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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/health-information-technology-value-rural-hospitals
January 01, 2023 - Second, explored the current health IT capacity in rural hospitals, the potential use of health IT by … greatest potential in terms of generating a positive return on investment. … hospital environment, and a lack of reimbursement for the use of technology. … to train clinical staff to use technology, in addition to:
Research on best practices for Health IT … federal security requirements for keeping health care data secure;
A hospital referral toolkit to
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/rxsafe-shared-medication-management-and-decision-support-rural-clinicians/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - Research Network, which provided the infrastructure, coordination, and support. … The patient focus was on community-dwelling persons with chronic conditions on multiple medications. … Gorman did not submit a report in the AHRQ Research Reporting System during 2011 with a status of activities … teams' expectation that the organization of medication information would improve recall yet found data … , inclusion of extraneous data in medication information fields of local systems, and agreement on useful
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-health-information-technology-improve-transitions-complex-elderly
January 01, 2023 - The research team evaluated the intervention through a time-series assessment to measure the efficacy … Evaluate the impact of a health information technology-based transitional care intervention on the incidence … Evaluate the impact of a health information technology-based transitional care intervention on the incidence … identified in the claims data. … Quality measurement of medication monitoring in the "meaningful use" era.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/evaluating-and-enhancing-health-information-technology-covid-19-response
December 31, 2024 - During the first phase, the research team will interview and observe members of the UHB and CUIMC emergency … A set of prototypes, including dashboards, visualizations, and data integration tools, will be developed … Hospitals persevered, using available data and guidance—without the benefit of full evidence-based research—to … The team is studying data from two hospitals: the University Hospital of Brooklyn (UHB), a safety net … A set of prototypes, including dashboards, visualizations, and data integration tools, will be developed
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digital.ahrq.gov/2020-year-review/research-summary/low-cost-screening-emergency-department-helps-address-social-determinants-health
January 01, 2020 - Low-Cost Screening in the Emergency Department Helps Address Social Determinants of Health
The use … Principal Investigator: Wallace, Andrea Organization: University of Utah Research Profile: From Emergency … , have a major impact on health outcomes, especially for the most vulnerable populations. … However, questions remain about the best way to collect these data during visits and—more importantly—how … Many providers have also found that they do not fully understand the impact of social needs on their
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digital.ahrq.gov/participant-recruitment-research
January 01, 2023 - A survey of research studies found that 34% recruited less than 75% of their planned sample, and this … NRC Activities
The AHRQ National Resource Center (NRC) has held a series of one-on-one discussions … majority could be trained to use computers and the Internet within a relatively short period. … However, depending on the complexity of the health IT application, training for the project can be a … There may be a difference between the effort required to train a patient to use a computer sufficiently
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/developing-guide-identifying-and-remediating-unintended-consequences/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - use of new health information technology (IT) has been shown to enhance the quality, safety, and effectiveness … (Achieved)
Develop the draft version of the guide, and instructions for its use. … (Achieved)
2011 Activities: The focus of activity was on completing and disseminating the final … Because this area of research is still in its infancy, the guide is considered to be a work in progress … use of integrated data and knowledge management.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/medicaid/NY_CaseStudy.pdf
July 01, 2010 - The total cost savings were estimated based on the total
volume of prescriptions dispensed. … recently come into effect, requiring the
use of a prescription origin code and the prescriber’s individual … New York Medicaid also strategically mandated the use of Medicare Part D data standards,
thereby pushing … will have a jumpstart on meeting the e-prescribing
component of meaningful use once the HITECH program … The research enabled them to quantify the costs and
savings of the incentive program and provided a
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/NY_CaseStudy_0.pdf
July 01, 2010 - The total cost savings were estimated based on the total
volume of prescriptions dispensed. … recently come into effect, requiring the
use of a prescription origin code and the prescriber’s individual … New York Medicaid also strategically mandated the use of Medicare Part D data standards,
thereby pushing … will have a jumpstart on meeting the e-prescribing
component of meaningful use once the HITECH program … The research enabled them to quantify the costs and
savings of the incentive program and provided a
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/SRD_LessonsLearned_0.pdf
October 01, 2010 - The HIO board should
have a strong sense of ownership over the HIO early on. … years of data stored in DHIN as a result of the
clinical messaging phase. … flow
to the HIE system means a slower accumulation of data in the HIE, which in turn limits the data … can inform and support
data-use policies. … Legal agreements that define the boundaries of legal use of health information in a
health information
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-quality-through-decision-support-evidence-based-pharmacotherapy
January 01, 2023 - The project aims were to:
Expand the functionality of an existing decision support system in use … Implement and evaluate the impact of two complementary interventions for medication management on adherence … on the presence of diabetes, hypertension, asthma, congestive heart failure, ischemic vascular disease … Expansion of population surveillance with augmentation of data available through health information exchanges … therapy guidelines using claims data.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/develop-and-validate-health-it-safety-measures-capture-violations-five-rights
January 01, 2023 - The research team conducted a prospective study in a convenience sample of clinicians who triggered the … in electronic health record (EHR) data, resulting in a critical breakthrough in patient safety research … Using such data as evidence of the CPOE’s potential impact on patient safety, decision makers can factor … Adelman to extend research on RAR, to validate and evaluate the reliability of RAR using a different … Use of photographs to prevent errors.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/laboratory-exchange-meeting.html
December 01, 2006 - on the basis of service and outcome,
not on possession of data. … Technical and
clinical professionals must be educated on the value and use of LOINC. … Some proposed solutions include the use
of a digital signature to individual data objects so that there … Despite the use of a minimum data set
there will be some outlier cases. … Linkage of data and data accuracy
Each of the AHRQ
and NHIN initiatives is working actively on
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs023844-federman-final-report-2017.pdf
January 01, 2017 - Measures: Qualitative data on patients’ and physicians’ views about AVS use and applications, content … Measures: Qualitative data on opinions of the AVS prototypes, with focus on (1) preferred content, (2 … A four-week washout period
separated the end of data collection in wave 1 and the beginning of data … The findings of
this portion of the study add significantly to the existing research literatures on … Outcomes: We created a prototype AVS based on the qualitative data from Phase I.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/bringing-communities-and-technology-together-healthy-aging
January 01, 2023 - eHealth intervention on older adults' quality of life and health-related outcomes: a randomized clinical … Effect of an eHealth intervention on older adults' quality of life and health-related outcomes: a randomized … The effect of an information and communication technology (ICT) on older adults’ quality of life: study … treatment for alcohol use disorders: a review of the literature. … Mobile delivery of treatment for alcohol use disorders: a review of the literature.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r01hs022110-windle-final-report-2019.pdf
January 01, 2019 - Rather than a simulated patient we had the research subjects (patients) use their own data. … heuristic on a scale of 1 to 5. … The use of
the EHR is a mandate not a choice, not so with patients. … a deep understanding of how clinical care is actually delivered through the use of a realistic
clinical … should support more research and development of non-incremental solutions to reduce
clinician burden
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r18hs018865-wood-final-report-2015.pdf
January 01, 2015 - Using
de-identified data, the research planned to monitor the use of the HIE and corresponding outcomes … to collect data from a broad
spectrum of HIE users, which would enable the research to define the … Data Sources and Collection
To accurately measure the impact of KeyHIE on patient use and care efficiency … data from all KeyHIE members, with which to create a linked research data set. … the completeness of data captured in the HIE:
2) Monitoring the expanding use of KeyHIE:
Research
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/k01hs021531-ancker-final-report-2018.pdf
January 01, 2018 - data for research purposes, and data analysis methods. … focusing
specifically on use of features from patient portals that met needs identified in the framework … Specific Aim 4 : To evaluate the effect of use of consumer health IT on healthcare quality over
time … to use a computer, and either have a chronic condition or the manager of care for a
person with a chronic … Reducing a large
amount of patient data into a color-scale mobility index superimposed on a calendar
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r21hs018766-rimmer-final-report-2012.pdf
January 01, 2012 - To address this problem, we tested the usability of a personal health record
(PHR-ID) on a group of … All outcome measures were collected after the 12-week intervention exposure period.
6 | P a g e … To realize this potential, additional research should be conducted on
12 | P a g e
the adoption … Journal of Medical Internet Research, 3(2), e15.
Kerr, A. … Barriers to the use of a personal health record by an elderly population.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r21hs018214-olson-final-report-2012.pdf
January 01, 2012 - exercise with an adolescent health risk
screener on a handheld computer, b) a program of automated … Consumer use of information technology to enhance health
is a rapidly emerging area. … The difference
from T1 to T2 was calculated for the outcome variable of change in exercise. … The impact of text messages on exercise was assessed by follow up survey at T2 with the
outcome variable … In contrast only 2% who were not interested in making a change in
their tobacco use were high on both