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Partnership Opportunities

Partnership Opportunities

Our center provides multiple exciting opportunities for research partnerships with other organizations...

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HCI Lab

HCI Lab

The VA HSR&D HCI Lab was developed with a goal toward transforming the VA's health information systems...

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The Big Move

The Big Move

The CHIC will be moving to a new building on the VA campus that is currently under construction...

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About Us

The Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Center for Health Information and Communication (CHIC) group is a diverse cadre of researchers joining together to transform the healthcare system, both within and outside the VA so every patient receives consistent, high-quality care. With this in mind, our research priorities are:

Goal Areas

• Advance the science of health information and communication, to improve the coordination, quality, safety, and value of health care for Veterans;

• Advance technologies that promote improved information management, and engage and connect Veterans, clinicians, and VA operations partners, to improve healthcare decision-making, policy, and outcomes;

• Optimize interpersonal communication with Veterans, clinicians, and other caregivers, to promote Veteran-centered care;

• Bring about improvements in clinical practice through the translation and implementation of health services research;

• Cultivate a vibrant community of scientists in health services research and development, with the skills and passion to improve VA healthcare through a focus on health information, communication, and implementation.

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Browse our website by expanding the navigation pane by clicking in the top left “Center for Health Information and Communication (CHIC)”.  You can learn more about us, fellowship programs, our commitment, resources and contact information.

 

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Vision & MissionResearch Week

The CHIC’s mission is to advance healthcare for Veterans through health information, technology, and communication. For Research Week 2021, CHIC researchers created a series of videos describing how they fulfill our mission through their research projects. To watch these videos, click on the link below.  


Indianapolis Research Week 2021 - YouTube

NewsCenter News

Supervisory Program Specialist Hired: Jasma Adams has been hired as the Center’s newest Supervisory Program Specialist. Jasma joins Linda Collins, Administrative Officer, and Erica Evans, Supervisory Program Specialist, to lead our Center’s team of professional staff in the conduct of cutting-edge research to improve the health of Veterans.

AccomplishmentsAccomplishments

♦CHIC Scientist Tom Imperiale has earned Indiana University's highest academic appointment of Distinguished Professor. 

♦CHIC Scientist Richard Frankel received the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation 2021 Professionalism Article Prize in Research. 


CHIC BulletinCHIC Bulletin

Click the link below to read our most recent bulletin highlighting Dr. Johanne Eliacin's active COVID-19 project. 

CHIC May 2021 Bulletin