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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/medicaid/health-it-acronyms.pdf
April 30, 2013 - Information Community
AHIMA American Health Information Management Association
AHRQ Agency for Healthcare … Research and Quality
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ASTHO Association of State and … Health Record
EHRVA Electronic Health Record Vendors Association
FACA Federal Advisory Committee Act … Accountability Act
HISB Healthcare Informatics Standards Board
HISPC Health Information Security … Reporting Initiative
PVRP Physician Voluntary Reporting Program
QUAL Quality
RHIO Regional
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/value-health-information-exchange-ambulatory-care/annual-summary/2009
January 01, 2009 - Given the incentives and investments included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, it is important … to be measured in terms of reduced costs of care and selected quality measures). ( Achieved )
2009 … The net value for small and medium practices and hospitals is quite low, which may make engaging these … The results of the modeling, the difficulty in engaging specialty practices, and the providers’ skepticism … of health information to improve quality of care.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/implementation-health-improvement-collaboration-cherokee-county-ok/annual-summary/2008
January 01, 2008 - Hospital
Funding Mechanism
RFA: HS05-013: Limited Competition for AHRQ Transforming Health Care Quality … to improve quality of care. … of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)-compliant privacy practices, including … information, and even gives driving directions and the amount of time it would take to drive to the … quality of care throughout Oklahoma.
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digital.ahrq.gov/events/ahrq-annual-health-it-grantee-and-contractor-meeting/agenda
June 04, 2010 - and the State and Regional Demonstration (SRD) Contracts ( PDF , 1.56 MB) Rebecca Roper, MS, MPH Erin … Education): Session 4.4 - AHRQ Grant and Contract Reporting Requirements: Facilitating High Quality … Quality Measurement Brian Hazlehurst, PhD ( PDF , 222 KB) and Eta Berner, EdD ( PDF , 204 KB) Moderator … , 2.96MB) and the Virtual Patient Advocate Pascale Carayon, PhD, Ben-Tzion Karsh, MS, PhD and Brian … ) Moderator: Erin Grace, MHA
Track 3 (Decision Making): Session 3.6 - Paperwork Reduction Act
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-bibliography/privacy-and-security/ensuring-privacy-and
January 01, 2004 - Ensuring the privacy and confidentiality of electronic health records
In 2004, President Bush … Thus, it must address and protect issues at the forefront of their concerns; namely, privacy and confidentiality … Instead of merely adopting the minimal protections afforded by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability … Act (HIPAA), the EHR system must embrace an autonomy-based, default position of full patient control … Consequently, hard choices must be made as to the architectural and patient consent models that may involve
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/participation-primary-care-practices-health-information-exchange-minnesota/annual-summary/2009
January 01, 2009 - of care across transitions, and the electronic exchange of health information to improve quality of … Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provides billions of dollars for the promotion of electronic health … among multiple stakeholders such as hospitals, laboratories, ambulatory practices, and quality assurance … More than half the sites were involved in quality reporting initiatives, which were a frequently mentioned … Immediate access to outside records improved the quality and safety of patient care and saved time that
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-bibliography/population-health-case-reporting/how-does-hipaa
April 01, 2003 - Since the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy rule was put into effect … The HIPAA is intended to protect the public from unauthorized access to, use of, and disclosure of individually … activities, as long as the agency to which the information is provided is legally authorized to collect … and receive the information. … Several scenarios are provided, demonstrating the appropriate response regarding HIPAA and whether unauthorized
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/past-initiatives/transforming-healthcare-quality-through-health-it/taconic-health-information
March 31, 2008 - If it's a critical result, a beeper sounds so you can act on the information immediately. … The first is to hire an independent clinical investigator to study the impact of HIE on health care quality … What's the value of the whole electronic data exchange, and does it actually improve the quality of health … "We will look carefully at medical errors, adverse drug events, quality issues, and cost in all three … , to improve the quality of health care, and to reduce medical errors," says Blair.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/rhode-island-statewide-health-information-exchange-hie-state-and-regional/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - Research and Quality (AHRQ)-sponsored State and Regional Demonstration projects initiated in 2004 and … ), the Rhode Island Quality Institute (RIQI), and stakeholders across the State. … The project had a unique challenge because the RI HIE Act of 2008 contained stricter privacy and confidentiality … Project Objectives:
Improve the quality, safety, and value of health care in the State of Rhode Island … , and the use of electronic exchange of health information to improve quality of care.
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digital.ahrq.gov/events/national-web-conference-opportunities-digital-healthcare-lessons-learned-covid-19-pandemic
July 01, 2021 - and reduce burnout for all providers has been dramatically intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic. … Participants described their research and efforts related to the use of digital healthcare strategies … patient-driven care and how these technologies have been adapted to face the needs presented by the … Bierman, MD, MS Director , Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement, Agency for Healthcare Research … and Quality
Eligible providers were able to earn up to 1.5 CE/CME contact hours for
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-health-information-technology-improve-health-care-quality-primary-care-ok/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - Using Health Information Technology to Improve Health Care Quality in Primary Care Practices and in Transitions … through a patient registry, prompt/reminder functionality, clinical decision support, and quality improvement … under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009's Meaningful Use standards will accelerate … with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … care settings, and the use of electronic exchange of health information to improve quality of care.
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-bibliography/privacy-and-security/health-information-priva-0
Health information privacy and syndromic surveillance systems
The development of syndromic … However, the perception of how the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA … delays, extra work, and obstacles to obtaining necessary data, affecting the ability of state and local … and hypothesis-generating rather than hypothesis-testing. … This assessment summarizes the results of the first known survey on syndromic surveillance systems targeted
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ahrq-dhr-2023-year-in-review.pdf
January 01, 2023 - No. 75Q80121F80006, from the Agency for Health
care Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. … Rockville, MD: Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality. August 2024. … Trust Fund
$1M from the General Health Services Research appropriation. … health services
research, medical, and other conferences. … health services research,
including:
> Exploratory and developmental research grants that support
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/evaluation-spread-and-scale-patienttoc-primary-care-community-pharmacy
March 31, 2024 - of the author(s), who are responsible for its content, and do not necessarily represent the views of … Conduct two plan-do-study-act cycles to refine an implementation toolkit for spreading and scaling the … Conduct a comprehensive, theory-driven evaluation of the quality of care, implementation, and patient … Overall, in the pilot and the full evaluations, adoption of PatientToc™ was low, only the pharmacist … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2024.
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digital.ahrq.gov/key-topics/health-it-small-and-rural-communities
May 01, 2006 - In 2004, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) earmarked $139 million specifically … The recently passed American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) has a number of provisions … AHRQ-Funded Projects
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has funded organizations … Feedback Loop to Improve Diagnostic Quality Principal Investigator: Eta Berner State: AL
Title: … Electronic Prescribing and Decision Support to Improve Rural Primary Care Quality Principal Investigator
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/development-electronic-health-record-format-children/annual-summary/2012
January 01, 2012 - Two Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act grantees are testing and evaluating the Format … ’s impact on quality and cost of care. … Impact and Findings: Overall, the results of the environmental scan and gap analysis suggest that efforts … The TEP prioritized the topic areas to provide guidance on the direction and scope of the overall analysis … from the gap analysis and conformance testing.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/ahrq-dhr-2021-year-in-review.pdf
January 01, 2021 - No. 75Q80121F80006, from
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ), U.S. … of the health
services research we fund. … measurement and practice, medical informatics, and health services
research). … research findings at a variety of digital healthcare,
health services research, medical, and other … health services
research, including:
• Exploratory and developmental research grants that support research
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-bibliography/privacy-and-security/secure-e-health-managing
August 02, 2021 - The USA Patriot Act is one example of how national laws can shape these concerns. … Professional health information organizations must take the lead in developing appropriate high-level … principles for professional certification and security protocols, so they can provide a firm and consistent … jointly with other health professions, so that coordinated requirements are integrated into revisions of the … This paper identifies and addresses some of the ethical and legal issues and proposes a series of recommendations
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/impact-office-based-e-prescribing-prescribing-processes-and-outcomes/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - Mechanism
RFA: HS07-006: Ambulatory Safety and Quality Program: Improving Quality Through Clinician … The Medicare Modernization Act set goals for the adoption of e-prescribing across the country, and private … of routine medical practice; for e-prescribing to improve quality and safety, it must have valid and … The study team has begun to define the variables and cohorts for the analyses, and project programmers … Strategic Goal: Develop and disseminate health IT evidence and evidence-based tools to improve the quality
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/experience/fullerton-c-et-al
January 01, 2023 - We describe the preimplementation clinical process redesign and quality improvement training that has … in achieving success at the pilot site and in improving the process for later sites; 2) input from and … Objective
To "describe the preimplementation clinical process redesign and quality improvement training … Tools Used
Gantt Chart
Lean
Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle
Type Clinic
Primary care … upgrade, but the server crashed and remained down for the remainder of the first day.