Progress of Veterans Health Administration Complementary and Integrative Health Research Along the Quality Enhancement Research Initiative Implementation Roadmap

Population Health Intervention Research Initiative for Canada: progress and prospects.

Actions in Canada are being designed to transform the way research evidence is generated and used to improve population health. Capacity is being built in population health intervention research. The primary target is more understanding and examination of policies and programs that could redress inequities in health. The Population Health Intervention Research Initiative for Canada is a loosely...

Veterans Health Administration primary care-mental health integration initiative.

Signposts along the NIH roadmap for reengineering clinical research: lessons from the Clinical Research Networks initiative.

BACKGROUND The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Roadmap for Medical Research aims to increase the efficiency and speed of clinical research. We report results and lessons learned from a key component of the Roadmap, the Clinical Research Networks initiative. METHODS Twelve diverse, experienced, large, clinical research networks were funded for 3 years to develop strategies for integrating,...

Learning from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Quality Enhancement Research Initiative: QUERI Series

As the recent collection of papers from the Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) Series indicates, knowledge is leading to considerable action in the United States (U.S.) Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The QUERI Series offers clinical researchers, implementation scientists, health systems, and health research funders from around the globe a unique window into the both the pract...

Translating Research into Quality Health Care for Veterans

When the VA launched the Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) in 1998, it was with the specific goal of making quality improvement an integral part of system-wide change. From the start, QUERI has served as a bridge between research and clinical practice, nurturing a dynamic culture of critical thinking and continuous learning across professional and organizational groups. This is pr...