• 1-Articles, References
  • A-Bibliography.docx
  • Asch, S, Comparison of quality of care, VA Health System and national sample, Annals of Internal Medicine, 2004.pdf
  • CBO, Long Term Implications of the 2013 Future Years Defense Program July, 2012.pdf
  • CBO, Quality Initiatives Undertaken by the Veterans Health Administration, 2009.pdf
  • Congressional Research Service, Veterans Medical Care, FY2013 Appropriations.pdf
  • Department of Veteran Affairs, OIG, Combined Assessment Report, Nurse Competency, 2012.pdf
  • Department of Veteran Affairs, OIG, Healthcare Inspection, Telemetry Unit, VA NY Harbor, Oct. 27, 2011.pdf
  • Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Racial and Ethnic Disparities, June 2007.pdf
  • Feijter, Jeantine, Comprehensive Overview of Medical Error in Hospitals, PLoS One, Feb. 2012.pdf
  • GAO, Veterans Health Administration Processes for Responding to Reported Adverse Events, 8-24-2012.pdf
  • Hafner, JM, et al, Perceived impact of public reporting, Int. J. for Quality in Health Care, August 2011.pdf
  • Hendricks et al, More or Less, Methods to compare VA and non-VA health care costs, Medical Care, 1999.pdf
  • IOM, Treatment for PTSD in Military and Veterans Populations, 7-2012.pdf
  • Iglehart, VA Medical Care System Faces an Uncertain Future, NEJM, 1985.pdf
  • Jha, AK, Care in U.S. Hospitals, the Hospital Quality Alliance Program, NEJM, 2005.pdf
  • Jha, AK, Effect of the Transformation of the VA Health Care System on Quality of Care, NEJM, 2003.pdf
  • Jha, AK, Patients Perception of Hospital Care in the US, NEJM, Oct. 2008.pdf
  • Kaiser Health News, Medicare IDs Few Hospitals As Outliers in Readmission, July 2012.pdf
  • Kizer, K., Transformation Case Studies, IOM Presentation, 2008.pdf
  • Kizer, K., Vision to Change, A Plan to Restructure the VA Health System, 1995.pdf
  • Kuehn, Bridget, Treatment of Substance Abuse in Military Hampered by Old-fashioned Approach, JAMA, 11-14-12.pdf
  • Laverty, Anthony, High Profile Investigations Into Hospital Safety Problems, Health Affairs, March 2012.pdf
  • Leapfrog Group, Hospital Safety Score, Final Scoring Methodology, June 2012.pdf
  • Levtzion-Korach, Osnat, Integrating Incident Data, Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Pt. Safety, Sept. 2010.pdf
  • Longman, Phillip, Best Care Anywhere, Why VA Health Care Is Better Than Yours, 2nd Edition, Sausalito, CA, 2010.pdf
  • Longman, Phillip, Best Care Anywhere, Why VA Health Care Is Better Than Yours, Sausalito, CA 2007.pdf
  • Longman, Phillip, Best Care Anywhere, Why VA Health Care Would Work Better For Everyone, 3rd Edition, San Francisco, 2012.pdf
  • Luft, Harold, Advancing Public Reporting Through Aggregator, Health Affairs, March 2012.pdf
  • Marmor, T., VA Health System, A National Alternative, Health Affairs, Nov.-Dec. 2007.pdf
  • Mayo, R., Veterans Health Administration, The Best Value in Health Care, 2006.pdf
  • National Quality Forum, Consensus Final Report on Patient Safety, 7-2012.pdf
  • OIG Report, Few Adverse Events in Hospitals Reported to State System, July 19, 2012.pdf
  • Oliver, A, Veterans Health Administration, An American Success Story, Milbank Quarterly, 2007.pdf
  • Oliver, Adam, Public Sector Health Care Reforms that Work, Case Study of US Veterans Health Administration, Lancet, 2008.pdf
  • Ornstein, C., Patient Died at NY VA After Alarm Ignored, ProPublic, May 15, 2012.pdf
  • Patient Experiences and Health Outcomes, NEJM 12-26-2012.pdf
  • Price, CS and Savitz, LA, Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk, AHRQ Publication No. 12-0046-EF, March 2012.pdf
  • RAND, Cost and Quality of VA Mental Health Services.pdf
  • RAND, Improving Quality of Care.pdf
  • RWJ, Uninsured Veterans and Family Members, 5-2012.pdf
  • Radley, David, Geographic Variation in Access to Care, Relationship to Quality, NEJM, 6-13-2012.pdf
  • Rand, The War Within, Report on Military Suicides, 2011.pdf
  • Rose, A., et al, Organizational Characteristics of Anticoagulation Clinics in the VHA, Aug. 2012.pdf
  • Rosen, Validating the PSI in the VA, AHRQ, Sept. 2008.pdf
  • Ryan, Andrew, Medicare's Public Reporting Initiative on Hospital Quality, Health Affairs, March 2012.pdf
  • Sinaiko, Anna, How Report Cards on Physicians Can Have Impact, Health Affairs, March 2012.pdf
  • Tavare, Aniket, Performance data, ready for the public, BMJ, July 2012.pdf
  • Teleki, S., et al, Evaluation of the Patient Safety Improvement Corps, RAND Corporation, 2006.pdf
  • Trivedi et al, Systematic Review, Comparison of Quality of Medical Care in VA and non-VA Settings, Medical Care, January 2011.pdf
  • VA Healthcare System Patient Satisfaction Scores, FY 2010 and FY2011.xlsx
  • VA, The Best Care, the History Behind the Success.pdf
  • Vastag, Brian, Ken Kizer, Health Care Quality Evangelist, JAMA, Feb. 21, 2001.pdf
  • Wright et al, Increasing Use of Medicare Service by Veterans with Acute Myocardial Infarction, Medical Care, 1999.pdf
  • Young, Roxanne, The Unasked Question, JAMA, 11-14-12.pdf
• 2-Hospital Compare Reports, by State
  • Alabama.pdf
  • Arizona.pdf
  • Arkansas.pdf
  • California.pdf
  • Colorado.pdf
  • Connecticut.pdf
  • Delaware.pdf
  • Florida.pdf
  • Georgia.pdf
  • Idaho.pdf
  • Illinois.pdf
  • Indiana.pdf
  • Iowa.pdf
  • Kansas.pdf
  • Kentucky.pdf
  • Louisiana.pdf
  • Maine.pdf
  • Maryland.pdf
  • Massachusetts.pdf
  • Michigan.pdf
  • Minnesota.pdf
  • Mississippi.pdf
  • Missouri.pdf
  • Montana.pdf
  • Nebraska.pdf
  • Nevada.pdf
  • New Jersey.pdf
  • New Mexico.pdf
  • New York.pdf
  • North Carolina.pdf
  • North Dakota.pdf
  • Ohio.pdf
  • Oklahoma.pdf
  • Oregon.pdf
  • Pennsylvania.pdf
  • Puert Rico.pdf
  • Rhode Island.pdf
  • South Carolina.pdf
  • South Dakota.pdf
  • Tennessee.pdf
  • Texas.pdf
  • Utah.pdf
  • Vermont.pdf
  • Virginia.pdf
  • Washington, DC.pdf
  • Washington.pdf
  • West Virginia.pdf
  • Wisconsin.pdf
  • Wyoming.pdf
• 3-Mail-Out Questionnaire Results
  • American Legion Site Visit Locations.docx
  • Baltimore, MD, Mail Out.docx
  • Biloxi, MS, Mail Out.doc
  • Charleston, SC, Mail Out.doc
  • Chicago, IL, Mail Out.doc
  • Cincinnati, OH, Mail Out.docx
  • Columbia, SC, Mail Out.docx
  • Columbus, OH, Mail Out.doc
  • Des Moines, IA Women Veterans Questionnaire.docx
  • Des Moines, IA, Mail Out.doc
  • Durham, VA, Mail Out.doc
  • Long Beach, CA, Mail Out.doc
  • Lyons, NJ, Mail Out.doc
  • Manhattan, NY, Mail Out.doc
  • Memphis, TN, Mail Out.doc
  • Milwaukee, WI, Mail Out.docx
  • Nashville, TN, Mail Out.doc
  • New Orleans, LA, Mail Out.doc
  • Omaha, NE, Mail Out.doc
  • Sacramento, CA, Mail Out.docx
  • Salisbury, NC, Mail Out.doc
  • San Diego, CA, Mail Out.doc
  • Seattle, WA, Mail Out.doc
  • St. Louis, MO, Mail Out.docx
  • Vancouver, WA, Mail Out.doc
  • Washington, DC , Mail Out.docx
• 4-Site Reports
  • Baltimore, MD (Baltimore, Maryland VA Medical Center).docx
  • Biloxi, MS (VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System).doc
  • Charleston, SC (Charleston South Carolina VA Medical Center).docx
  • Chicago, IL (VAMC).doc
  • Cincinnati, OH (Cincinnati VA Medical Center).docx
  • Columbia, SC (Columbia South Carolina VA Medical Center).docx
  • Columbus, OH (Chalmers P. Wylie VA Ambulatory Care Center).docx
  • DC (Washington, DC VA Medical Center).docx
  • Des Moines, IA (Central Iowa Health Care System).doc
  • Durham, NC (Durham VA Medical Center).docx
  • Long Beach, CA (VA Long Beach Health Care System).doc
  • Lyons, NJ (New Jersey Healthcare System).docx
  • Manhattan, NY (New York Harbor Healthcare System).docx
  • Memphis, TN (Tennessee Valley Healthcare System).docx
  • Milwaukee, WI (Clement J. Zablocki VAMC).doc
  • Nashville, TN (Tennessee Valley Healthcare System).docx
  • New Orleans, LA (Southeast Louisiana Health Care System).docx
  • Omaha, NB (NWIHCS).doc
  • Sacramento, CA (VA Northern California Health Care System).docx
  • Salisbury, NC (W.G. Hefner VA Medical Center).doc
  • San Diego, CA (VA San Diego Healthcare System).doc
  • San Francisco, CA (San Francisco VA Medical Center).docx
  • Seattle, WA (VA Puget Sound Healthcare System).doc
  • St. Louis, MO (Veterans Affairs St. Louis Healthcare System, John Cochran Division).docx
  • Vancouver, WA (Vancouver, Vancouver Campus of the Portland VAMC).doc
• 6-Pictures
  • Alaska.jpg
  • Alexandria.jpg
  • Amarillo.jpg
  • American Legion Logo.jpg
  • Big Spring VA.jpg
  • Biloxi.jpg
  • Chicago.jpg
  • Dallas.jpg
  • Detroit.jpg
  • Fayetteville.jpg
  • HR_Albany.jpg
  • Honolulu.jpg
  • Indianapolis.jpg
  • Kansas City.jpg
  • Loma Linda.jpg
  • North Texas.jpg
  • Phoenix.jpg
  • Sacramento.jpg
  • Salt Lake City.jpg
  • San Diego.jpg
  • San Francisco.jpg
  • Shreveport.jpg
  • White City VA.jpg
  • flying-ICU-500x316.jpg
• 7-Updated Hospital Compare, Nine VA and Index Hospitals
  • Hospital Compare, Baltimore, MD.pdf
  • Hospital Compare, Charleston, SC.pdf
  • Hospital Compare, Des Moines, IA.pdf
  • Hospital Compare, Memphis, TN.pdf
  • Hospital Compare, Milwaukee, WI.pdf
  • Hospital Compare, New Jersey.pdf
  • Hospital Compare, Omaha, NE.pdf
  • Hospital Compare, San Francisco, CA.pdf
  • Hospital Compare, Washington, DC.pdf
• 8-Report
  • 1-Final Report, A System Worth Saving, An Examination of Quality Measurement in the VHA and Civilian Hospital, 2013.pdf

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