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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/use_of_dense_display_of_data_and_information_design_principles_2010_pdf__2.pdf
January 01, 2010 - (Achieved)
• Conduct an innovation meeting with a group of experts in diverse areas related to the … (Achieved)
• Compile a set of recommendations on principles and policy and a research agenda. … (Achieved)
• Compile a set of “use cases.” … (Achieved)
• Complete a final report that integrates the background report and the output from the … (Achieved)
2010 Activities: Findings from the multidisciplinary panel and interviews with EHR vendors
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-post-hospital-medication-management-older-adults-health-information/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - (Achieved)
Evaluate the impact of automated monitoring alerts on the prevalence of appropriate monitoring … (Achieved)
Evaluate the impact of a health IT-based transitional care intervention on the incidence … (Achieved)
Evaluate the impact of a health IT-based transitional care intervention on the rate of hospital … (Achieved)
Determine costs directly related to the development and installation of the health IT-based … (Achieved)
2011 Activities: The project team conducted two analyses.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/monitoring-intensification-treatment-hyperglycemia-and-hyperlipidemia/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - of treatment intensification developed in the first aim is related to glucose and lipid control. ( Achieved … probability of anti-hyperglycemic and anti-hyperlipidemic treatment intensification at a given visit. ( Achieved … strongly associated with clinical outcomes than currently used process measures of diabetes care. ( Achieved … Self-Reported Quarterly Status (as of December 2010): The project is complete with all major milestones achieved … The software achieved high accuracy of extraction of medication intensification information from narrative
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/critical-access-hospital-partnership-health-information-technology/annual-summary/2009
January 01, 2009 - )
Plan, test, and integrate local health IT to the regional HIE. ( Achieved )
Implement regional … HIE systems, central data repository, and services. ( Achieved )
Evaluate the success of the overall … project implementation. ( Achieved )
Evaluate the impact of technology-supported patient data exchanges … and reporting on patient care. ( Not Achieved )
2009 Activities: Because the original developer … Although the network has yet to become fully operational and has not achieved all its original objectives
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/tailored-dvd-improve-medication-management-low-literate-elderly-patients/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - history of elderly people in census areas with high concentrations of minorities and poor people. ( Achieved … patient-provider communication regarding medication issues and adherence to medication regimens. ( Achieved … of a feasibility study within physician offices likely to service low-literate geriatric patients. ( Achieved … All aims and milestones were achieved. … An administrative supplement was granted by AHRQ so that the aims could be achieved, and the final budget
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/research-agenda-patient-centered-medical-home/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - Inform and advance the state-of-the-art-and-science and real-world experience about the PCMH. ( Achieved … plans, government payers, and policymakers to assess components of the PCMH and alternative models. ( Achieved … ” for adopting the PCMH model as well as the clinical and cost consequences of implementing PCMH. ( Achieved … the Web, and presentations at relevant national health policy and professional association meetings.( Achieved
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/2011_021058_reddy_pdf_3.pdf
January 01, 2011 - (Achieved)
• Discuss and develop consensus around research methodological and technical issues in regards … (Achieved)
• Establish a new channel for dissemination and implementation of research on interactive … (Achieved)
2 | Workshop on InteractIve systems In health care 2011
Small Grant ProGram for ConferenCe … (Achieved)
• Establish a mentorship program for junior researchers in the field and provide them with … (Achieved)
2011 Activities: WISH 2011 was held on October 22 as a 1-day interdisciplinary research symposium
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/defining_barrierssolutions_for_collecting_quality_performance_2009_update_2.pdf
January 01, 2009 - (Achieved)
Develop a process model outlining a series of steps practices need to consider as they … (Achieved)
Develop an interactive Web tool for practices’ self-assessment of strengths and weaknesses … (Achieved)
Synthesize relevant literature of quality performance monitoring and reporting in ambulatory … (Achieved)
2009 Activities: Five of six practices implemented and completed a QPMDCR project in 2008 … Impact and Findings: All five practices that completed implementations achieved some degree of
success
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-communications-between-health-care-providers-statewide-infrastructure/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - (Achieved)
Conduct analyses of the role of the Medicaid program. … (Achieved)
Provide an evaluation of the project. (Achieved)
Implement a sustainability model. … (Achieved)
Community implementation of clinical data exchange utilizing the expanded cHIE infrastructure … (Achieved)
2011 Activities: The focus of activity was on continuing to work with the VA to exchange
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/enhancing-complex-care-through-integrated-care-coordination-information-system/annual-summary/2012
January 01, 2012 - (Achieved)
Perform a cluster randomized controlled trial in six clinics on the ability to use the IT … (Achieved)
Assess the implementation. … (Achieved)
Understand and disseminate the outcomes, benefits, challenges, and unintended consequences … (Achieved)
2012 Activities: The focus of 2012 was analysis of the study data. … Overall, the quality improvement arm achieved more consecutive improvements than the care coordination
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/ehealth-bp-control-program/annual-summary/2012
January 01, 2012 - (Achieved)
Determine the appropriate and acceptable patient motivators (i.e., engaging content, social … (Achieved)
Test the functionality, security, and fidelity of the secure data exchange between the HBPM … (Achieved)
Determine the degree of adoption by participants of the four intervention components (HBPM … (Achieved)
Estimate the effect sizes of the four-component program relative to the three-component … (Achieved)
2012 Activities: A total of 28 participants were recruited through letters sent to the
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/colorado-associated-community-health-information-exchange-cachie/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - information reporting system that aggregates and integrates multiple data sources within seven CHCs. ( Achieved … system for reaching consensus among various CHCs on diabetes quality and actionable report measures. ( Achieved … EHRs, standardize to nationally-recognized vocabularies, and import into a shared data warehouse. ( Achieved … )
Implement and deploy a business intelligence tool for self-service and static reporting. ( Achieved … independently (i.e., without vendor support) implement an evidence-based guideline template. ( Not Achieved
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/harnessing-health-information-technology-self-management-support-and-medication/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - (Achieved)
Quantify and characterize patient safety events triggered and/or identified through active … (Achieved)
Measure differences in the frequency and nature of patient safety events among participants … (Achieved)
Explore the effects of ATSM interventions on Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information … (Achieved)
Explore whether ATSM-plus medication activation is superior to ATSM-only with respect to … (Achieved)
2011 Activities: The SFHP continued to enroll health plan members in the SMART-Steps
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/project_echoextension_for_community_healthcare_outcomes_2009_update_2.pdf
January 01, 2009 - (Achieved)
Develop and expand access to treatment for HCV and eventually other complex diseases … (Achieved)
Create a model for treatment of complex, chronic diseases in rural and/or underserved … (Achieved)
Develop Patient and Provider Outcomes Program. … (Achieved)
Expand telehealth access and infrastructure. … (Achieved)
2008 Activities: In 2008, Dr.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/critical_access_hospital_partnership_health_information_technology_implementation_2009_pdf__2.pdf
January 01, 2009 - (Achieved)
• Plan, test, and integrate local health IT to the regional HIE. … (Achieved)
• Implement regional HIE systems, central data repository, and services. … (Achieved)
• Evaluate the success of the overall project implementation. … (Achieved)
• Evaluate the impact of technology-supported patient data exchanges and reporting on patient … (Not Achieved)
2 | CritiCal aCCess Hospital partnersHip HealtH information
teCHnology implementation
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/tailored_dvd_to_improve_medication_mgmt_for_low_literate_elderly_patients_2010_pdf__2.pdf
January 01, 2010 - (Achieved)
• Develop tailored print materials based on electronic medication history to assist geriatric … (Achieved)
• Develop tailored instructional videos which focus on improving the geriatric patient’ … (Achieved)
• Pretest these interventions with versions in English and Spanish as part of a feasibility … (Achieved)
2010 Activities: Pharmacists were engaged to help expand medication lists so that they could … All aims and milestones were achieved.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/2011_2900600174_bell_pdf_3.pdf
January 01, 2011 - (Achieved)
• Assess contributors to successful implementation of e-prescribing initiatives. … (Achieved)
• Create two draft e-prescribing implementation toolsets. … (Achieved)
• Evaluate the draft toolset’s usability and usefulness in helping provider organizations … (Achieved)
• Create a final e-prescribing implementation toolset based on findings from the pilot evaluation … physician offices that participated in pilot testing, those that had recently
adopted e-prescribing achieved
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/2011_017202_bove_pdf_3.pdf
January 01, 2011 - (Achieved)
• Empower inner-city African American patients to take a more active role in their health … (Achieved)
• Measure telemedicine utilization. … (Achieved)
• Examine the impact of the telemedicine system on medical knowledge, self-efficacy, and … (Achieved)
• Compare blood pressure outcomes between control and telemedicine groups after 6 months … (Achieved)
2011 Activities: Data collection was completed in early 2011.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/r03hs020684-handley-annual-summary-2012.pdf
January 01, 2012 - (Achieved)
• Determine if SMART-Steps patients received ATSM calls with intended frequency (weekly) … (Achieved)
• Estimate the frequency with which electronic exchange for out-of-range triggers (from … (Achieved)
• Describe the quality of intervention delivery from care managers call-backs, including … (Achieved)
• Identify differences in average length of call-backs, proportion of call-backs made for … (Achieved)
• Summarize fidelity assessment findings, adaptations and implications for real-world ATSM
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/2011_09587f07_shiffman_pdf_3.pdf
January 01, 2011 - (Achieved)
• Delineate the range of ambiguous, vague, and underspecified language in recommendation … (Achieved)
• Analyze the terminology of obligation (deontic components) used in guideline recommendation … (Achieved)
• Create ontology of recommendations. … (Achieved)
• Develop and evaluate a controlled language editor for use by domain experts to facilitate … (Achieved)
2011 Activities: The first generation of BRIDGE-Wiz was developed in the earlier years of