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2561. Managing Personal Health Information: An Action Agenda (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/AHRQ_Personal_Health_InfoFinalReport_FINAL508compliant.pdf
      March 01, 2010 - Understanding Consumers’ PHIM Practices ............................................................. … , and to identify what more needs to be known about those practices in order to design better consumer … Practices used for PIM and PHIM. Tools and technologies available to date. … Multiple research methodologies are needed to gain a richer understanding of these practices. … Understanding Consumers’ PHIM Practices C. Role of Consumer Health IT Applications Chapter IV.

2562. Massachusetts Quality e-Measure Validation Study (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017048-schneider-final-report-2011.pdf
      January 01, 2011 - ) to gather key data elements on standardized quality measures and enable performance reporting to practices … The three selected communities represent over 150 ambulatory practices with more than 400 clinicians … For 109 records, physician practices declined to participate. … Related studies of the MAeHC practices showed that they resembled practices throughout Massachusetts … MAeHC practices were more likely to be located in rural areas (9.5% vs. 4.4%).

2563. Assessing the Impact of the Patient-Centered Medical Home - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/assessing-impact-patient-centered-medical-home/annual-summary/2010
      January 01, 2010 - Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model is a vehicle for addressing operational characteristics of health care practices … unanswered questions about potential benefits, drawbacks, and requirements for transforming and maintaining practices … they were all recognized as functioning at PCMH level III, which is the highest level granted to those practices

2564. Improving Healthcare Quality via Information Technology - 2008 | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-healthcare-quality-information-technology/annual-summary/2008
      January 01, 2008 - to implement EHR technologies throughout SVHC’s several organizations and in privately-owned medical practices … By Year 4, some issues with the implementation of EHRs in area private practices had been resolved, and … Implementation processes at local private practices had begun.

2565. Technical Assistance for Health Information Technology and Health Information Exchange in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/technical-assistance-health-information-technology-and-health-information/annual-summary/2011
      January 01, 2011 - Project staff maintained two communities of practices, which ran concurrently in 2011. … Case studies describe best practices and lessons learned regarding health IT adoption and HIE participation … infrastructure and other resources, provider adoption, sustainability, and system technicalities; 4) best practices

2566. Clinical Decision Support Consortium - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/clinical-decision-support-consortium/annual-summary/2010
      January 01, 2010 - The goal of the CDS Consortium is to assess, define, demonstrate, and evaluate best practices for knowledge … next few years, the team will expand the interventions and continue to gather data and develop best practices … Project Objectives: Assess and define best practices for knowledge management and CDS in ambulatory

2567. Industrial and Systems Engineering and Health Care: Critical Areas of Research Workshop - Quality Engineering Group Report Day 1 (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/Quality%20Engineering%20Group%20Report%20Day%201.pdf
      September 21, 2009 - Quality = variance minimization in unnecessary variation in outcomes, practices, and processes … Which variation in inputs, practices, and processes have cause greatest outcome variation (i.e. the

2568. Electronic Health Record Usability Toolkit - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/electronic-health-record-usability-toolkit/annual-summary/2010
      January 01, 2010 - develop, test, and disseminate a toolkit with which health care organizations—specifically primary care practices—can … will then be developed based upon these recommendations and subsequently tested in nine primary care practices

2569. Findings and Lessons From the Improving Quality Through Clinician Use of Health IT Grant Initiative (pdf file)
      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 - Twenty-one of the 24 projects took place in primary care settings including pediatric practices. … Practices also met once a year to share best practices. … Gurwitz and Singh) • Rural primary care practices. (Investigators: Dr. Fox and Mr. … more likely to adhere to guidelines than practices in the control group. … Alerts had a similar effect in both academic and community-based practices.

2570. My Wellness Portal Enhances Patient Centered Preventive Care (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/SuccessStoryMold.pdf
      January 01, 2012 - delivery of appropriate, individualized pre- ventive health services that integrate into clinical care practices … Preventive Services Reminder System, a clinical information system previously developed and used by practices … (RCT), which included 422 adults and the parents of 116 children across eight OKPRN primary care practices

2571. AHRQ’s Emerging and Innovative Newly Funded Research Initiated in 2019 | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/2019-year-review/research-summary/emerging-innovative-newly-funded-research
      January 01, 2019 - The Enhancing Quality of Prescribing Practices for Older Adults Discharged from the Emergency Department … Including PRO measures in healthcare practices helps to guide healthcare providers’ decisions related … The study will explore best practices to promote health IT PRO implementation.   Dr. … The research aims to identify best practices for improving medication adherence and for evaluating the

2572. Value of Health Information Exchange in Ambulatory Care - 2009 | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/value-health-information-exchange-ambulatory-care/annual-summary/2009
      January 01, 2009 - The net value for small and medium practices and hospitals is quite low, which may make engaging these … The CITL model, for example, assumes that practices are forwarding patient information to consultants … The results of the modeling, the difficulty in engaging specialty practices, and the providers’ skepticism

2573. Using IT to Improve Medication Safety for Rural Elders - 2008 | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-information-technology-it-improve-medication-safety-rural-elders/annual-summary/2008
      January 01, 2008 - These medication systems also are designed to support related business practices of the organizations … However, the medication management work practices of these historically independent organizations are … intended outcome was to provide a medication management tool that clinical users would adopt into work practices

2574. Improving Uptake and Use of Personal Health Records - 2012 | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-uptake-and-use-personal-health-records/annual-summary/2012
      January 01, 2012 - The project introduced the PHR in four selected primary and specialty care practices (two control and … two active intervention practices) to study the impact of multi-intervention strategies on uptake and … The second group was frequent users of the PHR across both intervention practices.

2575. Nursing Home IT: Optimal Medication and Care Delivery (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/uc1hs015350-horn-final-report-2008.pdf
      January 01, 2008 - Purpose: Objectives were to implement a health information technology (HIT) system with added best-practices … of the role of HIT in changing clinical practices and improving resident safety, quality of care, and … • Care planning practices: Increase use of timely reports as part of clinical decision making … • Care planning practices: Care planning meetings were led by the head nurse and included the … Identify HIT implementation best practices in use of technology in LTC 3.

2576. E-prescribing Impact on Patient Safety, Use and Cost (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r01hs015175-weissman-final-report-2007.pdf
      January 01, 2007 - Prescribers in the largest practices (16+) had a 36% higher e-prescribing rate than those in practices … There was a trend towards more e-prescribing in 9- 15 clinician practices. … We found higher uptake rates at larger practices; it is possible that larger practices have better access … Uptake of Electronic Prescribing in Community-Based Practices. … Adoption of electronic prescribing in community-based medical practices.

2577. Improving Patient Access and Patient-Clinician Continuity through Panel Redesign - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r03hs018795-balasubramanian-final-report-2012.pdf
      January 01, 2012 - Conclusion: In a time where more and more practices are implementing the patient centered medical home … The methodology followed can be implemented in a spreadsheet format by practices. … How should practices best match patient and physician preferences, while simultaneously considering … Meanwhile, practices are struggling to provide two metrics vital to primary care: 1) Timely Access, … Indeed, the table below can considered the prototype of an Excel based decision tool that practices

2578. Accessing the Cutting Edge: Implementing HIT to Improve Quality in Rural East Kern Count - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/uc1hs016146-nocella-final-report-2009.pdf
      January 01, 2009 - Some of the primary care practices have a full time physician with mid level support. … None of the practices accept unfunded patients, and none of them provide prenatal care. … An additional three primary care practices have web links to EKCITA, but have read only access to the … EHRs (e-MDs) were implemented at three of the RHCs and two of the small practices as the first step … Two additional participating practices already had EHRs in place in their offices.

2579. CHII Costs (ppt file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/ADAMS_3_I.ppt
      January 01, 2013 - benefits of EHRs as well as concerns Participated with BCBSRI in a statewide survey of primary care practices … Reliable care Safe care Less expensive care “Best Practices” Hannah Before Intervention After … Medical Knowledge Background Applications Clinical Data Sharing Master Patient Index Security Best Practices … Out of Pocket Cost Systems Technology risk Best practices Implementation Workflow re-engineering … rights reserved Cost Systems Hardware Software Selection Technology risk Installation Support Best practices

2580. Issue Brief - 10 16 06 v4.pub (Read-Only) (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/ImprovingQualityofHealthcareThruHIE.pdf
      January 01, 2007 - engaging specialty care physicians, increasingly HIE efforts are offering services directly to physician practices … Eighty-six percent of respondents have an approach in place that enables access to data by physician practices … In addition, 16 percent were receiving funds from physician practices and 13 percent from laboratories … information electronically, to develop and disseminate common principles, policies and best practices