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Consumer Engagement and Human Factors | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
Guide for Consumer Health IT Developers and Designers
This guide presents results of an environmental … scan and grey literature review as well as expert interviews to inform consumer health IT design in … order to increase effective use of consumer health IT. … Health IT Literacy Guide
This guide and checklist provide resources for the development of health IT
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Structuring Care Recommendations for Clinical Decision Support (District of Columbia) | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
The main objectives of the project were to:
Increase use of interventions (e.g., tests, medications, … Task Force, and 12 recommendations relevant to "meaningful use" measures that, by regulation, must be reported … Force (USPSTF) and up to 20 recommendations underlying clinical performance measures required to be reported … Funding Mechanism: National Resource Center for Health IT (NRC) Document Type: Report Research Method: Review … Funding Mechanism: National Resource Center for Health IT (NRC) Document Type: Report Research Method: Review
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Virtualized Homes: Tools for Better Discharge Planning (Wisconsin) | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
No statement in this report should be construed as an official position of AHRQ or of the U.S. … Better understanding of a patient’s residence can enhance tailoring of home-based self-care and disease … homes for provider review. … from the 3D images of each home. … No statement in this report should be construed as an official position of AHRQ or of the U.S.
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Maximizing Effectiveness of E-Prescribing Between Physicians and Community Pharmacies (Virginia) | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
No statement in this report should be construed as an official position of AHRQ or of the U.S. … Department of Health and Human Services. … The main objectives of this project were to:
Test the interoperability of the standards, certification … Mechanism: E-Prescribing Pilot Projects Document Type: Journal Publication Research Method: Systematic Review … No statement in this report should be construed as an official position of AHRQ or of the U.S.
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Providing Evidence and Developing a Toolkit to Accelerate the Adoption of Patient Photographs in Electronic Health Records (New York) | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
Computerized Provider Order Entry System , Electronic Health Record/Electronic Medical Record Care Setting: Academic … Identify factors that impact the effectiveness of patient photographs on the frequency of wrong-patient … Association of display of patient photographs in the electronic health record with wrong-patient order … Review, 2 has led multiple AHRQ Health IT-funded research efforts centered on health IT safety. … The research of Dr.
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Santa Cruz County Diabetes Mellitus Registry (California) | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
No statement in this report should be construed as an official position of AHRQ or of the U.S. … Department of Health and Human Services. … No statement in this report should be construed as an official position of AHRQ or of the U.S. … around issues of common interest." … users -- physicians and their clinical teams -- will be able to access the data from any location to review
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Impact of Meaningful Use on Clinical Workflow in Emergency Departments (New York) | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
Electronic Health Record/Electronic Medical Record , Radio Frequency Identification Device Care Setting: Academic … The research team assessed and compared EHR use in EDs at academic and community-based settings through … At the academic health centers, providers saw several patients concurrently, resulting in a more chaotic … The research team concluded that the complexity and demands placed upon physicians in academic ED settings … increase efficiency and reduce physician burnout, but noted that this may increase errors unless providers review
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Advancing Quality Measurement and Care Improvement with Health Information Exchange (New York) | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
No statement in this report should be construed as an official position of AHRQ or of the U.S. … The researchers believe that additional studies and new use cases will be found for this data created … 72-hour return cases. … A conceptual framework for improved analyses of 72-hour return cases. … Services Research Projects (R01) Document Type: Journal Publication Research Method: Qualitative , Review
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Facilitators and Barriers to Adoption of a Successful Urban Telemedicine Model (New York) | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
As last self-reported in the AHRQ Research Reporting System, project progress and activities are mostly … Another focus of 2011 was the engagement of stakeholders of telemedicine. Continuing from 2010, Dr. … As last self-reported in the AHRQ Research Reporting System, project progress and activities are mostly … Grantee's Most Recent Self-Reported Quarterly Status (as of December 2010): The project is meeting most … Improve Health Care Quality (R18) Document Type: Journal Publication Research Method: Qualitative , Review
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Clinical Decision Support for Chronic Pain Management (North Carolina) | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
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Technology: Clinical Decision Support System , Dashboard , Knowledge System Care Setting: Academic … Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has demonstrated its commitment to addressing opioid abuse … RTI International, along with partners at Vanderbilt University Medical Center; University of Chicago … ; iParsimony, LLC; MD Partners; and Dynamic Content Group, LLC, represents one of two contracts that … The specific aims of the research are to create CDS that:
Is interoperable and publicly shareable
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Barriers and Facilitators to Implementation and Adoption of EHR in Home Care (Pennsylvania) | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
No statement in this report should be construed as an official position of AHRQ or of the U.S. … of clinical data. … As last self-reported in the AHRQ Research Reporting System, project progress and activities are on track … improve quality of care. … As last self-reported in the AHRQ Research and Reporting System, project progress and activities are
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Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
Priorities Care Transitions
Clinical Decision Support
Consumer-focused Digital Healthcare
Patient-Reported … An overview of the CDS medication management literature. … Computerized Clinical Decision Support Systems on Practitioner Performance and Patient Outcomes: A Systematic Review … : A Systematic Review
Improving Clinical Practice Using Clinical Decision Support Systems: A Systematic … Review of Trials to Identify Features Critical to Success
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Appropriate use of cardiac stress testing with imaging: a systematic review and meta-analysis. | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
AHRQ-Funded Projects Map
Current Digital Healthcare Research Priorities
Past Initiatives
Appropriate use of … cardiac stress testing with imaging: a systematic review and meta-analysis. … Appropriate use of cardiac stress testing with imaging: a systematic review and meta-analysis. … Review. PMID: 27536775. Principal Investigator: Blecker, Saul B. … Care Document Type: Journal Publication Research Method: Meta-Analysis , Mixed Methods , Systematic Review
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2019 Year in Review
PA-20-068 … Evidence into Practice through Interoperable CDS
New Advances in Collecting and Using Patient-Reported … The AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research 2019 Year in Review report outlines the impact of the innovative … Review report outlines the impact of the innovative health services research funded by the program. … New Advances in Collecting and Using Patient-Reported Outcome Data
Read the blog post by AHRQ Director
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Transforming Healthcare Quality through Health IT (2004-2010) | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
THQIT Grants | Podcasts Highlighting Successful Projects | Quality Improvement Stories | Peer-reviewed Literature … The team completed a systematic review of the planning and implementation grantee final reports and other … Peer-reviewed Literature from Select THQIT Grantees
The AHRQ Health IT Value Grant Initiative: A Programmatic … Review of the Peer-Reviewed Literature ( PDF , 260 KB) . … This review provides a snapshot of the value of health IT as it is being implemented, discussing the
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Health IT-Enabled Quality Measurement (2012-2013) | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
AHRQ-Funded Projects Map
Current Digital Healthcare Research Priorities
Past Initiatives Evaluation of … Perspectives, Pathways, and Practical Guidance ( PDF , 2.87 MB)
This report examines the intersection of … care through the use of health IT. … This session provided a review of perspectives regarding the prioritization of activities and an overview … of recurring topics that emerged, including -- (a) Measure Development, Implementation, and Testing
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2019 Year in Review
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a PRO measure, Routine Assessment of Patient Impact Data 3 RAPID-3, Dr. … is
available for decision making at the point of care in cases of acute poisoning. … complicated cases. … T2D cases going undiagnosed. … A standards-
based, loosely coupled architecture enables rapid reuse of existing apps and allows developers
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Privacy and Security Project (2005-2007) | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
Interim Assessment of Variation of Business Practices, Policies, and State Law report, a "first look … " at the findings of the 34 subcontractors. … Day 1 included presentations and discussions of the key findings of the interim assessment reports. … The Assessment of Variation and Analysis of Solutions report, a final summary of the work produced … The Final Implementation Plans , a summary of the documents that guided the work of each subcontractor
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Electronic Support for Public Health - Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System - 2010 | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
The goal of this project was to improve the quality of vaccination programs by improving the quality … system using electronic medical record (EMR) data to detect and securely report cases of statutory notifiable … to deal with a wide range of conditions. … Additional validation was planned as part of dissemination to other sites. … Grantee's Most Recent Self-Reported Quarterly Status (as of September 2010): The randomized trial was
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Baron RJ et al. 2005 "Electronic health records: just around the corner? Or over the cliff?" | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
That said, none of us would go back to paper health records, and all of us find that the technology helps … chart notes), and creates new ways in which we can improve the health of our patients. … Type of Health IT: Electronic health records (EHR) Type of Health IT Functions: Health IT functions … "Despite the difficulties and expense of implementing the electronic health record, none of us would … the categorization and manual input of key data elements.