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Achieving Excellence in Hepatitis B Virus Care for Veterans in the Veterans Health Administration
Chartier M1, Maier MM1, Morgan TR1, Lowy E1, Hoffman-Högg L1, Ross D1, Beste LA1. Fed Pract. 2018 Mar;35(Suppl 2):S49-S53.
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1 is Director and is the Deputy Director and the National Infectious Diseases Officer for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Office of Specialty Care Services, HIV, Hepatitis, and Related Conditions Programs (HHRC). is the Director of the HHRC National Hepatitis Resource Center; Chief, Gastroenterology at VA Long Beach Healthcare System in California; and Professor in the Division of Gastroenterology at University of California, Irvine. is a Data Analyst for the HHRC Data and Analytics Group and Data Analyst for Health Services Research and Development at VA Puget Sound Healthcare System. is a Staff Physician and the Director of the VA National Liver Disease Database at VA Puget Sound Healthcare System, the Director of the HHRC Data Analytics Group, and Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle. is a Staff Physician in the Infectious Diseases Section at the VA Portland Healthcare System and an Assistant Professor at Oregon Health and Sciences University in the Division of Infectious Diseases, both in Portland. is National Program Manager for Prevention Policy at VHA National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Durham, North Carolina.
Abstract
Enhancing care of veterans infected with hepatitis B virus who are in VHA care includes providing clinical guidance, informatics tools, patient monitoring, and continuous evaluation of care.