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Ravi B. Parikh, MD
Interview
11/17/2025
Ravi Bharat Parikh, MD, MPP, FACP
This interview explores how performance drift in the VA’s Care Assessment Need (CAN) algorithm reveals the hidden challenges of maintaining fairness, accuracy, and clinical trust in large-scale predictive health systems.
This interview explores how performance drift in the VA’s Care Assessment Need (CAN) algorithm reveals the hidden challenges of maintaining fairness, accuracy, and clinical trust in large-scale predictive health systems.
This interview explores how...
11/17/2025
Veterans Health Today
Zelnick
Interview
11/11/2025
Cooper Zelnick
Key Takeaways Groups Recover Together (US, value-based addiction care): CEO Cooper Zelnick highlights a model combining evidence-based medicine, group therapy, and wraparound services, showing reduced relapse, overdose, and mortality,...
Key Takeaways Groups Recover Together (US, value-based addiction care): CEO Cooper Zelnick highlights a model combining evidence-based medicine, group therapy, and wraparound services, showing reduced relapse, overdose, and mortality,...
Key Takeaways Groups...
11/11/2025
Veterans Health Today
Marcus R. Johnson headshot
Interview
10/31/2025
Marcus R. Johnson, MPH, MBA, MHA
A guest expert shares how targeted mentorship, leadership support, and policy-driven inclusion are transforming smaller and rural VA medical centers into thriving hubs for clinical research—enhancing diversity, access, and the real-world...
A guest expert shares how targeted mentorship, leadership support, and policy-driven inclusion are transforming smaller and rural VA medical centers into thriving hubs for clinical research—enhancing diversity, access, and the real-world...
A guest expert shares how...
10/31/2025
Veterans Health Today
Headshots
Interview
10/31/2025
Shane Kraus, PhD; Karen Valle Frias, BS
In this interview, Dr Shane Kraus, associate professor of psychology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Karen Valle Frias, clinical psychology student, discuss their research which revealed strong links between gambling disorder and...
In this interview, Dr Shane Kraus, associate professor of psychology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Karen Valle Frias, clinical psychology student, discuss their research which revealed strong links between gambling disorder and...
In this interview, Dr Shane...
10/31/2025
Veterans Health Today
O'Connor
Interview
08/07/2025
Sean O'Connor
Veteran and health tech leader Sean O’Connor shares a personal and technical roadmap to modernizing the VA, tackling cultural, logistical, and digital challenges head-on.
Veteran and health tech leader Sean O’Connor shares a personal and technical roadmap to modernizing the VA, tackling cultural, logistical, and digital challenges head-on.
Veteran and health tech leader...
08/07/2025
Veterans Health Today
Mary Russell
Interview
01/05/2024
Mary Russell, RN
CliniComp's distinctive electronic health record system to support the mental health of veterans is discussed with Mary Russell, senior director of Clinical Implementation at CliniComp.
CliniComp's distinctive electronic health record system to support the mental health of veterans is discussed with Mary Russell, senior director of Clinical Implementation at CliniComp.
CliniComp's distinctive...
01/05/2024
Integrated Healthcare Executive
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Interview
07/26/2023
Roger McIntyre, MD, FRCPC
Roger McIntyre, MD, FRCPC, professor of psychiatry and pharmacology, University of Toronto, and head, Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit, University Health Network, Toronto, shares how real-world data reveals the gravity of misdiagnosing...
Roger McIntyre, MD, FRCPC, professor of psychiatry and pharmacology, University of Toronto, and head, Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit, University Health Network, Toronto, shares how real-world data reveals the gravity of misdiagnosing...
Roger McIntyre, MD, FRCPC,...
07/26/2023
Veterans Health Today
Headshot of Dr Hira Shaikh, University of Iowa
Interview
01/19/2023
Maria Asimopoulos
Hira Shaikh, MD, assistant professor of hematology, oncology, and bone marrow transplant, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, walks through the details of her study which compared multiple myeloma survival outcomes among Hispanic vs...
Hira Shaikh, MD, assistant professor of hematology, oncology, and bone marrow transplant, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, walks through the details of her study which compared multiple myeloma survival outcomes among Hispanic vs...
Hira Shaikh, MD, assistant...
01/19/2023
First Report Managed Care
Interview
04/18/2022
Samantha Matthews
In this interview, Robert Gibbons, PhD, discusses his work to advance mental health research and utilize the computerized adaptive test suicide scale for the United States veteran population.
In this interview, Robert Gibbons, PhD, discusses his work to advance mental health research and utilize the computerized adaptive test suicide scale for the United States veteran population.
In this interview, Robert...
04/18/2022
First Report Managed Care
Headshot of Ted Mikuls, Veterans Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System
Interview
03/28/2022
Maria Asimopoulos
Ted Mikuls, MD, MSPH, Veterans Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System and University of Nebraska Medical Center, shares recent findings indicating veterans with gout are more likely to undergo lower extremity amputations compared to...
Ted Mikuls, MD, MSPH, Veterans Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System and University of Nebraska Medical Center, shares recent findings indicating veterans with gout are more likely to undergo lower extremity amputations compared to...
Ted Mikuls, MD, MSPH, Veterans...
03/28/2022
Veterans Health Today