Abstract: In late 2018, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) implemented the Suicide Prevention in Emergency Department (SPED; 116th U.S. Congress, 2020; VA, 2018) …
Abstract: Purpose: Veterans account for 7 % of the adult American population but nearly 14 % of the country’s adult suicides. With a distinct geodemographic profile, veterans …
Abstract: OBJECTIVES: To demonstrate an innovative method combining machine learning with comparative effectiveness research techniques and to investigate a hitherto unstudied …
Abstract: The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has committed to increasing health equity for all veterans, which is needed to address disparities in health care and outcomes …
Abstract: Suicide is a leading cause of death in the US Comparative State-level spatial analysis between Veterans Health Administration (VHA veterans) and the whole US population …
Abstract: Depression can be effectively treated with internet-based computerized cognitive behavioral therapy (cCBT). The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) provided cCBT free to …
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: In 2017, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) implemented a national suicide prevention program, called Recovery Engagement and Coordination for …
Abstract: We present an ensemble transfer learning method to predict suicide from Veterans Affairs (VA) electronic medical records (EMR). A diverse set of base models was trained …