The Impacts of COVID-19 on Veterans Affairs Catheterization Laboratory Staff During the First Months of the US Response

Heather M. Gilmartin, PhD, NP Investigator, Denver/Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value Driven Care, VHA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System, Aurora; and Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Health Systems, Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO.

Mary E. Plomondon, PhD, MSPH Investigator, Clinical Assessment, Reporting and Tracking (CART) Program, Office of Quality and Patient Safety, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC.

Candice Mueller, BA Program Director, CART Program, Office of Quality and Patient Safety, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC.

Brigid Connelly, BA Program Manager, Denver/Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value Driven Care, VHA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System, Aurora.

Catherine Battaglia, PhD, RN Investigator, Denver/Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value Driven Care, VHA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System, Aurora; and Department of Health Systems, Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Colorado.

Stephen W. Waldo, MD Investigator, Denver/Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value Driven Care, VHA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System, Aurora; CART Program, Office of Quality and Patient Safety, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC; Department of Medicine, Cardiology Section, Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado; and Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Colorado, Aurora.

Jacob Doll, MD Investigator, Denver/Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value Driven Care, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington; and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.

Dr Gilmartin is supported by Career Development Award Number 1IK2HX002587-01A1, and Dr Doll is supported by Career Development Award Number 1IK2HX002590-01A1 from the US Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research & Development Service of the VA Office of Research and Development.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

All authors jointly designed the study, conducted data collection, drafted the paper, and reviewed, edited and approved the final manuscript draft.

The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

Drs Gilmartin and Doll had full access to all the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Drs Gilmartin, Plomondon, and Doll of the Denver/Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value Driven Care conducted and are responsible for the data analysis.

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request, but they will be subject to the stringent data privacy rules of the VA Healthcare System and US Government.

Correspondence Heather M. Gilmartin, PhD, NP, Denver/Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value Driven Care, VHA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System, 1700 N Wheeling St, Aurora, CO, 80045 ([email protected]).

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