Background Distance to healthcare services is a known barrier to access. However, the degree
to which distance is a barrier is not well described. Distance may impact different patients …

Background The use of implementation strategies is an active and purposive approach to
translate research findings into routine clinical care. The Expert Recommendations for …

Rationale: Despite a known mortality benefit, lung cancer screening (LCS) implementation
has been unexpectedly slow. New programs face barriers to implementation, which may …

Background Shared decision-making (SDM) is widely recommended and required by the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid for patients considering lung cancer screening (LCS). …

Purpose: Practice facilitators (“facilitators”) can play an important role in supporting primary
care practices in performing quality improvement (QI), but they need complete and accurate …

With 20 million living veterans and millions more immediate family members, and
approximately 9 million veterans enrolled in the nationally networked VA healthcare system, …

Health care extension is an approach to providing external support to primary care practices
with the aim of diffusing innovation. EvidenceNOW was launched to rapidly disseminate …

Background Lung cancer screening (LCS) using low-dose CT imaging is recommended for
people at high risk of dying of lung cancer. Communication strategies for clinicians have …

Engaging veterans in research has gained momentum in the Veterans Health Administration
(VHA) in recent years. Engagement ensures that health services research is more relevant …

International implementation of the patient‐centered medical home (PCMH) model for
delivering primary care has dramatically increased in the last decade. A majority of research on …