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Knowledge Service: Clinical references

These Clinical References Are Accessible to VA Employees From The VA Network

PICO Portal - biomedical systematic review platform free to academic users PICO Portal is a web-based tool for citation screening, full text review, data extraction and quality assessment that facilitates an efficient systematic review.
Joanna Briggs Institute ("JBI") Sumari Brochure
Access JBI Sumari Software Tool For the Systematic Review of Literature Located through OVID Medline under the tab EBP Tool
JBI Sumari Tutorials
JBI Sumari Knowledge Base

The APIC/JCR Infection Prevention and Control Workbook, 4th Edition

VA Quality and Patient Safety
VHA National Center for Patient Safety
VHA OQPS Utilization - Change Healthcare InterQual Book (works with Internet Edge browser) InterQual evidence-based clinical decision support criteria, such as quality safety and value utilization, level of care criteria, and how to conduct criteria reviews.
VA/DoD Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines
ECRI Guidelines trust (register to access)
NEJM Catalyst - health care executives share innovative ideas
Agency of Healthcare Research & Quality
AHRQ - guidelines & measures
Other AHRQ Web Sites

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VHA High Consequence Infection (HCI) Preparedness Program
VHA COVID-19 Sharepoint
VHA COVID-19 Sharepoint - Vaccine Education & Training Page
VA Public Health: Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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Internal Reports Accessible To VA Employees From The VA Network

VHA Support Service Center
Electronic Quality Measurement Portal
Inpatient Workload Capturing Accessible for those who has access to CPRS at New York Harbor.
VISN 2 CDW Data Warehouse Reports
Dimensions for Veterans Affairs
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Open Data (Sets)

VA NY Harbor Healthcare System's Non-Profit Research and Education Foundation

Narrows Institute for Biomedical Research & Education The Narrows Institute is the VA NY Harbor Healthcare System's non-profit research and education foundation. Please contact Bethanne Wenzel, Executive Director, at Bethanne.Wenzel@va.gov or 917-597-7463 for more information.

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