Kristin M Mattocks
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 2053545 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Kristin M Mattocks |
| NOMBRES | Kristin M |
| APELLIDO | Mattocks |
| FIRMA | MATTOCKS K M |
| AFILIACIONES | VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System, Leeds |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 30 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2012 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
A Qualitative Study of the Implementation of Referral Coordination for Specialty Care Referrals in the Veterans Health Administration
BACKGROUND: Veteran enrollees of the Veterans Health Administration (VA) have increasing options for where and how to access health care, including within VA in person or virtually and through VA-purchased community care. To promote Veterans' informed choice and streamline access to appointments, VA initiated referral coordination, which entails clinical review and conversations with Veterans before scheduling all specialty care referrals. OBJECT…
Perceived Importance of Obstetric Quality Measures to Veterans Receiving Community-Based Obstetric Care
Sleep Is Not Getting the Attention It Deserves”
BACKGROUND: Unique characteristics and service exposures of the post-9/11 cohort of U.S. Veterans can influence their sleep health and associated comorbidities. The objectives of this study were to learn about men and women post-9/11 Veterans' and "front line" VA providers' knowledge about sleep and experiences with Veterans Health Administration (VA) sleep management. RESEARCH DESIGN: One sample included post-9/11 Veterans who received VA care (…
Exploring the Experience of Pain and Pain Management for Pregnant and Postpartum Veterans with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
Coordinating women's preventive health care for rural veterans
PURPOSE: As the number of women veterans receiving care from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) continues to increase, so does the need to access gender-specific preventive health care services through the VHA. In rural areas, women veterans are the numeric minority, so many preventive screenings are performed outside of the VA by community providers. As the numbers of veterans utilizing both VHA and non-VHA providers for their preventive c…
Partnership Forum
In response to concerns about Veterans’ access to Veterans Affairs (VA) health care services, Congress passed the Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act of 2014 (Choice), which broadened Veterans’ eligibility to receive health care delivered by non-VA community providers paid for by VA (ie, Community Care).1 Specifically, the Veterans Choice Program (VCP) allowed Veterans waiting longer than 30 days for specific services in VA, who lived …
Understanding VA’s Use of and Relationships With Community Care Providers Under the Mission Act
BACKGROUND: Congress has enacted 2 major pieces of legislation to improve access to care for Veterans within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). As a result, the VA has undergone a major transformation in the way that care is delivered to Veterans with an increased reliance on community-based provider networks. No studies have examined the relationship between VA and contracted community providers. This study examines VA facility directors' …
Innovations in Community Care Programs, Policies, and Research
Since 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has dramatically shifted the ways in which Veterans can receive care. While a substantial majority of Veteran care is provided at one of the 170 VA Medical Centers and 1074 outpatient sites of care nationwide, the Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act (Choice Act) (2014) and the VA MISSION Act (MISSION Act) (2018) provided Veterans increased opportunities to receive care from community prov…
Racial Differences in the Cesarean Section Rates Among Women Veterans Using Department of Veterans Affairs Community Care
BACKGROUND: Racial disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality remain a pressing public health problem. Variations in cesarean section (C-section) rates among racial and ethnic groups have been well documented, though reasons for these variations remain unknown. In the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), nearly half of all women Veterans are of reproductive age and >40% of these women are racial and ethnic minorities. Because the VA does not…
Examining Women Veteran’s Experiences, Perceptions, and Challenges With the Veterans Choice Program
BACKGROUND: The Veterans Choice Program (VCP) was launched in 2014 to address the growing concerns about the timeliness and quality of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) care. Given that many sex-specific health services, such as mammography and maternity care, are not routinely provided in all VHA facilities, women Veterans may disproportionately rely on VCP care. Understanding the provision and coordination of VCP care is crucial in order to …
The Veterans Choice Act
BACKGROUND: Congress enacted the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 [Veterans Choice Act (VCA)] to improve access to timely, high-quality health care for Veterans. Although Congress mandated that VCA must begin within 90 days of passage of the legislation, no guidelines were provided in the legislation to ensure that Veterans had access to an adequate number of community providers across different specialties of care or disti…
Evaluating the Veterans Choice Program
As the largest integrated health care system in the country, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) delivers care to >8 million Veterans each year at over 1700 sites of care across all 50 states. In addition to providing services within VHA facilities, VHA provides community care by partnering with federal and private providers, clinics, and hospitals to care for Veterans. In August 2014, Congress enacted the Veterans Access, Choice and Account…
The Association Between Hiv Status and Homelessness Among Veterans in Care
Veterans seeking care in the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System (VA) are more vulnerable to HIV infection and homelessness. However, there is little scholarship on the association between serostatus and homelessness among VA veterans. We examined this association in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study, a sample of 6,819 HIV-positive and HIV-negative veterans attending 8 VAs across the country. We utilized logistic models regressing she…
Reproductive Health Diagnoses of Women Veterans Using Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care
BACKGROUND: Little is known regarding the reproductive health needs of women Veterans using Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care. OBJECTIVE: To describe the reproductive health diagnoses of women Veterans using VA health care, how these diagnoses differ across age groups, and variations in sociodemographic and clinical characteristics by presence of reproductive health diagnoses. RESEARCH DESIGN: This study is a cross-sectional analysi…
Informing Policy to Deliver Comprehensive Care for Women Veterans
The goal of this supplement is to disseminate new research findings related to the planning, organization, financing, provision, evaluation, and improvement of health services and/or outcomes for women Veterans (WVs) and women actively serving in the military. We received wide-ranging, outstanding submissions that demonstrated advances in ever-widening domains of women’s health (WH) and health care, which was the goal of the VA WH research agenda…
Care Coordination for Women Veterans
Over the past decade, the number of women Veterans receiving care from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has more than doubled. Although many of the women in VHA care are Veterans of recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, other women Veterans served in previous war eras, including the Gulf and Vietnam conflicts. Previous studies have shown that women Veterans returning from war have complex health care needs1 including relatively high rates …
Women at war
Women at war
The Association Between Hiv Status and Homelessness Among Veterans in Care
Veterans seeking care in the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System (VA) are more vulnerable to HIV infection and homelessness. However, there is little scholarship on the association between serostatus and homelessness among VA veterans. We examined this association in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study, a sample of 6,819 HIV-positive and HIV-negative veterans attending 8 VAs across the country. We utilized logistic models regressing she…
Reproductive Health Diagnoses of Women Veterans Using Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care
BACKGROUND: Little is known regarding the reproductive health needs of women Veterans using Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care. OBJECTIVE: To describe the reproductive health diagnoses of women Veterans using VA health care, how these diagnoses differ across age groups, and variations in sociodemographic and clinical characteristics by presence of reproductive health diagnoses. RESEARCH DESIGN: This study is a cross-sectional analysi…
Informing Policy to Deliver Comprehensive Care for Women Veterans
The goal of this supplement is to disseminate new research findings related to the planning, organization, financing, provision, evaluation, and improvement of health services and/or outcomes for women Veterans (WVs) and women actively serving in the military. We received wide-ranging, outstanding submissions that demonstrated advances in ever-widening domains of women’s health (WH) and health care, which was the goal of the VA WH research agenda…
Care Coordination for Women Veterans
Over the past decade, the number of women Veterans receiving care from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has more than doubled. Although many of the women in VHA care are Veterans of recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, other women Veterans served in previous war eras, including the Gulf and Vietnam conflicts. Previous studies have shown that women Veterans returning from war have complex health care needs1 including relatively high rates …
The Veterans Choice Act
BACKGROUND: Congress enacted the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 [Veterans Choice Act (VCA)] to improve access to timely, high-quality health care for Veterans. Although Congress mandated that VCA must begin within 90 days of passage of the legislation, no guidelines were provided in the legislation to ensure that Veterans had access to an adequate number of community providers across different specialties of care or disti…
Evaluating the Veterans Choice Program
As the largest integrated health care system in the country, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) delivers care to >8 million Veterans each year at over 1700 sites of care across all 50 states. In addition to providing services within VHA facilities, VHA provides community care by partnering with federal and private providers, clinics, and hospitals to care for Veterans. In August 2014, Congress enacted the Veterans Access, Choice and Account…
Examining Women Veteran’s Experiences, Perceptions, and Challenges With the Veterans Choice Program
BACKGROUND: The Veterans Choice Program (VCP) was launched in 2014 to address the growing concerns about the timeliness and quality of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) care. Given that many sex-specific health services, such as mammography and maternity care, are not routinely provided in all VHA facilities, women Veterans may disproportionately rely on VCP care. Understanding the provision and coordination of VCP care is crucial in order to …
Partnership Forum
In response to concerns about Veterans’ access to Veterans Affairs (VA) health care services, Congress passed the Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act of 2014 (Choice), which broadened Veterans’ eligibility to receive health care delivered by non-VA community providers paid for by VA (ie, Community Care).1 Specifically, the Veterans Choice Program (VCP) allowed Veterans waiting longer than 30 days for specific services in VA, who lived …
Understanding VA’s Use of and Relationships With Community Care Providers Under the Mission Act
BACKGROUND: Congress has enacted 2 major pieces of legislation to improve access to care for Veterans within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). As a result, the VA has undergone a major transformation in the way that care is delivered to Veterans with an increased reliance on community-based provider networks. No studies have examined the relationship between VA and contracted community providers. This study examines VA facility directors' …
Innovations in Community Care Programs, Policies, and Research
Since 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has dramatically shifted the ways in which Veterans can receive care. While a substantial majority of Veteran care is provided at one of the 170 VA Medical Centers and 1074 outpatient sites of care nationwide, the Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act (Choice Act) (2014) and the VA MISSION Act (MISSION Act) (2018) provided Veterans increased opportunities to receive care from community prov…
Racial Differences in the Cesarean Section Rates Among Women Veterans Using Department of Veterans Affairs Community Care
BACKGROUND: Racial disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality remain a pressing public health problem. Variations in cesarean section (C-section) rates among racial and ethnic groups have been well documented, though reasons for these variations remain unknown. In the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), nearly half of all women Veterans are of reproductive age and >40% of these women are racial and ethnic minorities. Because the VA does not…
Coordinating women's preventive health care for rural veterans
PURPOSE: As the number of women veterans receiving care from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) continues to increase, so does the need to access gender-specific preventive health care services through the VHA. In rural areas, women veterans are the numeric minority, so many preventive screenings are performed outside of the VA by community providers. As the numbers of veterans utilizing both VHA and non-VHA providers for their preventive c…
Exploring the Experience of Pain and Pain Management for Pregnant and Postpartum Veterans with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
Perceived Importance of Obstetric Quality Measures to Veterans Receiving Community-Based Obstetric Care
Sleep Is Not Getting the Attention It Deserves”
BACKGROUND: Unique characteristics and service exposures of the post-9/11 cohort of U.S. Veterans can influence their sleep health and associated comorbidities. The objectives of this study were to learn about men and women post-9/11 Veterans' and "front line" VA providers' knowledge about sleep and experiences with Veterans Health Administration (VA) sleep management. RESEARCH DESIGN: One sample included post-9/11 Veterans who received VA care (…
A Qualitative Study of the Implementation of Referral Coordination for Specialty Care Referrals in the Veterans Health Administration
BACKGROUND: Veteran enrollees of the Veterans Health Administration (VA) have increasing options for where and how to access health care, including within VA in person or virtually and through VA-purchased community care. To promote Veterans' informed choice and streamline access to appointments, VA initiated referral coordination, which entails clinical review and conversations with Veterans before scheduling all specialty care referrals. OBJECT…
Medicine (13 obras) · Political science (10 obras) · Primary Care and Health Outcomes (10 obras) · Veterans Affairs (8 obras) · Family medicine (7 obras) · Health care (7 obras) · Nursing (7 obras) · Healthcare Policy and Management (5 obras) · MEDLINE (5 obras) · Psychology (5 obras)