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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-rural-health-care-implementing-innovative-integration-solutions/annual-summary/2008
January 01, 2008 - A proof of concept of an enhanced health information technology (IT) system was achieved as a result … enterprise-defined data elements that support the continuum of care and organizational operations. ( Achieved … )
Eliminate or reduce the costs and number of vendor-developed and -supported interfaces. ( Achieved … )
Facilitate efficient reporting of patient management and care outcomes. ( Achieved )
Implement … )
Provide internal and remote read-only access to the provider portal. ( Achieved )
Incorporate
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/statewide-implementation-electronic-health-records/annual-summary/2008
January 01, 2008 - increase the rate and extent of adoption of EHRs in physicians’ offices throughout Massachusetts. ( Achieved … rates, and determine the effects of EHR use on quality of care in primary care office practices. ( Achieved … )
Measure the degree and correlates of physician receptivity to EHRs. ( Achieved )
Assess the effects … of the statewide program on physician receptivity to and use of EHRs. ( Achieved )
Measure potential … facilitators of EHR adoption by physicians. ( Achieved )
Measure the effectiveness of academic detailing
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/computer-based-provider-order-entry-cpoe-implementation-intensive-care-units/annual-summary/2009
January 01, 2009 - Specific Aims:
Conduct preliminary job task analysis of nurses and physicians. ( Achieved )
Conduct … preliminary prospective risk analysis. ( Achieved )
Implement timeline revision with partner organization … . ( Achieved )
Collect data to determine the impact of CPOE implementation on quality of care in and … financial value to ICUs. ( Achieved )
Collect and analyze data to determine the impact of CPOE on … end-users. ( Achieved )
Collect data to determine the impact of CPOE on ICU safety. ( Achieved )
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June 02, 2025 - each “primary driver” are “secondary drivers”: the mechanisms by which each primary driver will be achieved … The goal should be data informed and specify what will be achieved (e.g., a reduction in readmissions … Identify three or four primary ways the aim will be achieved.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/use-dense-display-data-and-information-design-principles-primary-care-health/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - data and information design to provide insights into designing better primary care electronic EHRs. ( Achieved … containing a comprehensive summary of the literature to serve as the basis for the final report. ( 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 … products and develop recommendations to assess and improve the state of usability in EHR systems. ( Achieved
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September 15, 2024 - human factors engineering and have played a major role in some of the most significant successes achieved … This intervention achieved a stunning reduction in line infections, with many ICUs completely eliminating … A similar level of success was achieved through implementation of a surgical safety checklist , which … Initial studies achieved reductions in surgical mortality and morbidity across a wide range of clinical
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/implementation-outcomes-health-it-program-vulnerable-diabetes-patients/annual-summary/2012
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 ATSM … (Achieved)
Compare SMART-Steps-enrolled to -eligible patients for clinic, age, language, sex, hemoglobin … (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/ahrq-funded-projects/using-telemedicine-system-promote-patient-care-among-underserved-individuals/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - (Achieved)
Determine the percentage of patients meeting guidelines for anti-hypertensive medication … (Achieved)
Empower inner-city African American patients to take a more active role in their health … (Achieved)
Measure telemedicine utilization. … (Achieved)
Compare blood pressure outcomes between control and telemedicine groups after 6 months of … (Achieved)
2011 Activities: Data collection was completed in early 2011.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/overview-research-priorities-surgical-simulation-what-literature-shows-has-been-achieved
June 17, 2015 - An overview of research priorities in surgical simulation: what the literature shows has been achieved … An overview of research priorities in surgical simulation: what the literature shows has been achieved … An overview of research priorities in surgical simulation: what the literature shows has been achieved
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/building-implementation-toolset-e-prescribing/annual-summary/2011
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 … (Achieved)
2011 Activities: Project activity focused on completing the pilot testing of the toolsets
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/project-echo-extension-community-healthcare-outcomes/annual-summary/2008
January 01, 2008 - diabetes, asthma, etc.) by building treatment capacity in New Mexico among rural medical providers. ( Achieved … for treatment of complex, chronic diseases in rural and/or underserved populations in New Mexico. ( Achieved … Provide extensive professional health care no-cost education through use of telemedicine technologies. ( Achieved … )
Develop Patient and Provider Outcomes Program. ( Achieved )
Expand telehealth access and infrastructure … . ( Achieved )
2008 Activities: In 2008, Dr.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/microbiological-evaluation-two-hand-hygiene-procedures-achieved-healthcare-workers-during
June 13, 2011 - Study
Microbiological evaluation of two hand hygiene procedures achieved by healthcare … Microbiological evaluation of two hand hygiene procedures achieved by healthcare workers during routine … Microbiological evaluation of two hand hygiene procedures achieved by healthcare workers during routine
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Started and continue to work on this topicAspirin therapy:
Started work on this topic and achieved … Started and continue to work on this topicBlood Pressure management:
Started work on this topic and achieved … Started and continue to work on this topicCholesterol management:
Started work on this topic and achieved … Started and continue to work on this topicSmoking cessation support:
Started work on this topic and achieved
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/defining-barrierssolutions-collecting-quality-performance-measures/annual-summary/2009
January 01, 2009 - Specific Aims
Implement QPMDCR projects at selected primary care practices. ( Achieved )
Develop … of steps practices need to consider as they move toward implementation of performance monitoring. ( Achieved … practices’ self-assessment of strengths and weaknesses relative to conducting performance monitoring. ( Achieved … performance monitoring and reporting in ambulatory care settings, especially primary care offices. ( Achieved … 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-guideline-development-and-implementation/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - corpus of guideline statements and to serve as a resource for modeling and evaluation activities. ( Achieved … ambiguous, vague, and underspecified language in recommendation statements and devise targeted remedies. ( Achieved … guideline recommendation statements to understand how this concept can be applied most effectively. ( Achieved … )
Create ontology of recommendations. ( Achieved )
Develop and evaluate a controlled language editor … experts to facilitate authoring of recommendations that can be translated into decision support tools. ( Achieved
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-guideline-development-and-implementation/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - (Achieved)
Delineate the range of ambiguous, vague, and underspecified language in recommendation statements … (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
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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/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/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.