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Upcoming Cyberseminars

Mar 22: “I knew it was going to be hard”: Findings and Recommendations from Columbus VAMC Clinician and Staff Experiences with EHRM

New & Updated VIReC Products

Data Dictionary: CDW Domain Layout and Data Details [updated: Feb 2023]
Domain Layout: COVID-19 Vaccination Medicare Analytic Dataset Person File Details File Data [updated: Jan 2023]
Data Dictionary: VIReC’s Medicare data in the OMOP Common Data Model [updated: Jan 2023]
Researcher's Notebook: Exploring Social History Data in Millennium [released: Jan 2023]
Data Review: VETSNET File
[released: Dec 2022]
Researcher's Notebook: Identifying CLC Stays in CDW [updated: Nov 2022]
Researcher's Notebook: Identifying Transgender and Gender Diverse Veterans in the CDW [released: Oct 2022]
Data Snapshot: CDW EDIS Domain
[released: Sept 2022]
Data Review: Diagnoses in Millennium
[released: Aug 2022]
Data Review: Procedures in Millennium Data
[updated: Aug 2022]
Factbook: Pharmacy Outpatient 3.0 Domain [released: Aug 2022]

New Web Page on the VHA Data Portal

GECDAC Health Care Risk Measures Data [released Aug 2022]

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

» Beareaved Family Survey

» CAN Scores

» CART Program Data

» CDW

» COVID-19 Shared Data Resource

» Death Ascertainment File

» DAVINCI

» eQM Data

» GECDAC Health Care Risk Measures Data

» Geocoded Enrollee Files

» MCA (formerly DSS) NDEs

» MCA Web (formerly DSS) Reports

» Medical SAS

» Millennium EHR

» MyHealtheVet Admin Data

» NCVAS Veteran Statistics

» NPCD

» NPPD

» OMHSP Data

» OMOP CDW Data

» PBM Database

» PTF

» Pi2

» RAI/MDS

» SHEP Data

» Tramatic Brain Injury

» USVETS Data

» VA/CMS Data

» VASQIP Data

» VETSNET

» VINCI NLP Output LVEF

» Vital Status File

» VSSC Web Reports

» View All

+Data Topics

» Accuracy of Death Dates

» Cause of Death

» Community Care

» Comorbidity

» Cost of Care

» EHRM & Implications

» ED & Urgent Care

» Geocoded Data

» VA-HRS Data

» Home Telehealth

» ICD-10 Implementation

» Laboratory

» Long Term Care

» Mortality

» Nursing

» Patient Satisfaction

» Pharmacy

» Polytrauma

» Preparatory to Research

» Priority Groups

» Race & Ethnicity

» Veteran Homelessness

» Veteran Income Data

» Veteran Statistics

» VistA

» Vital Status Ascertainment

» Women Veterans Health

» View All

+Data Tools

» AITC Mainframe Workspace

» CAPRI Application

» JLV Application

» VA REDCap

» VINCI Workspace

» View All

EHRM 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.