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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/08-0045_telehealth_1.pdf
August 01, 2008 - Telehealth can improve patient safety and quality of care. … As a result of this failure, approximately one-third of the patients who were
enrolled in the study became … AHRQ-funded grantees say technical support must be available around the clock to
ensure patient safety … safety and
mission-critical patient services. … These grantees
reported that telehealth can improve an organization’s work and safety culture.
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/experience/unertl-km-et-al-2007
January 01, 2007 - A goal of health information technology (HIT) is to help eliminate variation when it may compromise safety … safety and user satisfaction improved." … All providers used the patient portal to communicate with patients. … Only nurse practitioners used non-secure email for patient communication, because in the patient portal … "[The patient] portal allows patients to exchange secure messages with their provider and to retrieve
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/experience-research/steele-aw-et
January 01, 2023 - Methods and Findings: A primary-care clinic in an integrated safety net institution was the setting … All patients seen in the clinic during the study period were eligible for the intervention. … Conclusion: Providers will adhere to alerts and will use this information to improve patient care. … Other Information
The study took place at a large outpatient clinic of Denver Health, the primary safety … of an adverse drug event], an alert screen was presented to the provider with a message containing patient
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r01hs015280-hsu-final-report-2008.pdf
January 01, 2008 - Purpose: We evaluate the effects of ambulatory health information technology (HIT) on quality,
safety … In fact, there has never been a large-scale evaluation of
HIT effects on patient quality and safety … We focus on measures of quality, safety, and resource use in
patients receiving care for any of five … Clinical Management and Physiologic Outcomes for Patients
with Diabetes, Patient, Clinical, and System … Clinical Management and Physiologic Outcomes for Patients with Diabetes, Patient, Clinical, and System
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017261-schillinger-final-report-2011.pdf
January 01, 2011 - that can pose a threat to patient safety in the context of chronic
disease management6,9-13. … Diabetes also provides a useful model to explore patient safety issues
in the outpatient setting. … known about patient safety in patients’ most frequent environment - at home, between
clinical encounters … In IDEALL, the lack of improvements in cardiometabolic
indicators was attributed to lack of impact on … Is ambulatory patient safety just like
hospital safety, only without the "stat"?
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/resource/Karen_Fox_IQHIT_Q4_Measures_of_Impact_for_BLUES_Project.pdf
June 16, 2021 - who access their personal health
information, including medication therapy
Patient use of EHR PHR … ; and
(4) Timely refills of medication
-% of patients receiving appropriate care for
medication … Provider satisfaction with EHS
Patient utilization of website
Hypothesis Measure
(1) Proportion … safety. … eye exam (bi-yearly for low risk
patients)**
** Indicates availability for only a subset of patients
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/health-information-technology-center-education-and-research-therapeutics/annual-summary/2012
January 01, 2012 - The HIT-CERT will address therapeutics issues related to appropriateness, safety, and efficacy in the … e-Pharmacovigilance II: Surveillance for Safety and Effectiveness. … The e-Pharmacovigilance system will interface with patients by an interactive voice response (IVR) system … A set of recommendations for improving decision support system safety and efficiency will be based on … There was a much lower rate for duplicate suggestions, formulary substitutions, and patient allergies
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/enabling-sleep-apnea-patient-centered-care-internet-intervention
January 01, 2023 - Completed
Grant Number
R18 HS017246
Funding Mechanism(s)
Ambulatory Safety … Health Data
Remote Patient Monitoring
Telehealth/Telemedicine
Care Setting
Patient … Treatment is with a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) flow generator, a machine used at night by patients … The patients in the myCPAP group had a statistically significant higher rate of nearly an hour of CPAP … an Internet Intervention Document Type: Report Technology: Remote Patient Monitoring , Patient Portal
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/08-0093_cpoe.pdf
August 01, 2008 - Computerized provider order entry (CPOE) holds promise to improve the safety and
efficiency of medication … In contrast, verbal and written order entry
processes, without systematic integration of patients’ medical … information, may result in order
entry errors that pose a serious threat to patient safety and reduce … Wisconsin), including several projects in low-income and
rural areas and areas with high percentages of patients … safety and reducing health care costs.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r01hs022894-pratt-final-report-2020.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Patients as Safeguards: Understanding the Information Needs of Hospitalized Patients in Voicing Safety … patients from engaging with
their safety. … :
Understanding How the Clinician-Patient Relationship Influences Patient
Engagement in Safety. … The Value of Patient-Peer
Support in Improving Hospital Safety. … Patients as Safeguards: Understanding the Information Needs of Hospitalized Patients in Voicing Safety
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/ambulatory-care-compact-organize-risk-and-decisionmaking-accord/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - Organization
Massachusetts General Hospital
Funding Mechanism
RFA: HS07-007: Ambulatory Safety … With greater access to health information via the Internet and other media, patients are increasingly … and patients by presenting care plans as explicit “compacts” or agreements between provider and patient … The project team is working to ensure that patients and providers are comfortable proposing the care … engagement, patient knowledge, patient-provider communication, patient and clinician satisfaction, and
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/findings-and-lessons-from-the-improving-quality-through-clinician-use-of-health-it.pdf
January 28, 2014 - • Ambulatory Care Patient Safety Proactive Risk
Assessment (FOA HS-07-003), which supported
research … the development and deployment of
intervention strategies to reduce threats to patient
safety in ambulatory … safety, and both
clinician- and patient-reported experiences, as well
as ways to implement health … and patients make decisions that
enhance patient care (Osheroff et al., 2005). … in the course of care delivery or self-management.
3 Intermediate outcomes are indicators that are
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/resource/James_Fricton_IQHIT_Q1_HP_Recommendations_for_Preventing_Complications_for_Chronic_Illnesses.pdf
January 01, 2005 - has recently received a grant from The Agency for Health Research and Quality to
improve quality and safety … Digitalis—patient more prone to nausea
and vomiting
b. … Digitalis—patient more prone to nausea
and vomiting
b. … DIABEDS: a randomized trial of the effects of
physician and/or patient education on diabetes patient … Improving patient safety: health systems reporting, analysis, and safety improvement research demonstrations
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/uc1hs015447-gunter-final-report-2008.pdf
January 01, 2008 - Cross/Blue Shield Payer 8
Don Chalmers Ford Business Partner 3
First Choice Community Healthcare (safety … 1
NM Hospital & Health System Association Professional Group 8
NM Primary Care Association (rural safety … net provider
association)
Professional Group & Safety
Net Provider
1
NM Retiree Health Care … The planned summative (quantitative impact) evaluation would have included such
indicators as who was … using the HIE and how, technical evaluation of the operation of the HIE,
outcome/impact indicators,
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r01hs022305-manojlovich-final-report-2019.pdf
January 01, 2019 - As interruptions
can contribute to lapses in patient safety by adding to clinicians’ cognitive burden … The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient
Safety, 45, 406 - 413. doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjq … Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare, 13(2), p. 50. … Rapid-response systems as a patient
safety strategy: A systematic review. … Advancing patient safety through the clinical application of a
framework focused on communication.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/tulare-district-hospital-rural-health-electronic-medical-record-consortium/annual-summary/2008
January 01, 2008 - Goal: Develop and disseminate health IT evidence and evidence-based tools to improve the quality and safety … Of the hospital’s patients, 66 percent are covered by Medicaid or Medicare, and 12 percent are uninsured … safety, and hospital finances. … safety at TDH. ( Achieved )
Provide private physicians and local clinic physicians the opportunity … At TDH, there is no evidence that the IT system, as implemented thus far, has had any benefit to patients
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/CDSiC%20Innovation%20Core-PRO%20Dashboards%20Overview%20Revised_Small_1.pdf
January 01, 1998 - AHRQ Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Dashboard Overview
AHRQ Patient … Clinical Decision Support Innovation
Collaborative, two dashboards for measuring the performance of patient … ► The Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) Clinical Decision Support (CDS)
Dashboard is intended to support … safety
of the CDS interventions associated with the PROs collected
3
For the purpose of this … ACME has decided to start a
new program where they
encourage patients to complete
the patient health
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/effective-use-e-prescribing-physician-practices-and-pharmacies
January 01, 2023 - a central focus of efforts to promote health information technology due to its potential to improve patient … safety by reducing medication errors. … suggests that the availability of e-prescribing system capabilities that have the potential to improve patient … safety and provider efficiency vary. … manual prescription entry, staff frequently had to edit or complete fields, particularly fields for patient
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/impact-office-based-e-prescribing-prescribing-processes-and-outcomes
January 01, 2023 - It included functions that addressed multiple clinical safety and efficiency issues, including safety … functions: safety alerts and dispensed drug history. … research to assess whether the adoption of e-prescribing is associated with improved clinical outcomes for patients … measures of e-prescribing system use and the types of e-prescribing systems used, as well as physician and patient … of how physicians used the features of the system and how these correlated with medications used by patients
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/p20hs014908-bergner-final-report-2005.pdf
January 01, 2005 - HIT will improve both the tangible processes for patients and distribution of
information for providers … and patients. … focus on ways to reduce the barriers that currently make it
difficult for providers to accept new patients … their needs and concerns so the systems can provide the most benefit
to the providers as well as the patients … health care and to foster provider
willingness to care for publicly-insured patients.