Tools & Resources

Some resources are only available on the VA intranet. VA employees can visit this page at https://vaww.herc.research.va.gov/include/page.asp?id=dcnp-resources for access.

A list of resources and tools to assist those investigating disrupted and deferred care:

• Evidence Compendium: COVID-19 Pandemic-related Disruptions in Health Care, February 2022 (VA intranet only)
  • Identifies and describes available research on COVID-19-related disruptions in health care and associated clinical impacts
  • Citation: Mackey K, Anderson J, Rahman B, Ward RM, and Parr NJ. Evidence Compendium: COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Disruptions in Health Care. Washington, DC: Evidence Synthesis Program, Health Services Research and Development Service, Office of Research and Development, Department of Veterans Affairs. VA ESP Project #09-199; 2022.
• DCNP GitHub
  •  Code and data for estimating excess deaths using National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and VA data
• CDC COVID Data Tracker
  • Data on COVID-19 cases, deaths, hospitalizations, vaccination over time and by location; includes variant tracking data
• COVID-19 variant phases (determined by variant dominance in regional wastewater) based on data from the Broad Institute
• VA Press Release: Timeline on how VA Prepared for COVID-19 Outbreak and Continues to Keep Veterans Safe (April 20, 2020)
• Veterans Health Administration Moving Forward Guidebook: Safe Care is Our Mission (June 9, 2020)
  • VA Office of Healthcare Transformation COVID-19 Response Team SharePoint site (VA intranet only)
• VA Operational Memos (VA intranet only)
  • VA Memo: Community Care Consult and Appointment Cancellation Management Initiative (CACMI) Higher Level Review (December 10, 2021)
  • VA Memo: Mitigation Strategies for Transfusion Services During COVID-19 Pandemic (VISN 1) (March 25, 2020)
  • VA Memo: Essential Health Care Operations Allowed to Continue During Shelter in Place (March 23, 2020)
  • VA Memo: Primary Care Guidance for COVID-19 Pandemic Response (March 20, 2020)
  • VA Memo: Cessation of Elective Surgical and Ambulatory Procedures (VISN 1) (March 15, 2020)
• VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports – The below reports were identified using the search term “COVID.”
  • Purchases of Smartphones and Tablets for Veterans’ Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic (May 4, 2022)
  • Audit of Community Care Consults during COVID-19 (January 19, 2022)
  • Review of Community-Based Outpatient Clinics Closed Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic (April 6, 2021)
  • Review of Veterans Health Administration’s Virtual Primary Care Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (March 11, 2021)
  • Review of Veterans Health Administration's Emergency Department and Urgent Care Center Operations during the COVID-19 Pandemic (December 17, 2020)
  • Veterans Crisis Line Challenges, Contingency Plans, and Successes During the COVID-19 Pandemic (October 28, 2020)
  • Appointment Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic (September 1, 2020)
  • Review of Veterans Health Administration’s COVID-19 Response and Continued Pandemic Readiness (July 16, 2020)
• VA COVID-19 websites
  • COVID-19: Shared Data Resource
  • VA HSR&D COVID-19 Efforts
  • VA ORD COVID-19 For the VA Research Community (VA intranet only)
• VINCI websites
  • VINCI Quick Links webpage includes links to VA data resources (VA intranet only)
  • VINCI Training and Office Hour (a weekly Q&A) (VA intranet only)
• VA Community Care data
  • Community Care Research Evaluation & Knowledge (CREEK) website
  • VA VIReC Database and Methods Cyberseminar: Updates on VA-Purchased Community Care Data, September 2022
  • HERC: Information about VA Community Care Data
• VIReC Medicare Data for Veterans with COVID-19 (VA intranet only)

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Last updated: October 20, 2022

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