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Clock in the Box

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What is The Clock-in-the-Box? The Clock-in-the-Box (CIB) is a brief (under two minutes) cognitive screening instrument that can help identify patients with cognitive or functional deficits. The CIB is a cognitive screening instrument and should not be used as the sole factor in identifying patients...

Delirium Toolbox

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What is Delirium? Delirium is a common, morbid, and costly condition. From the healthcare system standpoint, delirium leads to more inpatient and long term care costs. From the patient standpoint, patients who develop delirium in the hospital, frequently go to rehabilitation facilities because of...

Risk Identification

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RISK IDENTIFICATION ... The Delirium Toolbox is a VA quality improvement project developed by James Rudolph that evolved from a VABHS Healthcare Failure Effects-Modes Analysis (HFEMA) and VABHS Delirium Task Force. The Delirium Toolbox is funded via a T21 mechanism administered by the Office of...

PILL

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PHARMACOLOGICAL INTERVENTION IN LATE LIFE (PILL) PROJECT Background The transition from hospital to home is a critical time complicated by numerous medicines, drug toxicities, regimen changes, and discrepancies. The Pharmacological Intervention in Late Life (PILL) project was developed to enhance...

Heart and Brain Health (CIRCA)

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Cerebrovascular Risk, Aging, and Their Effects on the Brain Changes in memory, thinking, and organizational skills occur in the course of normal aging, but can sometimes indicate an underlying disease. These changes in thinking ability can occur as a result of medical conditions (such as high blood...

Catherine Fortier, Ph.D.

Person: Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Psychologist, VA Boston Healthcare System, Deputy Director and Principal Investigator, TRACTS/GRECC
I serve as Deputy Director of the RR&D TBI Center of Excellence at VA Boston Healthcare System (the Translational Center for TBI and Stress Disorders, TRACTS). Our Center is conducting state-of-the-art research studies that aim to understand how mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) and related stress...

Jennifer R. Fonda, Ph.D., M.A.

Person: Epidemiologist, TRACTS
I am the epidemiologist for the Translational Research Center for TBI and Stress Disorders Center (TRACTS) at the VA Boston Healthcare System. I play a central role in the study design and data management of TRACTS. I have 14 years of research experience, with expertise in all aspects of observation...