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  Welcome to the VA Information Resource Center (VIReC) Web site. Our mission is to improve the quality of VA research that uses databases and information systems. more...

Intended Audience: VA researchers and staff.

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What's New at VIReC?

CYBER SEMINARS

right arrow Clinical Informatics Series
July 21: Variation in Veterans’ Access to the Internet: Potential Impact on VHA Electronic Health Communication

right arrow Database and Methods
July 6: Measuring Outpatient Pharmacy Use in the VA Using VA Pharmacy Data

PUBLICATIONS

right arrow June Edition: Data Issues Brief

right arrow Special Edition: Data Issues Brief Special Edition: 2009 AcademyHeatlh Annual Research Meeting

right arrow DSS NDE Person Level Frequencies
A new VIReC data knowledge product that provides person-level frequency counts for select variables in DSS Clinical NDE’s.

right arrow VIReC Research User Guide: VHA Pharmacy Prescription Data, 2nd Edition

WEB PAGES

right arrow Mortality Data
Researchers often utilize vital status and date-of-death information for veterans in their research cohorts. more...

VA DATA SECURITY LINKS

Researchers can find up-to-date information on the Office of Research and Development Web site about VA Cyber Security and Privacy Policies.

Upcoming Events

right arrow VIReC Race Data Quality Update (Jun 2008)

right arrow VIReC Data Issues Brief (Mar 2004): Researchers are advised to supplement data on race in the Medical SAS Datasets starting in FY2003 with data on race from both VA datasets prior to FY2003 and VA Medicare data.

right arrow "Transition to the new race/ethnicity data collection standards in the Department of Veterans Affairs." Popul Health Metr. 2006 Jul 6;4(1):7

 
 


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