Objective To describe the design and impact of a systematic, enterprise‐wide process for engaging US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) leadership in prioritizing scarce implementation and evaluation resources. Data Sources From 2017 to 2021, the VA Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) identified priorities from local, regional, and national leaders through qualitative discussions and a national survey and tracked impacts via reports generated from competitively funded initiatives addressing these priorities. Study Design Guided by the Learning Health System framework and QUERI Implementation Roadmap, QUERI engaged stakeholders to nominate and rank‐order priorities, peer‐reviewed and funded initiatives to scale up and spread evidence‐based practices (EBPs) using theory‐based implementation strategies, and evaluated the impact of these initiatives using the QUERI Impact Framework. Data Collection/Extraction Methods QUERI collected priority nominations through qualitative discussions and a web‐based survey, and live voting was used to rank‐order priorities. QUERI‐funded teams regularly submitted progress reports describing the key activities, findings, and impacts of the quality improvement (QI) initiatives using a standardized form created in the VA Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap). Principal Findings QUERI launched five QI initiatives to address priorities selected by VA leadership. In partnership with 28 health system leaders, these initiatives are implementing 10 EBPs across 53 sites, supporting 1055 VA employees in delivering evidence‐based care. The success of these initiatives led to an expansion of QUERI's process to address 2021 VA leadership priorities: virtual care, health disparities, delayed or suppressed care due to COVID‐19, employee burnout, long‐term and home care options, and quality and cost of community care. Conclusions QUERI, a unique program embedded in a national integrated health system, deployed a novel approach to inform policy making and enhance the real‐world impact of research through prioritization of limited resources, rigorous peer‐review, and assessment of impacts on the health system, employees, and Veterans.
believes. I think the primary care physician should have a healthy degree of skepticism about the claims made by these products." Harnessing the FindingsLike Khoruts, Kelly treats a substantial number of patients with recurrent C difficile infections. In the past, she's encouraged them to take probiotics if they're prescribed antibiotics. She's now secondguessing this: "Am I doing the right thing? By telling them to take probiotics, am I delaying normal recovery of the bacteria?" Concurring with Knight, she said studies in clinical populations will be needed to bear this out. For now, the American Gastroenterological Association has advised that "in general, probiotics should not be used indiscriminately.
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