitkin P, Ruser C. A Model for Rapid Transition to Virtual Care, VA Connecticut Primary Care Response to COVID-19. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2020, 35: 3073-3076. PMID: 32705471, PMCID: PMC7377306, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-020-06041-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrgent care clinicVirtual careVA Connecticut Health Care SystemCare clinicsPerson visitsValuable health care resourcesPrimary care responseStandardized note templatesFuture pandemic responsesVirtual care modelsHealth care resourcesCOVID-19 pandemicHealth care deliveryHealth care systemVideo visitsTelephone encountersCare modelCare responseCare resourcesPatient exposureCare deliveryNote templateVirtual visitsMedical staffCare system
2014
Expanding Health Policy and Advocacy Education for Graduate Trainees
Long T, Chaiyachati KH, Khan A, Siddharthan T, Meyer E, Brienza R. Expanding Health Policy and Advocacy Education for Graduate Trainees. Journal Of Graduate Medical Education 2014, 6: 547-50. PMID: 26279783, PMCID: PMC4535222, DOI: 10.4300/jgme-d-13-00363.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealth policyVA Connecticut Healthcare SystemHealth professional trainingHealth care systemInternal medicine residentsPrimary care educationAmerican health care systemPrimary careSustained improvementHealth professionalsAdvocacy curriculumAdvocacy skillsCare systemCare educationMedicine residentsSample t-testHealth professional educationHealthcare systemHealth care financePharmacy residentsRank testCenters of excellenceT-testMedical school levelImproved comfort