COIN Investigators & Staff
COIN Staff
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Brigid Connelly, BA
- Title: Health Science Specialist, Seattle-Denver COIN
- Contact: Brigid.Connelly@va.gov
- Location: Denver
- See Brigid Connelly's Dimensions profile that includes: publications, grants, datasets, patents and clinical trials
- Working with Dr. Heather Gilmartin on her career development award focused on understanding and optimizing the culture of healthcare to enhance patient safety and facilitate organizational learning.
- During COVID-19, this work shifted to understanding the experiences of VA researchers and staff during the pandemic. Additionally works with Dr. Christine Jones studying care transitions from inpatient hospitals to home healthcare. Specializes in the creation and dissemination of visual abstracts and infographics.
Recent Publications
The following research fields have been used to summarize Brigid Connelly's publication (the number in parenthesis is the times that research field has appeared).
- Clinical Research (2)
- Prevention (2)
- Rural Health (1)
- Behavioral and Social Science (1)
- Rare Diseases (1)
2024
Gilmartin HM, Connelly B, Daus M, Hess E, Leonard C, Morgan B, Nolan JP Jr, Perry P, Sjoberg H, Subramaniam S, Anderson ML 3rd. Implementation of the Acute Inpatient Medicine-High Reliability, Learning Environment, and Workforce Development Initiative (AIM-HI) in rural Veterans Health Administration hospitals: A mixed methods evaluation protocol. J Hosp Med. 2024 Aug 16. doi: 10.1002/jhm.13474. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 39149834.
Gilmartin HM, Connelly B, Hess E, Mueller C, Plomondon ME, Waldo SW, Battaglia C. Developing a relational playbook for cardiology teams to cultivate supportive learning environments, enhance clinician well-being, and veteran care. Learn Health Syst. 2023 Aug 10;8(2):e10383. doi: 10.1002/lrh2.10383. PMCID: PMC11019383.
PMID: 38633018.
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Gilmartin H, Jones C, Nunnery M, Leonard C, Connelly B, Wills A, Kelley L, Rabin B, Burke RE. An implementation strategy postmortem method developed in the VA rural Transitions Nurse Program to inform spread and scale-up. PLoS One. 2024 Mar 8;19(3):e0298552. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298552. PMCID: PMC10923440.
PMID: 38457367.
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2023
Connelly B, Hess E, Daus M, Battaglia C, Gilmartin HM. Conducting health systems research during the COVID-19 pandemic: experiences from the veterans health administration. BMC Health Serv Res. 2023 Nov 16;23(1):1267. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-10296-y. PMCID: PMC10655445.
PMID: 37974219.
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Kelley L, Broadfoot K, McCreight M, Wills A, Leonard C, Connelly B, Gilmartin H, Burke RE. Implementation and Evaluation of a Training Curriculum for Experienced Nurses in Care Coordination: The VA Rural Transitions Nurse Training Program. J Nurs Care Qual. 2023 Feb 27. doi: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000698. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 36857291.
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2022
Leonard C, Connelly B, Kwan B, Albright K, Gilmartin H. Addressing leadership communication, parenting demands and mental health challenges: a mixed-methods case study of clinical and translational scientists during COVID-19BMJ Leader Published Online First: 21 July 2022. doi: 10.1136/leader-2021-000523
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Sjoberg H, Kenney RR, Morgan B, Connelly B, Jones CD, Ali HN, Battaglia C, Gilmartin HM. (2022). Adaptations to relational facilitation for two national care coordination programs during COVID-19. Frontiers in Health Services. DOI=10.3389/frhs.2022.952272
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Gilmartin HM, Hess E, Mueller C, Connelly B, Plomondon ME, Waldo SW, Battaglia C. Learning environments, reliability enhancing work practices, employee engagement, and safety climate in VA cardiac catheterization laboratories. Health Serv Res. 2022 Apr;57(2):385-391. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.13907.
PMID: 35297037
Gilmartin, HM, Warsavage, T, Hines, A, Leonard, C, Kelley, L, Wills, A, Gaskin, D, Ujano-De Motta, L, Connelly, B, Plomondon, M, Yang, F, Kaboli, P, Burke, RE, Jones, CD. Effectiveness of the rural transitions nurse program for veterans: A multicenter implementation study. J Hosp Med. 2022; 17: 149- 157. doi:10.1002/jhm.12802
PMID: 35090448
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2021
Leonard C, Connelly B, Albright K, Gilmartin H. "This is an opportunity for leadership to lead, but leadership has disappeared": A qualitative case study of clinical and translational scientists during COVID-19. Res Sq [Preprint]. 2021 Mar 16:rs.3.rs-310774. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-310774/v1. PMCID: PMC7987101. PMID: 33758832
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Connelly B, Leonard C, Gaskin D, Warsavage T, Gilmartin H. Increasing enrolment in a national VA transitions of care programme: a pre-post evaluation of a data dashboard and nudge-based intervention. BMJ Health Care Inform. 2021 Nov;28(1):e100416. doi: 10.1136/bmjhci-2021-100416. PMCID: PMC8587340.
PMID: 34764197
Connelly B, Battaglia C, Gilmartin HM. A dissemination strategy to promote relational coordination in the veterans health administration: a case study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Sep 27;21(1):1018. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-07009-8.
PMID: 34579712
Gilmartin HM, Plomondon ME, Mueller C, Connelly B, Battaglia C, Waldo SW, Doll J. The Impacts of COVID-19 on Veterans Affairs Catheterization Laboratory Staff During the First Months of the US Response. J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2021 May 19. doi: 10.1097/JCN.0000000000000828. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 34016839
2020
Gilmartin HM, Connelly B, Hebbe A, Battaglia C, Kwan BM. Assessing the impact of remote work during COVID-19 on clinical and translational scientists and staff in Colorado. J Clin Transl Sci. 2020 Dec 21;5(1):e71. doi: 10.1017/cts.2020.570. PMCID: PMC8027555.
PMID: 34192046
Gilmartin HM, Battaglia C, Warsavage T, Connelly B, Burke RE. Practices to support relational coordination in care transitions: Observations from the VA rural Transitions Nurse Program. Health Care Manage Rev. 2020 Nov 11. doi: 10.1097/HMR.0000000000000300. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 33181554
Connelly B, Ujano-De Motta LL, Leonard C, Mayberry A, Kelley L, Gaskin D, Gilmartin HM. Mapping the reach of a rural Transitions Nurse Program for veterans with geographic information systems. Implement Sci Commun. 2020 Mar 19;1:36. doi: 10.1186/s43058-020-00026-4. PMCID: PMC7427864.
PMID: 32885193
Media (Video, Podcast, Other)
Connelly, B., Gilmartin, H. (2019, August). Advertising your work: visual abstracts, infographics and videos. In Health Services Research Seminars. HSR. 290 attendees, excellent evaluation. Impact: led to further invitations to talk plus partnership with CIDER.
Watch Advertising your work: visual abstracts, infographics and videos
Visual Abstracts
Published and Presented Research Abstracts
Rohs, C. Gilmartin, H., Sjoberg, H., Connelly, B., Kenney, R., Mastalerz, K. Mapping Veteran Health Administration COVID Communication using Relational Coordination and Healthcare Providers Sources of Anxiety Frameworks 2020 RCRC Roundtable. Virtual Event. Nov 4-6, 2020.
Connelly, B., Gilmartin, H., Warsavage, T., Gaskin, D., Kelley, L., Mayberry, A., Jones, C., Leonard, C. Data dashboard and nudge emails: Audit and Feedback for a VA Rural Transitions Nurse Program. Colorado Pragmatic Research in Health Conference: Planning for Real World Impact. Virtual Event. August 11-12, 2020.
Gilmartin, H., Warsavage, T. Kelley, L., Gaskin, D., Connelly, B., Ayele, R. Battaglia, C., Care Coordination and Relational Coordination: Building Relationships and Communication Mechanisms to Support Veterans. 9th Annual RCRC Roundtable, Denver, CO. October 11-12, 2019.
Presentations
Connelly, B. (2020, August). Data dashboard and nudge emails: Audit and Feedback for a VA Rural Transitions Nurse Program. Colorado Pragmatic Research in Health Conference: Planning for Real World Impact.
Gilmartin, H., Connelly, B., Conely, R., Holguin, O., Sherpa, J., Bataglia, C., & Kwan, B. (2020, August) CU-CSU summit 2020 the impact of remote work during COVID-19 on CCTSI members poster. CU-CSU Summit VIII: COVID-19 and the Colorado Research Environment. CCTSI.
Gilmartin, H., Connelly, B., Freedman, M., & Allain, T. (2019, December). A Dissemination Strategy to Promote Relational Coordination in the Veterans Health Administration. In 12th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation. Academy Health.
Kelley, L., Mayberry, A., McCreight, M., Connelly, B., Jones, C., & Gilmartin, H. (2019, December). Blended, advanced care coordination education for nurses as an implementation strategy for rural transitions nurse training program. In 12th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation. Academy Health.
Kelley, L., McCreight, M., Connelly, B., Mayberry, A., Jones, C., Gilmartin, H. A Blended, Advanced Care Coordination Education Program for Nurses: Evaluation of the rural Transitions Nurse Training Program. 2019 HSR/QUERI National Conference, Washington DC October 29-31, 2019
Connelly, B., Gilmartin, H., Freedman, M., Allain, T. A Dissemination Strategy to Promote Relational Coordination in the Veterans Health Administration. 9th Annual RCRC Roundtable, Denver, CO. October 11-12, 2019.
