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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/preventing-medication-related-problems-care-transitions-skilled-nursing
July 31, 2025 - Preventing Medication-Related Problems in Care Transitions to Skilled Nursing Facilities
Project Description
Publications
Research Story
Standardizing the hospital-to-skilled nursing facility transition by using a structured handoff between clinical teams along with…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-post-hospital-medication-management-older-adults-health-information/citation/adverse-drug-events-hospital-discharge-older-adults
January 01, 2023 - Adverse drug events after hospital discharge in older adults: types, severity, and involvement of Beers Criteria Medications.
Citation
Kanaan AO, Donovan JL, Duchin NP, et al. Adverse drug events after hospital discharge in older adults: types, severity, and involvement of Beers Criteria Medications. …
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/patient-centered-postoperative-wound-surveillance-using-current-technology/citation/predictors
January 01, 2023 - Predictors of surgical site infection after hospital discharge in patients undergoing major vascular surgery.
Citation
Wiseman JT, Fernandes-Taylor S, Barnes ML, et al. Predictors of surgical site infection after hospital discharge in patients undergoing major vascular surgery. J Vasc Surg 2015;62(4)…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/k08hs023683-blecker-final-report-2018.pdf
January 01, 2018 - Health Information Technoloy in Heart Failure Care - Final Report
Health Information Technology in Heart Failure Care
PI: Saul Blecker, MD, MHS
NYU School of Medicine
Dates of Study: 9/30/14-9/29/18
This work was supported by Agency for Healthcare Qu…
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-care-theme/care-planning
January 01, 2023 - Care Planning
Cloud Care: A Feasibility Study of Cloud-Based Care Plans for Children With Medical Complexity
Description
This research evaluated Cloud Care, a cloud-based longitudinal multidisciplinary care plan for children with medical complexity and found that perceived eas…
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digital.ahrq.gov/program-overview/research-stories/identifying-patients-high-need-during-care-transitions-improve-care-and-meet-social-needs
January 01, 2023 - Identifying Patients with High Need During Care Transitions to Improve Care and Meet Social Needs
Theme:
Engaging and Empowering Patients and Caregivers
Subtheme:
Improving Care During Patient Transitions
Using health information exchange to identify high-need patients during care transiti…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/nicu-2-home-using-hit-support-parents-nicu-graduates-transitioning-home/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - NICU-2-HOME: Using HIT to support parents of NICU graduates transitioning home - 2011
Project Name
NICU-2-HOME: Using Health IT to Support Parents of NICU Graduates Transitioning to Home
Principal Investigator
Garfield, Craig F.
Organization
Northwestern University
Fu…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/automated-notification-follow-testing-recommendations-across-care-settings/citation/assessing
January 01, 2023 - Assessing documentation of critical imaging result follow-up recommendations in emergency department discharge instructions.
Citation
Gupta A, Lacson R, Balthazar PC, et al. Assessing documentation of critical imaging result follow-up recommendations in emergency department discharge instructions. J D…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-post-hospital-medication-management-older-adults-health-information/citation/association
January 01, 2023 - Association of early post-discharge follow-up by a primary care physician and 30-day rehospitalization among older adults.
Citation
Field TS, Ogarek J, Garber L, et al. Association of early post-discharge follow-up by a primary care physician and 30-day rehospitalization among older adults. J Gen Inte…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/health-information-technology-and-improving-medication-use/citation/lessons
January 01, 2023 - Lessons learned from implementation of a computerized application for pending tests at hospital discharge.
Citation
Dalal AK, Poon EG, Karson AS, et al. Lessons learned from implementation of a computerized application for pending tests at hospital discharge. J Hosp Med 2011 Jan;6(1):16-21.
Link…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/virtual-continuity-and-its-impact-complex-hospitalized-patients-care/citation/automated
January 01, 2023 - Automated communication tools and computer-based medication reconciliation to decrease hospital discharge medication errors.
Citation
Smith KJ, Handler SM, Kapoor WN, et al. Automated communication tools and computer-based medication reconciliation to decrease hospital discharge medication errors. Am…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/coordinating-transitions-health-information-technology-role-improving-multiple-chronic-disease-outcomes/citation/roles
January 01, 2023 - The roles of chronic disease complexity, health system integration, and care management in post-discharge healthcare utilization in a low-income population.
Citation
Hewner S, Casucci S, Castner J. The roles of chronic disease complexity, health system integration, and care management in post-discharg…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-health-information-technology-improve-transitions-complex-elderly/citation/automated-alert-system
January 01, 2023 - Technological resources and personnel costs required to implement an automated alert system for ambulatory physicians when patients are discharged from hospitals to home.
Citation
Field TS, Garber L, Gagne SJ, et al. Technological resources and personnel costs required to implement an automated alert …
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/health-information-technology-and-improving-medication-use/citation/development
January 01, 2023 - Development of a tool within the electronic medical record to facilitate medication reconciliation after hospital discharge.
Citation
Schnipper JL, Liang CL, Hamann C, et al. Development of a tool within the electronic medical record to facilitate medication reconciliation after hospital discharge. J …
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/survey/document-workflow-assessment-guide-clinic.pdf
January 26, 2009 - Document Workflow Assessment Guide - Clinic
Document Workflow Assessment Guide: Clinic
HealthInsight, Salt Lake City UT
This is an interview guide designed to be conducted with administrators,
nurses, office staff, and physicians in an ambulatory setting. The tool
includes questions to assess user's needs of heal…
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digital.ahrq.gov/organization/university-illinois-chicago
January 01, 2023 - University of Illinois at Chicago
Integrating Contextual Factors into Clinical Decision Support to Reduce Contextual Error and Improve Outcomes in Ambulatory Care
Description
This research studied whether clinical decision support could reduce contextual errors, improve patien…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r18hs022693-scholle-final-report-2014.pdf
January 01, 2014 - They rated as “very important” timely electronic notification of hospital discharges
(77.5%) and patient … hospital system or the practice routinely (e.g., daily) received an aggregate report of
admissions/discharges … For other practices,
notification of discharges from hospitals sometimes occurred upon receipt of a … Among practices
that received these notifications, clinicians and staff were primarily concerned about discharges
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/pagliari-c-et-al-2004
January 01, 2004 - Pagliari C et al. 2004 "Electronic Clinical Communications Implementation (ECCI) in Scotland: a mixed-methods programme evaluation."
Reference
Pagliari C, Gilmour M, Sullivan F. Electronic Clinical Communications Implementation (ECCI) in Scotland: a mixed-methods programme evaluation. J Eval Clin Prac…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/virtual-continuity-and-its-impact-complex-hospitalized-patients-care/annual-summary/2012
January 01, 2012 - Virtual Continuity and its Impact on Complex Hospitalized Patients’ Care - 2012
Project Name
Virtual Continuity and its Impact on Complex Hospitalized Patients' Care
Principal Investigator
Smith, Kenneth J.
Organization
University of Pittsburgh
Funding Mechanism
PAR…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/implementing-personalized-cross-sector-transitional-care-management-promote/citation/expanding
January 01, 2023 - Expanding the evidence for cross-sector collaboration in implementation science: Creating a collaborative, cross-sector, interagency, multidisciplinary team to serve patients experiencing homelessness and medical complexity at hospital discharge.
Citation
Anderson AJ, Noyes K, Hewner S. Expanding the …