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Upcoming Cyberseminars

New & Updated VIReC Products

Researcher's Notebook: CDW Principles of Building a Data Cohort Millennium (Part II) [updated: Apr 2022]
Factbook: MVI Domain [updated: Mar 2022]
CDW Domain Layout & Data Details
[released: Mar 2022]
Data Review: Procedures in Millennium Data
[released: Mar 2022]
MCA Historical Stop Codes [updated: Mar 2022]
Quick Peek Video: Using the CDW Metadata Report [released: Mar 2022]
Factbook: Patient Domain [released: Mar 2022]
Quick Peek Video: Use of the MetaData Domain [released: Feb 2022]
Data Review: Vital Signs in Millennium Data
[updated: Feb 2022]

New Web Pages on the VHA Data Portal

Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention (OMHSP) Data

VIReC Resources

Meet VIReC, The Researcher's Guide to VA Data:
Learn about us, our products, and how to navigate our web environments.

Learn about VA data:

+Data Sources

» ADUSH Enrollment File

» BFS Database

» CART Program Data

» CDW

» COVID-19 Shared Data Resource

» DAVINCI (DoD-VA Health Data)

» Electronic Quality Measures Data (eQM) Data

» Geocoded Enrollee Files

» HERC Cost Data

» HBPC Masterfile

» Homeless Registry

» LCSDP Cohort

» MCA Web Reports

» NCVAS Veteran Statistics

» OMOP CDW Data

» Patient Treatment File

» PBM Database

» Pi2

» VINCI NLP Output LVEF

» Vital Status File

» VSSC Web Reports

+Data Topics

» Accuracy of Death Dates

» Cause of Death

» Community Care

» Cost of Care

» Data Quality

» EHRM & Implications

» ED & Urgent Care

» Geocoded Data

» Home Telehealth

» ICD-10 Implementation

» Long Term Care

» Patient Satisfaction

» Preparatory to Research

» Priority Groups

» Race & Ethnicity

» Veteran Homelessness

» Veteran Income Data

» Veteran Statistics

» Vital Status Ascertainment

» Women Veterans Health

+Data Tools

» AITC Mainframe Workspace

» CAPRI Application

» JLV Application

» VINCI Workspace

» VistAWeb Application

EHRM Resources:

Guidance on Addressing EHRM in Applications [released: Nov 2021]
Web page: EHRM & Implications for Data Users
VA Millennium EHR Data Documentation & Resources

VA/CMS Data for Research Project: Data custodian for CMS and USRDS data for VA research.

Factbooks: Describe tables, columns, and values in select CDW Domains.

Research User Guides: Detailed information on select data sources, including variable descriptions.

The Researcher's Notebook: Practical information on using data from researchers in the field.

Cyberseminars: Expert discussion and guidance on key issues related to using VA data.

Quick Peek Videos: Short demonstrations on various aspects of VA data or VA data resources.

Data Reports: Technical reports, data investigations, data reviews, and data quality updates.

Summary Information: Current and historical information about dataset variables, counts, and frequencies.

Publications: A complete list of peer reviewed articles and journal supplements published by VIReC.