Lessons from Initiating the First Veterans Health Administration (VA) Women's Health Practice-based Research Network...

Alyssa Pomernacki¹, Diane V Carney¹, Rachel Kimerling¹+15

• ¹From the Veterans Administration (VA) Health Services Research & Development (HSR&D) Center for Innovation to Implementation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA (AP, DVC, RK, MMB, CM, SS, SMF); the National Center for PTSD, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA (RK, MMB, CM, SS); the VA Advanced Fellowship Program in Mental Illness Research and Treatment, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA (DN); the VA HSR&D Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC (JB, KMG); the VA HSR&D Center for Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluantion, Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, IA (BDM, HS, AGS); the VA HSR&D Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation and Policy, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda, CA (JY, BAB-M, RK, EMY); the Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC (KMG); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City (AGS); the Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles (BAB-M); the VA HSR&D Pain Research, Informatics, Multi-morbidities, and Education Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven (LAB); the Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington (LAB); the Department of Health Policy and Management, University of California Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles (EMY); and the Division of General Medical Disciplines, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (SMF).+1