Vera Yakovchenko, Timothy R Morgan, Edward J Miech, Brittney Neely, Carolyn Lamorte, Sandra Gibson, Lauren A Beste, Heather McCurdy, Dawn Scott, Rachel I Gonzalez, Angela M Park, Byron J Powell, Jasmohan S Bajaj, Jason A Dominitz, Maggie Chartier, David B Ross, Matthew J Chinman, Shari S Rogal
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) provides care for more than 80,000 veterans with cirrhosis. This longitudinal, multimethod evaluation of a cirrhosis care quality improvement program aimed to (1) identify implementation strategies associated with evidence-based, guideline-concordant cirrhosis care over time, and (2) use qualitative interviews to operationalize strategies for a manualized intervention. APPROACH AND RESULTS: VHA providers were surveyed annually about the use of 73 implementation strategies to improve cirrhosis care in fiscal years 2018 (FY18) and 2019 (FY19)...
February 6, 2022: Hepatology: Official Journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases