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Author:: “Allison M. Gustavson; PT; DPT; PhD”; “Amanda Purnell; “Marian Adly; MScc”; “Omar Awan; MD”; “Norbert Bräu; MD; MBA”; “Nicholas A. Braus; “Mon S. Bryant; “Lynn Chang; “Cherina Cyborski; “Babak Darvish; “Larissa B. Del Piero; “Tammy L. Eaton; Phd; RN; FNP-BC”; “Amelia Kiliveros; LMHC”; “Heather Kloth; MSIPE; BSN; CIC”; “Eric R. McNiel; AANP; FNP; ” “Megan A. Miller; “Alana Patrick; DPT”; “Patrick Powers; “Morgan Pyne; DO”; “Idelka G. Rodriguez; “Jennifer Romesser; PsyD”; “Brittany Rud; “Ilana Seidel; ABIHM”; “Alexandria Tepper; MS”; “Hanh Trinh; “Brionn Tonkin; “Johnson Vachachira; MSN; “Hlee Yang; MPH”; “Joshua R. Shak

The Veterans Health Administration has created a national multidisciplinary workgroup using a learning health system approach to identify gaps in...

Pharmacist-Assisted Varenicline Tobacco Cessation Treatment for Veterans

Author:: Ariane R. Guthrie, PharmD; Mahendra A. Patel, PharmD, BCPS; Catherine J. Sweet, PharmD, MS

This study compared the efficacy and safety of clinical pharmacy specialists’ management of tobacco cessation therapy using varenicline with that...

Author:: Lauren E. Merz, MD, MSc; Shivani Jindal, MD, MPH; Talya Shahal, MD; Richard Serrao, MD; Anthony C. Breu, MD

A chief resident and colleagues discuss the case of a previously active Air Force veteran with a history of substance use presenting with painful...

Author:: Bianca Creith, PharmD, BCPS; Gabrielle Givens, PharmD, BCPS; Bishoy Ragheb, PharmD, BCACP, CACP; Nilam Naik, PharmD, BCPS; Casey Owen, PharmD, BCACP; Jessica Wallace, PharmD, BCPS

This cohort study assessed whether a risk assessment calculator for venous thromboembolism that was embedded in the admission order set would...