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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/developing-and-using-valid-clinical-quality-metrics-health-information/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - Kaushal's team tested the accuracy of electronic retrieval of the data for the metric set compared to the standard … Using the manually extracted data as the standard, the reliability of electronic reporting was high overall
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/collaborative-patient-portals-computer-based-agents-and-patients-understanding
January 01, 2023 - fictitious patient profile scenario and a message describing results for that patient in either the standard … Findings indicated that older adults’ memory for test results was improved by enhanced compared to standard
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r03hs028693-rajamani-final-report-2023.pdf
January 01, 2023 - HL7 v2.5.1 standard-based queries to MIIC from EHRs to access MIIC Data
All organizations … Standards
for exchange (HL7 standard, v2.5.1 in use) and for representation (vaccine codes) along with … Integration of vaccine ordering in MIIC (33%)
Standardized MIIC data in dashboards (33%)
Lack of standard … data exchange driven by interoperability
enhancements, and exploring the applicability of the FHIR standard … This novel data exchange tool
was built using national standards11,12 (HL7 standard for query/response
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/laboratory-exchange-meeting.html
December 01, 2006 - To promote EHR-EHR
data transfer, considerable work needs to be done to support standard
messaging … In all instances, the
existence of a standard is not sufficient to ensure successful exchange;
the … Today there is
no standard vocabulary for providers that maps unambiguously to LOINC. … Developing standard processes for heuristic patient matching when patient identifiers are not viable. … Developing and promoting standard processes and formats for electronic ordering.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/information-needs-homecare-nurses-during-admission-and-care-planning/citation/incorporating
January 01, 2023 - Incorporating home healthcare nurses' admission information needs to inform data standards.
Citation
Sockolow PS, Bowles KH, Wojciechowicz C, Bass EJ. Incorporating home healthcare nurses' admission information needs to inform data standards. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2020 Aug 1;27(8):1278-1286. doi: 10.…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/evaluation-and-integration-automatic-fall-prediction-system/citation/path
January 01, 2023 - Path tortuosity in everyday movements of elderly persons increases fall prediction beyond knowledge of fall history, medication use, and standardized gait and balance assessments.
Citation
Kearns WD, Fozard JL, Becker M, et al. Path tortuosity in everyday movements of elderly persons increases fall p…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/showing-health-information-value-community-network/citation/proactive
January 01, 2023 - Proactive population health management in the context of a regional health information exchange using standards-based decision support.
Citation
Lobach DF, Kawamoto K, Anstrom KJ, et al. Proactive population health management in the context of a regional health information exchange using standards-bas…
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/clinical-decision-support-cds/cds-innovation-collaborative
August 15, 2025 - CDS Innovation Collaborative (CDSiC)
Searchable Resources Library The Clinical Decision Support Innovation Collaborative (CDSiC) was a stakeholder-driven collaborative dedicated to advancing patient-centered clinical decision support (PC CDS). The CDSiC developed a wide range of resources …
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/context-aware-knowledge-delivery-electronic-health-records/citation/assessment-hl7-cds-work-group
January 01, 2023 - Clinical information system services and capabilities desired for scalable, standards-based, service-oriented decision support: consensus assessment of the Health Level 7 clinical decision support Work Group.
Citation
Kawamoto K, Jacobs J, Welch BM, et al. Clinical information system services and capa…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/guide-to-evaluating-hie-projects-appendix-e.pdf
December 02, 2013 - AHRQ's Guide to Evaluating Health Information Exchange Projects - Appendix E
E-1
Appendix E: Glossary
Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE). An application that allows health care providers
to use information technology to directly enter medical orders electronically in inpatient and
ambulatory settings, re…
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-information-exchange-2
January 01, 2023 - inefficiencies, having a commitment to standards such as LOINC and SNOMED so all participants use the same standard … For example, a lab system at a hospital may store its data using the LOINC coding standard, whereas a … The NHIN is a secure backbone concept that links existing regional HIEs through a standard set of "core
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/standardization-and-automatic-extraction-quality-measures-ambulatory-electronic/annual-summary/2009
January 01, 2009 - Standardization and Automatic Extraction of Quality Measures in an Ambulatory Electronic Medical Record - 2009
Project Name
Standardization and Automatic Extraction of Quality Measures in an Ambulatory Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
Principal Investigator
McColm, Denni
Organizat…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/cds-connect-year4-final-report-2020.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Resource Locator [URL] in code selector)
• Prototype Tools
o Tested for compliance with FHIR Draft Standard … Lastly, the team converted CDS Connect systems documentation from a standard Word
document to a “living … 2020, the first version of the FHIR Clinical Guidelines Implementation
Guide (IG) was released as a standard … for Trial Use 2 or FHIR Standard
for Trial Use 3 data models
The CDS Authoring Tool is provided under … By aligning the Repository and Authoring
Tool with this standard, CDS Connect benefited from the decades
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/ahrq-lab-meeting-summary.pdf
December 01, 2006 - have a better
understanding of the challenges they would face in adopting any specific approach as a
standard … In all instances, the existence of a
standard is not sufficient to ensure successful exchange; the standards … The current ELINCS standard emphasizes hospital-based laboratory use but a
revised version of ELINCS … It is definitely possible to use more than one
messaging standard provided adequate translation occurs … • Developing and promoting standard processes and formats for electronic ordering.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/enhancing-quality-patient-care-equip-project/annual-summary/2009
January 01, 2009 - Standard EHR software is designed mainly for use at the individual patient level and consequently lacks
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/cds4cpm-executive-summary-2024.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Or, if the
standard does not adequately provide the critical information needed for
implementation … In:
Patient safety: achieving a new standard for care. … to identify evidence-based care, translate and
codify information into an interoperable health IT standard … electronic health record developer and system
Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR): a standard … seamlessly and securely run across the healthcare system; originally developed in 2010 and
now an HL7 standard
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/medicaid/health-it-acronyms.pdf
June 16, 2021 - Acronyms
This page provides explanations of many abbreviations (acronyms) used throughout the site. It is
organized in alphabetical order.
AHIC American Health Information Community
AHIMA American Health Information Management Association
AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
ANSI American Natio…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/decision-support-tool-discontinuation-disease-modifying-therapies-multiple
July 31, 2025 - A Decision Support Tool for the Discontinuation of Disease Modifying Therapies in Multiple Sclerosis
Project Description
A point-of-care decision support tool for discontinuing disease-modifying therapies in those with multiple sclerosis has the potential to reduce the risk inc…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/OY2%20Innovation%20Center%20Charter_508.pdf
November 01, 2024 - OY2 Innovation Center Charter
Innovation Center:
Charter – Option Year 2
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
www.ahrq.gov
Contract No: 75Q80120D00018
Prepared by:
NORC at the University of Chicago
November 2024
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/implementation-electronic-care-plan-people-multiple-chronic-conditions
January 01, 2023 - Implementation of an Electronic Care Plan for People with Multiple Chronic Conditions
Project Final Report ( PDF , 4.71 MB) Disclaimer
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