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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/organization/virginia-commonwealth-university
January 01, 2023 - Using Health Information Technology to Improve Health Care Quality in Primary Care Practices … Project Name
Using Health Information Technology to Improve Health Care Quality in Primary Care Practices … Using Health Information Technology to Improve Health Care Quality in Primary Care Practices … Project Name
Using Health Information Technology to Improve Health Care Quality in Primary Care Practices
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/valdez-podcast-transcript.pdf
June 16, 2021 - Rupa Valdez studied the health communication practices of diverse
patients to inform health IT design … I found that health information communication practices were complex
and varied. … Participants also held a wide range of views on how their cultural identity
influenced their communication 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/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-diagnosis-hypertension-children-idhc
January 01, 2023 - Implementation and evaluation of the IDHC program in a large network of primary care practices. … Six clinical practices were randomized to a control or intervention group in this cluster trial. … Nurses and medical assistants in all practices received training in appropriate measurement technique … and a brief recorded hypertension lecture, while the intervention practices also received a childhood … During the baseline period 47,669 individual children were seen in the six practices; 7.2 percent of
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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/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/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/implementation-and-evaluation-standing-orders-using-health-information
January 01, 2023 - an electronic standing order system and its incorporation into daily workflow in eight primary care practices … Determine barriers and facilitators to the uptake and sustained use of electronic standing orders in these practices … Improvements in template presence, template use, and QI performance were found for 14 measures across all practices … , demonstrating that the practices applied the health maintenance templates to their EMR system. … Two of the eight practices had difficulty incorporating the standard order protocol because of larger
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/building-implementation-toolset-e-prescribing
January 01, 2023 - A main reason for this was that it was difficult to identify practices that were both at an early stage … Those practices that were committed and ready to move forward typically already had an implementation … This should include training support staff, working with members of practices and making sure that trainers … : Electronic Prescribing
Meaningful use of electronic prescribing in 5 exemplar primary care practices … Meaningful use of electronic prescribing in 5 exemplar primary care practices.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/6_StakeholderMeetingDiscussionGuide_1.pdf
June 16, 2021 - Please keep in mind that we are not here to pass judgment on particular business practices. … this up to a discussion of your business practices
regarding this scenario. … this up to a discussion of your business practices
regarding this scenario. … this up to a discussion of your business practices
regarding this scenario. … this up to a discussion of your business practices
regarding this scenario.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/6_StakeholderMeetingDiscussionGuide_0.pdf
June 16, 2021 - Please keep in mind that we are not here to pass judgment on particular business practices. … this up to a discussion of your business practices
regarding this scenario. … this up to a discussion of your business practices
regarding this scenario. … this up to a discussion of your business practices
regarding this scenario. … this up to a discussion of your business practices
regarding this scenario.
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-care-theme/medication
January 01, 2023 - checking dosage, contraindications, and drug interactions) that can be easily integrated into a provider's practices … Improving Lab Follow-up by Delivering an Enhanced Medication List to Outpatient Physician Practices … method of providing medication data from the Indiana Network for Patient Care to ambulatory primary care practices … electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) pilots, tested e- prescribing standards within small, community-based practices
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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/sites/default/files/docs/cds-medication-management-slides-012814.pdf
January 28, 2014 - and
79.4% of medications in intervention
practices. … and
77.7% in intervention practices … Consortium (PeRC)
► Randomization created 4 groups:
o CDS + feedback (8 practices)
o CDS only (8 … practices)
o Feedback only (4 practices)
o Usual care (4 practices)
Study Phases
• Phase 1 … (Baseline)—12 months; no practices
received the intervention
• Phase 2 (CDS only)—11 months; 16 practices
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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.
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digital.ahrq.gov/electronic-medical-record-systems
January 01, 2023 - care organization," [ 1 ] have the potential to provide substantial benefits to physicians, clinic practices … , although a number of group practices plan to implement an EHR within the next 2 years. … This suggests a need for greater support for practices, particularly smaller ones, in this quest, if … The Value of Electronic Health Records in Solo or Small Group Practices Author(s) : Miller RH, West C … Summary : We conducted case studies of 14 solo or small-group primary care practices using electronic
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/overcoming-barriers-slides-090512.pdf
September 05, 2012 - 7
Med History/Formulary (1)
■ Feature Use
– Some practices didn’t have access to these
features … or didn’t implement them
– Few practices used features routinely
■ Data Availability and Usefulness … generics without having to
rely on recall
– Practices created “favorite” lists with generics
– Some … and
pharmacies had not implemented e-
renewal feature
15
Electronic Renewals (2)
■ Practices … Cohen, “Transmitting and Processing Electronic Prescriptions:
Experiences of Physician Practices and
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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/electronic-health-records
January 01, 2023 - Each project is contributing to the knowledge base around implementation of best practices and integration … Nationally, less than one-fifth of physician practices currently use an EHR. … One AHRQ grant surveyed practices within its state and found similar results. … Furthermore, the grant found that more than half of those practices without an EHR had no plans to implement … Networks allow individual entities, such as clinics and physician practices, to access more sophisticated