Table 2 Report characteristics
Report title | Survey response rate | Operational partners’ description of report purpose | Timeline and final report date | General findings | Link to report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Role of the annual physical examination in the asymptomatic adult | 0/1 (0 %) | No response obtained | 6 weeks | Comprehensive routine physical examinations are not recommended for the asymptomatic adult. | http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/publications/esp/physical.cfm |
Oct 2011 | |||||
Effect of geriatricians on outcomes of inpatient and outpatient Care | 2/3 (67 %) | Determine implementation strategy; guideline or directive; support resource allocation decisions; clinical guidance | 12 weeks | The impact of geriatrician involvement on patient function and healthcare utilization varies across the different models of care that include geriatricians in different roles. | http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/publications/esp/geriatricians.cfm |
May 2012 | |||||
Effectiveness of intensive primary care programs | 2/9 (22 %) | Clinical guidance; identify future research needs; support program development and evaluation activities | 16 weeks | Inconsistent findings on whether these models of care reduced hospitalizations. | http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/publications/esp/primary-care.cfm |
Nov 2012 | |||||
Developing a threshold for small VA hospitals | 1/4 (25 %) | Guideline or directive; identify future research needs; determine implementation strategy | 12 weeks | A relationship between hospital size and quality measures was either not found (for adverse events) or was inconsistent (for other measures). | http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/publications/esp/hospital-size.cfm |
Feb 2013 | |||||
Effects of small hospital closure on patient outcomes | 1/2 (50 %) | Resource allocation decisions | 15 weeks | Low-strength evidence that hospital closures leading to increased distance and/or time to nearest hospital may increase mortality for time-sensitive conditions. | http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/publications/esp/hospital-closure.cfm |
May 2013 | |||||
Relationship between time delay to colonoscopy and colorectal cancer outcomes | 3/5 (60 %) | Guideline or directive; clinical guidance; determine implementation strategy | 16 weeks | No evidence to support current policy requiring follow-up colonoscopy within 60 days of positive screening fecal occult blood tests. | http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/publications/esp/fecaloccult.pdf |
May 2013 | |||||
Review of reviews on specialty care topics | 1/3 (33 %) | Program development and evaluation activities | 4 weeks | Provided inventory of main findings from systematic reviews on the topics of shared decision-making in palliative care, oncology, and nephrology; interventions that reduce hospitalizations/emergency room (ER) visits for heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); and interdisciplinary specialty care platforms/teams/neighborhood approaches for reducing hospitalizations/ER visits. | http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/publications/esp/specialty-care.cfm |
July 2013 | |||||
Effectiveness of mandatory computer trainings on ethical, workplace, and security topics | 1/1 (100 %) | Performance measure; update existing review; determine implementation strategy; support program development and evaluation activities | 14 weeks | No studies identified. | http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/publications/esp/mandatory-training.cfm |
May 2014 | |||||
Primary care initial appointment wait times threshold | 1/1 (100 %) | Guideline or directive | 6 weeks | No clear support for broad use of any specific wait time standard for new patients in accessing their first primary care or mental health appointment. Offered potential options for selecting a wait time target. | http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/publications/esp/wait-time.cfm |
July 2014 | |||||
Factors that optimize therapy with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for treatment-resistant depressions | 1/3 (33 %) | Clinical guidance | 16 weeks | High-frequency rTMS applied to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is the best-studied approach and it includes a FDA-cleared protocol that has been shown to improve quality of life. | |
July 2014 | |||||
Quality of care provided by advanced practice nurses | 1/2 (50 %) | Inform proposed regulation | 24 weeks | Low-strength evidence suggesting no difference in health status, quality or life, mortality, or hospitalizations favoring either APRN or physician care in primary or urgent care settings. | http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/publications/esp/ap-nurses.cfm |
Sept 2014 | |||||
Updates on the prevalence of and interventions to reduce racial and ethnic disparities | 2/2 (100 %) | Guideline or directive; identify future research needs; support program development and evaluation activities; resource allocation decisions | 20 weeks | Moderate- and low-strength evidence of worse morbidity and mortality outcomes for some racial minority Veterans groups compared with white Veterans. | http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/publications/esp/HealthDisparities.cfm |
April 2015 |