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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/miller-rh-et-al-2004
January 01, 2004 - Abstract
"The electronic medical record (EMR) is an enabling technology that allows physician practices … Based on a qualitative study of physician practices that had implemented an EMR, we found that quality … In large practices, basic ordering often also included electronic ordering of referrals and laboratory … "Over time, some practices - especially larger ones - used reporting capabilities more widely. … For example, some practices generated reports to physicians on diabetic patients with hemoglobin A1C
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digital.ahrq.gov/funding-mechanism/advancing-evidence-practice-through-shared-interoperable-clinical-decision-support
January 01, 2023 - Fall Assessment and Prevention Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Findings into Diverse Primary Care Practices … standards-based, interoperable, and publicly available clinical decision support resource to aid primary care practices … HBP (COACH) tool that incorporates high blood pressure (HBP) recommendations along with known best practices
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/McColmSuccessStory2009_0.pdf
December 01, 2009 - Measuring Quality in Physicians’ Practices in Southwestern Missouri Using an Electronic Health Record … Measuring Quality in Physicians’ Practices in Southwestern
Missouri Using an Electronic Health Record … The study involved 15 practices affiliated with Citizens Memorial Healthcare (CMH) in Bolivar,
Missouri … These
practices use the MEDITECH EHR system and deliver an average of 70,000 patient encounters per … All 15
physician practices were already using the ambulatory MEDITECH EHR, which was linked to a
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r21hs019726-kahn-final-report-2014.pdf
January 01, 2014 - Enhancing Fulfillment Data in Community Practices for Clinical Care and Research - Final Report
1 … Results: Medication fulfillment data is present in a minority of community-based practices. … Based on these responses, we selected five practices for further
analysis. … Thus, medication fulfillment data is
not widely implemented in community practices and in some practices … Fulfillment Data in Community Practices for Clinical Care and Research .
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digital.ahrq.gov/medical-condition/trauma
January 01, 2024 - Fall Assessment and Prevention Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Findings into Diverse Primary Care Practices … Fall Assessment and Prevention Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Findings into Diverse Primary Care Practices … Fall Assessment and Prevention Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Findings into Diverse Primary Care Practices … Fall Assessment and Prevention Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Findings into Diverse Primary Care Practices … Fall Assessment and Prevention Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Findings into Diverse Primary Care Practices
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs018161-atlas-final-report-2013.pdf
January 01, 2013 - Methods: Cluster practice-randomized controlled trial of 18 practices within an academic PC
network … In
intervention practices, PCPs screened real-time rosters of their patients overdue for screening, … In control practices, overdue patients were automatically sent reminder letters and transferred to
a … practices (p<0.001). … practices.
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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 - As a result, little systematic evidence has been gathered on the usability of EHRs in practices and how … Assess current vendor and health care organization practices regarding information design in EHR product … Identify best practices in the use of shared (patient-clinician) EHR views, including applicable privacy … Develop standards and best practices for customization during EHR deployment. … Increase research and development of best practices to support patient safety designs.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/impact-office-based-e-prescribing-prescribing-processes-and-outcomes/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - September 2007 - August 2011
AHRQ Funding Amount
$1,199,007
Summary: Suboptimal prescribing practices … The vendor ZixCorp's PocketScript system is currently used in a large number of practices in Massachusetts … practice, and specialty offices), locations (urban, suburban, and rural), and sizes (from singlephysician practices … physicians reported that their use of e-prescribing had a positive effect on the safety of their prescribing practices
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/CarayonSuccessStory.pdf
December 31, 2010 - systematically reviewed the existing
research about how health IT impacts the workflow in ambulatory practices … The project team found that practices must have
a clear understanding of a) how clinical and administrative … Medical practices that face the challenges concerning health IT implementation and practice improvement … Assessing the Impact of Health Information
Technology on Workflow in Provider Offices
TOOLS HELP PRACTICES … It is expected to influence the success of health IT
implementation in small and medium-sized practices
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/building-implementation-toolset-e-prescribing/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - toolsets will be evaluated on usability and usefulness for implementing e-prescribing in a broad range of practices … toolset development, several e-prescribing initiatives were analyzed to assess the contribution of key practices … work processes, use of specific e-prescribing technologies and standards, distinctive implementation practices … The findings from the analysis provide guidance and customizable aids to help organizations adopt practices … evaluated in 2011 on usability and usefulness in helping implement e-prescribing in a broad range of practices
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs024327-ornstein-final-report-2018.pdf
January 01, 2018 - Exemplar practices were defined as those, among the 59 PPRNet practices who submitted data
for the third … for safe EHR use in small primary care practices (Table 2). … Taxonomy of Key Strategies and Best Practices for Safe EHR Use in Small
Primary Care Practices
SAFER … Guide Key Strategies and Best Practices
High Priority
Practices
Data backups are important, although … Diversity was seen not only as an issue between different
practices, but within practices.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/2006ConinEganLoonsk_052411comp.pdf
January 17, 2006 - of protection, but
protections are also found in:
– Other federal laws
– State laws
– Common law
– Practices … and policies
– Contracts
Variation in P&S Practices:
Variation within and across states is a result … that are barriers to interoperable
electronic health information exchange (HIE)
• Document best practices … Recommendations:
– Preserve privacy and security protections as much as possible
– Incorporate best practices … barriers
– Develop plans to implement the solutions
Sub-Contract Goals:
• Identify state business practices
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digital.ahrq.gov/organization/university-colorado-denver
January 01, 2023 - Enhancing Fulfillment Data in Community Practices for Clinical Care and Research - 2012
Principal … Investigator
Kahn, Michael
Project Name
Enhancing Fulfillment Data in Community Practices … patient data collection and clinician feedback system for depression care management in primary care practices … Exchange and Ambulatory Test Utilization
Enhancing Fulfillment Data in Community Practices … Principal Investigator
Kahn, Michael
Project Name
Enhancing Fulfillment Data in Community Practices
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digital.ahrq.gov/organization/university-minnesota
January 01, 2023 - for using electronic health record metadata to characterize and evaluate hospital discharge planning practices … Participation by Primary Care Practices in Health Information Exchange in Minnesota - 2009
Principal … Investigator
Fontaine, Patricia
Project Name
Participation by Primary Care Practices … the Impact of the Patient-Centered Medical Home
Participation by Primary Care Practices … project assessed factors that influenced the participation of small- and medium-sized primary care practices
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/past-initiatives/privacy-and-security-project/oregon
January 01, 2023 - be a participating state in the national effort to assess how privacy and security laws and business practices … and undertake certain activities, including:
Examine privacy and security policies and business practices … Identify best practices and solutions for maintaining privacy and security protections while enabling … Develop an implementation plan to address organization-level business practices and state laws that … affect privacy and security practices in order to permit interoperable health information exchange.
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digital.ahrq.gov/principal-investigator/pohl-joanne
January 01, 2023 - Medication safety after implementation of a commercial electronic health record system in five safety-net practices … Medication safety after implementation of a commercial electronic health record system in five safety-net practices … Quality of Care
Use of a comprehensive patient safety tool in primary care practices … Use of a comprehensive patient safety tool in primary care practices. … Description
This study explored the challenges to adopting electronic health records in safety net practices
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-health-information-technology-improve-delivery-hpv-vaccine/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - and increase overall rates of completion of HPV vaccination regimen in inner-city areas compared to practices … perform a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of the intervention in four innercity primary care practices … of health maintenance visits and other vaccinations for adolescents in intervention and comparison practices … As a result, the study was revised to randomize the patients instead of the practices. … Institutional Review Board approval was obtained for all practices and baseline data was collected for
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/past-initiatives/privacy-and-security-project/impact-analysis-privacy-and-security-solutions
January 01, 2023 - Each State team analyzed variations in organization-level business practices, policies, and State laws … ) and worked to reduce variation within each State and across the collaborative, identifying "good" practices … engaged a broad array of stakeholders within their State to:
Review organization-level business practices … to assess the variation and identify good practices as well as those that will require modification
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digital.ahrq.gov/2018-year-review/research-spotlights
January 01, 2018 - Safety Special Emphasis Notice ( NOT-HS-16-009 ):
AHRQ continues to fund research on safe health IT practices … This research generates new evidence on safe health IT practices to inform policy guidance.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r18hs022689-fiks-final-report-2015.pdf
January 01, 2015 - Methods: We conducted a mixed-methods implementation study in 20 practices (11 states). … In this
study, a convenience sample of 20 practices (9 PROS practices and 11 PeRC practices) were
enrolled … Limitations
Although this study enrolled primary care practices from 11 states and practices varied … on practices serving relatively
large proportions of low-income families. … Variations in patient portal adoption in four primary care practices.