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Showing 1 to 20 of 112 for “"The Veterans"”.
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Evaluation of teledermatology in the Veterans Health Administration
… quality of care, and cost containment. However, there are no widely accepted measures of telehealth performance and little information about long-term changes in access. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is advantageous for telehealth research because of the widespread implementation, …
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Enterprise architecture processes : comparing EA and CLIOS in the Veterans Health Administration
There are numerous frameworks for abstracting an enterprise complex system into a model for purposes of analysis and design. Examples of such frameworks include the Complex Large-scale Interconnected Open Social-technical System (CLIOS) process for handling enterprise system architecture, the …
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ICU Delirium and the Relationship with Pre-Existing PTSD within the Veterans Population
<p>The purpose of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of PTSD in the Veteran population admitted to the ICU, and the relationship of pre-existing PTSD to delirium. According to Douglas (2008), there is 40% to 87% of incidence of delirium in the ICU; the cost of delirium is $60,516 to $64,421 …
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The Veterans' Degree of Satisfaction with Selected aspects of Hospital Nursing Care Behaviors
<p>Compare the level of satisfaction between the service-connected and nonservice-connected patient with the selected hospital nursing care behaviors (technical professional, trust, and education) when considering age, gender, income, level of education, and marital status.<br /> 2. Determine which …
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Perceptions of the Veterans Administration and Mental Health Treatment Seeking Intentions Among Veterans
<p>Among the veteran population there is a trend of underutilizing mental health services despite the higher number of veterans with mental health diagnoses. Though previous research has examined barriers to mental health care such as stigma and a warrior mentality, there may be additional barriers …
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A Phenomenological Study On The Perceptions Of The Veterans Transition Into The Civilian Workforce
… study evaluated three specific factors affecting Veterans who have separated from military service and transitioned into the civilian workforce. The support and resources offered and received, as well as the participants’ adaptability in handling the transition, were examined. Additionally, …
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A report of the credit union at the Veterans Administration regional office, Roanoke, Virginia
The Veterans Administration Regional Office Credit Union, located in Roanoke, Virginia, is a cooperative association, organized to promote thrift among its members and to accumulate a fund from these savings to make needed loans to members for useful purposes at reasonable interest rates. It is …
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Responding to traveling patients' seasonal demands for health care services in the Veterans Health Administration
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) provides care to over eight million Veterans and operates over 1,700 sites of care distributed across twenty-one regional networks in the United States. Health care providers within VHA report large seasonal variation in the demand for services, especially …
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A framework to improve enterprise-wide implementations : the case of the Veterans Health Administration Telehealth Expansion
… derived from enterprise systems thinking to the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Telehealth Expansion in order to characterize and evaluate the implementation methods used to expand Telehealth nation-wide. An in-depth, multi-disciplinary literature review was conducted to identify how …
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Evaluating diagnostic and treatment modalities in the management of benign prostatic hyperplasia in the Veterans Administration population
… and treatment modalities in BPH management in the VA population (a population with a high percentage of elderly males). A survey, containing simulated BPH patient cases, was mailed to 292 VA urologists, of which 114 (39%) responded. Urologists showed good adherence to the recommended diagnostic …
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Republican ideals and the reality of patronage: a study of the Veterans’ Movement in Cuba, 1900-24
This thesis analyses the emergence of Cuba as a sovereign nation, and the political corruption that plagued the republic. It investigates in detail, not only the independence movement that established this republic in its various wars against the Spanish empire, and its fracture and fission under …
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Diabetes Patient Education Materials in the Veterans Administration Health Care System: Readability Suitability and Cultural Relevance for Older Veterans
The purpose of this study was to determine if diabetes patient education materials (PEM) were readable, suitable, and culturally relevant for older veterans. The conceptual framework of health literacy built on the Baum & Christiansen (2005) Person-Environment-Occupational Performance (PEOP) model …
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The Effects Orthostatic Hypotension has on Falls: A study done in San Francisco with the Patient Population of the Veterans Affairs Hospital
<p>The Effects Orthostatic Hypotension has on Falls: A Study Done in San Francisco Represented</p> <p>Population of the Veterans Affairs Hoapital</p> <p>The global AIM of this project is to Identify patients that are at risk for Orthostatic Hypotension (OH) with in the first 24 hours of addmission. …
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