Come work with us! #Function_QUERI is hiring an Implementation Scientist Investigator. Contact Elizabeth Mahanna for a complete job description. #implsci VA Research #DurhamNC

Thank you Veterans Affairs and VA HSR for supporting caregivers of Veterans through research and innovative programs.

Investigator Courtney Van Houtven (she/her) traveled to DC this week to represent caregiving and research for our center! #VACARES #FunctionQUERI #CaregiversFIRST #caregiving

You don’t want to miss this VA HSR cyberseminar on Thursday, 4/7!   ADAPT researchers will be discussing the ins and outs of creating an implementation field guide.   Register here: hsrd.research.va.gov/cyberseminars/…

This paper is dedicated to the memory of our dear friend & colleague Liz Mahanna. Today her friends & family hosted a beautiful celebration of her life. We are so lucky she was part of ours ❤️

For health systems that lack systematic ways to identify family #caregivers, can an EHR-driven recruitment approach help? Courtney Van Houtven (she/her) & Durham VA Center of Innovation investigators compare two approaches & share policy changes. Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/jgs.17… #VAresearch

May 16-20 is National VA Research Week. We recognize and appreciate all our researchers and their support staff. Research is “Science in Service of Veterans.” Use the hashtag #VAResearchWeek to comment, and visit research.va.gov

Finished this👌paper by Jessica Ma Courtney Van Houtven (she/her) et al that outlines a process for identifying family caregivers in electronic health records. Agree w/ their conclusion: it's doable but costly, instead, let's build a #caregiver field in #EHR systems. Representation matters!

Proud to be a small part of the advocacy & work Courtney Van Houtven (she/her) is doing to better include #caregivers as valued health care team members healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hl…

Federal policy supports the expansion of caregiver training & support. @nsperber describes how #Function_QUERI collaborated with VA CSP to explore caregivers’ acceptance of the #CaregiversFIRST training for national dissemination. #QUERI #NFCM #VAResearch bit.ly/3UIt1QY

Jo Jacobs & team found that Black Veterans develop functional limitations at earlier ages & experience faster functional decline. Health systems need to track Veterans’ function earlier to ensure Black Veterans are able to get timely access to services. ➡️bit.ly/3Pvhp1W

Excited to see Caregivers FIRST, a #Function_QUERI group skills training program for friend or family caregivers of Veterans highlighted as the Resource of the Month with the VA Caregiver Support Program➡️ tinyurl.com/CSPCaregiversF… #VAcaregiver #VAresearch #QUERI Courtney Van Houtven (she/her)

Enjoyed getting to hang out with these colleagues working hard to support Courtney Van Houtven (she/her) ‘s many caregiving research initiatives! #VACARES #CAREGIVERSFIRST #VA_ASPIRE

During #VAResearchWeek, we’d like to thank the 67 unique VA medical centers who enrolled in our #Function_QUERI project, which is implementing & evaluating 3 evidence-based practices (#STRIDE, #GroupPT, #CaregiversFIRST) to help optimize #Veteran function & independence #QUERI

Grab some great Seattle coffee & hear the story of how we developed & implemented a caregiver intervention from single site RCT to VA-wide adoption! #ARM23 session: Sunday 6/25 8-9:30am room 613-614 (Level 6) AcademyHealth VA HSR #Function_QUERI #QUERI Durham VA Center of Innovation

It truly takes a multidisciplinary team! Courtney Van Houtven (she/her) Megan Shepherd Nicki Hastings MD #QUERI #Function_QUERI

The #ARM23 sessions are great but so are the opportunities for face-to-face time spent with colleagues at the end of the day - including this esteemed crew with expertise in long term care, geriatrics, implementation, & caregiving Durham VA Center of Innovation VA HSR

Looking forward to seeing how this study can lead to the development & refinement of implementation tools to support dissemination of this #VAcaregiver training program

Excited to represent Durham VA Center of Innovation & #Function_QUERI to share primary outcome results of Courtney Van Houtven (she/her) ‘s 8 site trial which is now scaled nationally as #CaregiversFIRST

So grateful to be able to work with these wonderful Durham VA Center of Innovation colleagues to advance Veteran & family caregiver research, led by the fearless Courtney Van Houtven (she/her)